- Title: Gabon's new PM says new 'inclusive' cabinet will be named in days
- Date: 29th September 2016
- Summary: LIBREVILLE, GABON (SEPTEMBER 29, 2016) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** VARIOUS OF GABON'S NEW PRIME MINISTER, EMMANUEL ISSOZE-NGONDET ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (AUDIO - BACKGROUND NOISE) (SOUNDBITE) (French) GABON'S NEW PRIME MINISTER, EMMANUEL ISSOZE-NGONDET, SAYING: "Ladies and gentlemen, as you know the President of the Republic, the head of state, has just handed me the responsibility of Prime Minister, head of the government. It is a very great show of confidence, for which I feel honoured and obliged. I am profoundly grateful and will do my utmost to do what is needed to merit this show of confidence and to rise to his (the president's) expectations." NGONDET AT PODIUM / JOURNALIST STANDS TO ASK A QUESTION (SOUNDBITE) (French) GABON'S NEW PRIME MINISTER, EMMANUEL ISSOZE-NGONDET SAYING: "The new government will be made public on Sunday, October 2. I have been instructed to propose to the president an open government, it is a new and inclusive government, open to the nation's stakeholders and that responds to the needs of a republic of solidarity that is more just." NGONDET AT PODIUM / FEMALE JOURNALIST ASKING A QUESTION (AUDIO - JOURNALIST'S QUESTION) (SOUNDBITE) (French) GABON'S NEW PRIME MINISTER, EMMANUEL ISSOZE-NGONDET SAYING: (RESPONDING TO QUESTION ABOUT ONE OF THE OPPOSITION LEADERS) "He heads which party?... He heads which party?" JOURNALIST SAYING: "He got 47 percent." NGONDET SAYING: "You think the only element needed when considering politicians is just their participation in a presidential campaign? We have classic politicians, who lead parties, and we must take them into consideration, we need to think of everyone. Obviously, the objective for us is to involve all the stakeholders in this dialogue. We will do everything to achieve this and our objective, as I have just said, is that everyone be involved." CAMERAMAN NGONDET LEAVING THE NEWS CONFERENCE / JOURNALISTS STANDING UP VARIOUS OF MILITARY TRUCKS OUTSIDE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
- Embargoed: 14th October 2016 15:34
- Keywords: Libreville President Ali Bongo election Jean Ping Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet
- Location: LIBREVILLE, GABON
- City: LIBREVILLE, GABON
- Country: Gabon
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA00151MCFNR
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- Story Text:Gabon's newly appointed Prime Minister Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet said on Thursday (September 29) he will announce the new government on Sunday (October 2) which will be open and likely include opposition leaders.
Speaking at his first news conference in the Gabonese capital, Libreville, Issoze-Ngondet said the new government would be inclusive following a bitterly contested election.
"The new government will be made public on Sunday October 2. I have been instructed to propose to the president an open government, it is a new and inclusive government, open to the nation's stakeholders and that responds to the needs of a republic of solidarity that is more just," the Prime Minister said.
The main opposition presidential candidate Jean Ping challenged the results of the August election which he said had been rigged and said he would not enter into any dialogue with President Ali Bongo's new government.
Issoze-Ngondet was foreign minister in the previous administration before Bongo promoted him.
Issoze-Ngondet did not specify who, amongst the opposition, he was thinking of inviting into the government.
"We have classic politicians, who lead parties, and we must take them into consideration, we need to think of everyone. Obviously, the objective for us is to involve all the stakeholders in this dialogue. We will do everything to achieve this and our objective, as I have just said, is that everyone be involved," he said.
Ali Bongo's victory by less than 6,000 votes has drawn unwelcome scrutiny of the president, whose family has ruled the oil-producing state in Central Africa for 49 years.
Just a handful of African leaders attended his inauguration.
France called for a recount of the August 27 vote and the European Union said it found anomalies in Bongo's stronghold province of Haut-Ogooue, where he won 95 percent of the vote on a 99.9 percent turnout. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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