| Published Tue, May 1st 2018 at 10:53, Updated May 1st 2018 at 10:56 GMT +3Gabon’s Constitutional Court on Monday ordered the prime minister to resign and the lower house of parliament dissolved after legislative elections scheduled for the weekend were delayed. The court ruled that Prime Minister Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet and the National Assembly were no longer legitimate because the government failed to hold the election on time. The court ordered President Ali Bongo to name an interim prime minister until elections could be organized. The upper house of parliament, the Senate, will remain in place under the court’s order. Text the word 'NEWS' to 22840Bongo appointed Issoze-Ngondet prime minister after a narrow victory in a 2016 election that international observers said was marred by irregularities and that sparked brief spasms of violence.

Source: Standard Digital May 01, 2018 07:52 UTC