It's been 3 days now since election day last Sunday and still no official results. Gabonese all around the world are anxious to finally hear who will succeed to longtime President El Hadj Omar Bongo who passed away a few months ago after a cardiac arrest in Barcelona, Spain. Would it be Pierre Mamboundou (longtime member of the opposition) Ali Ben Bongo (son of the late President and former Defence Minister) or Andre Mba Obame (former Interior Minister)
Tensions are rising between camps of the 3 candidates in the lead. The streets are empty, everybody is in front of their TVs or computers monitoring the news and blogosphere.
It has been reported last night, that shots were fired at one Local TV station in Libreville, the capital. The station is owned by one of the three candidates, former Interior Minister Mba Obame. No casualties were reported, however a few stray bullets hit a couple residential apartments in the same building.
Text messaging has been suspended by all mobile phone carriers in Gabon, claiming a "maintenance inspection".
The electoral commission in charge of publishing the results is currently meeting with representatives of the three candidates in the lead to go over official reports of every polling stations.
In a few hours, the country would know his next President, it's going to be a very long night (there, still daytime in the U.S). Every camp is confident that their candidate would be declared winner.
Good luck to them and Get It Right for the Nation!
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