This is a symbolic first in Gabon. A woman was elected at the head of a political party there, the former minister Paulette Missambo winning on Saturday the presidency of the National Union, one of the main opposition parties, we learned from the office executive of this training.
“Paulette Missambo is the new president of the National Union, she received 308 votes against 298” for her opponent Paul-Marie Gondjout, said Franck Ndjimbi, member of the executive board.
Some 150 local elected officials
In this country of 2 million inhabitants, Paulette Missambo, 71, former Minister of National Education and Health under former President Omar Bongo Ondimba succeeds Zacharie Myboto as head of the National Union. This party has only one member of the National Assembly and some 150 local elected representatives.
