The bishops of Gabon, meeting in the General Assembly for 6 days, published a very strong political declaration. We need the truth of the polls in 2023, they demanded. The declaration was made public after a mass at the parish of Saint Pierre located a stone’s throw from the presidential palace.
The photo was extraordinary on Sunday morning in the parish of Saint Pierre. On the podium, all the bishops of Gabon. Almost the entire government, and members of civil society, declared candidates for the next presidential election.
In his homily, the President of the Episcopal Conference of Gabon, Mgr Jean-Vincent Ondo Eyene summarized the message of the Church to the political class.
“I would like to warn you against excessiveness and the idolatry of power. What is the real use of winning an election if the fundamental rights of the person and the salvation of souls are compromised? and sold to the mortgaged? What is the use of even wanting to win the elections if it is not to serve the Gabonese people and allow Gabon to develop? ».
Former Prime Minister and declared candidate for the next presidential election, Raymond Ndong Sima applauds the message of the Church.
Same satisfaction on the side of civil society. Marcel Libama, a trade unionist. “It was a message to get our country out of the cycle of clashes, deaths, looting, and the like. »