Constitutional Court begins decisive verification phase for population census in Gabon

This follows the government's submission of the provisional report to the Court on July 14, a week after it was presented to the President of the Republic by the Minister of Planning and Foresight. The Vice-President of the Government, Hermann Immongault, handed the document to the President of the Constitutional Court, Dieudonné Aba’a Owono, at its headquarters in Libreville. The Court is now tasked with homologating the results, which involves ensuring the regularity and sincerity of the census operations across the national territory.

This institution is the sole body authorized to validate these provisional results. Its mission includes deploying specially trained delegates to various provinces to gather observations from local administrative authorities and the population. Following this control, the Court may homologate the results, make rectifications, or, in cases of serious irregularities, order a new census in certain localities.

Hermann Immongault emphasized the strategic importance of this census, the first since 2013, for updating demographic data crucial for public policies, including electoral redistricting and targeting social support mechanisms for economically vulnerable Gabonese citizens. Initial trends indicate the demographic predominance of the Estuaire province, followed by Ogooué-Maritime and Haut-