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Gabon held a presidential election on 27 November 2005. Incumbent President Omar Bongo Ondimba, in power since 1967 (making him Africa's longest-serving ruler), sought another seven-year term against four other candidates. According to an announcement of results by the country's interior minister, Bongo won the election with 79.2% of the vote.〔("Bongo wins re-election in Gabon" ), BBC, 30 November 2005 .〕 Bongo was sworn in for another seven-year term on 19 January 2006. ==Organization and legal changes== Well in advance of the election, Parliament voted to remove term limits on the Presidency (which would have prohibited Bongo from running again); it also voted to hold presidential elections on a first past the post basis, with no second round in the event that the leading candidate falls short of a majority.〔("GABON: Bongo, Africa's longest-serving ruler, wants another seven years" ), IRIN, 3 October 2005.〕 The electoral code was changed by Parliament in late June 2005; the opposition reacted angrily to the changes, which required soldiers to vote at their barracks, saying that under such circumstances soldiers could be ordered to vote for Bongo. On 6 October 2005, Gilbert Ngoulakia, the President of the National Electoral Commission, announced that the election would be held on 27 November, with security forces voting two days earlier on 25 November. Opposition leader Zacharie Myboto denounced this as "additional proof of laws being fiddled to keep the ruling regime in power", arguing that having the soldiers vote on a different day would facilitate vote rigging and that it might be possible for them to vote a second time on 27 November.〔("GABON: Opposition cries foul over presidential poll plans" ), IRIN, 6 October 2005.〕 The decision to have soldiers vote on a different day was officially attributed to the need to have them available to keep the peace when the general population voted.〔("GABON: Two top opposition figures to challenge Africa’s longest-standing president" ), IRIN, 10 October 2005.〕 Also on 6 October, Ngoulakia said that campaigning would begin at midnight on 13 October, 30 hours after the deadline for candidacies.〔 The campaigning period was to end on 26 November.〔 Protesting the composition of the 120-member National Electoral Commission, the opposition initially refused to participate in it, but following negotiations the opposition was granted 40 seats on the Commission on 7 October and ended its boycott.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gabonese presidential election, 2005」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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