LIBREVILLE, November 2, 2024 (AGP) – Geoffroy Foumboula Libeka Makosso, deputy of the Transition and actor of civil society, held a press conference, this Saturday, November 2, in Libreville, to present his summary on the draft Constitution of the Gabon, we noted.
“The draft Constitution includes 173 articles, including at least 109 taken from the old Constitution, 8 articles capable of creating discord, 6 common to several other countries and 50 articles representing a major advance since 1959,” said Geoffroy Foumboula Libeka. Makosso.
The Transition deputy deciphered numerous articles of the draft Constitution. These include article 62 on the dissolution of the National Assembly, except in a presidential regime, and article 123 on the appointment of constitutional judges by the President of the Republic.
He also analyzed some principles likely to constitute a major advance since the 1959 Constitution, such as the preamble on pluralist and participatory democracy, and articles 1, 33, 94 and 169 on the recognition of ancestors, national education in schools, the ban on homosexuality in Gabon and the affirmation of the pronatalist policy.
He also mentioned articles 7, 24, 27 and 94, which recognize civil society, traditionalists, ministers of religion, entrepreneurship, digital technology, artificial intelligence, the status of the opposition, military service , land, etc.
However, Geoffroy Foumboula Libeka Makosso noted some principles likely to create discord and controversy. Like article 2 on Liberation Day, which should be in a law, a decree or an order, but not in the Constitution.
This summary of the draft Constitution of Gabon contains 24 pages and 173 articles, or at least 53 articles more than the 1991 Constitution and its various revisions.
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