Preparations for the legislative and presidential elections expected in 2016 are accelerating with aspirants in the race for the presidency both from the opposition and the governing Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) of President Ali Bongo Ondimba already combing the field, testing the grounds and laying solid foundations to woo electors.
As political parties fine-tune their strategies, government is also leaving no stone unturned to ensure transparent, fair and successful polls with focus now on ensuring the maximum enrolment of electors. Interior Minister Pacôme Moubelet Boubeya on Thursday, December 17, 2015 told political party leaders that the final phase of the revision of the electoral lists ahead of the elections would begin in January 2016.
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