Elected president of the Rassemblement pour la nouvelle République (RNR) party on March 15 2025 in Libreville, Gabon, politician Jean Ping has announced his decision to support candidate Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema for the presidential election on April 12 2025. Having come 2nd in the 2016 presidential election, with 48.23% of the vote, Jean Ping intends to use this support to bring about a change in Gabon’s political future.
At the age of 83, Jean Ping, president of the Rassemblement pour la nouvelle République (RNR), has announced his decision to support Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema for the presidential election in Gabon on April 12. In view of the events of 30 August 2023, which have radically transformed Gabon’s political landscape, the former Chairman of the African Union Commission intends to make his contribution to Gabon’s future with this endorsement.
President Ping’s support for President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema comes as no surprise to the people of Gabon. It’s obvious because Jean Ping already stood up to Ali in 2016, which is to say that it’s an affront, he wanted to take Gabon out of dependence.
Tsonga Martial, Journalist
Jean Ping came 2nd in the August 2016 presidential election with 48.23% of the vote, compared with 49.80% for Ali Bongo of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG). He has held several ministerial portfolios (Foreign Affairs, Mines, Tourism, etc.). He is also a former President of the United Nations General Assembly. Il a également été ancien président de l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies.
Jean Ping cannot exclude himself from the arrival in power of the military, who, for the people, are restoring the dignity of the Gabonese people, restoring life together, and that is what is being built today.
Tsonga Martial, Journalist
For the opposition leader under Ali Bongo, the best solution for this Central African country is to support the candidacy of Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, a man he believes is capable of bringing positive change to Gabon.
