Gabon junta banks on new constitution to regularise rise to power
Gabon coup leader General Brice Oligui Nguema is sworn in as interim president during his swearing-in ceremony, in Libreville, Gabon on September 4, 2023.
Gabonese voters approved a new constitution by a landslide 91.8 percent, the interior minister said on Sunday, after a referendum that the ruling junta promised would be a stepping stone to democratic rule.
Speaking on state television, Minister Hermann Immongault said turnout was an estimated at 53.5 percent.
