Kunezindaba ezivela eGabon, njengoba kubikwe esihlokweni se-BBC ngo UGeorge Wright noKathryn Armstrong. Iqeqebana lamasosha lisanda kuvela kuthelevishini kazwelonke lithi selithathe izintambo kuhulumeni.
Bamemezele ukwesulwa kwemiphumela okhethweni lwangoMgqibelo, lapho uMengameli u-Ali Bongo wamenyezelwa ukuthi udle umhlanganiso. Amabandla aphikisayo aphikisane kakhulu ngokuthi ukhetho belunokukhwabanisa ngokuphelele.
Uma lezi zinsolo ziba yiqiniso kungase kusho ukuphela kokubusa komndeni wakwaBongo iminyaka engu-53. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi iGabon ingumkhiqizi kawoyela e-Afrika cishe ngo-90% womhlaba wayo ombozwe amahlathi emvula. Yaba yilungu leCommonwealth ngoJuni okuyinto eyivelakancane ekoloni elingelona elaseBrithani.
Ukuzichaza njengamalungu ento ebizwa ngeCommittee of Transition and Restoration of Institutions, ukuketula umbuso waseGabon, la masosha amele abezokuphepha. Lapho bevela kuthelevishini, elinye isosha lathi lalinqume ukuvikela ukuthula ngokuqeda umbuso. Uveze ukuthi ukungaboni ngaso linye kanye nezinxushunxushu ezingaba khona ngenxa yalokho akubize “njengokubusa ngokunganaki nokungabikezeli.”
Ngemva kwalokhu kusakaza, kube nemibiko evela kubantu baseLibreville (inhloko-dolobha) mayelana nokuzwa ukuqhuma kwezibhamu. Kwelinye idolobha, abantu bathi umyalezo ophathelene nalokhu kuthathwa wawudlala ngokuphindaphindiwe kuzo zombili iziteshi zethelevishini. Kubonakala kusobala ukuthi amasosha amaningi okuvikela angase abandakanyeke.
Okwamanje akukaphenduli lutho, kuhulumeni noMengameli uBongo akaziwa ukuthi ukuphi.
Uxhumo lwe-inthanethi lunqanyuliwe ngemva kokhetho. Yabuyiselwa emuva kokuketulwa umbuso okwakusobala. Ukwengeza, isikhathi sokufika ekhaya sibekiwe okwamanje.
UBongo uke wabhekana nezinsolo zokukhwabanisa okhethweni olubili oludlule. Abagxeki baveze ukukhathazeka ngezinkinga zokuvota kanye nokufinyelela okulinganiselwe kwabezindaba phakathi nalolu khetho lwakamuva. Ngaphezu kwalokho, impilo yakhe ibilokhu ibuzwa kusukela ekuhlaselweni yisifo sohlangothi ngo-2018. Kube nomzamo wokuketula umbuso ongaphumelelanga ngo-2019.
Nakuba isimo sihlala singaqinisekile uma lokhu ukuthathwa kwezempi kuphumelela kubonakala sengathi isikhundla sikaBongo sobumengameli singase sibe sengcupheni. Kuzodingeka silinde futhi sibheke ukuthi izenzakalo zenzeka kanjani. Nokho, kubonakala sengathi ukubusa komkhaya okwathatha amashumi eminyaka kungase kufinyelele esiphethweni esimangalisayo.
