What remedies are available in the first instance?

Gabon

Gabon

Answer
  • Total recount of results
  • Partial recount of results
  • Annulment of results / Cancellation of elections
  • Partial annulment of results / Partial cancellation of elections
  • Correction of the results
Source

Law n?7/96 of 12March 1996 establishing common rules for all political elections, with all thesubsequent amendments / Loi n?7/96 du 12 mars 1996 portant dispositionscommunes ? toutes les ?lections politiques telle que modifi?e

Art. 127: In case oftotal or partial annulment of elections, the electoral college shall meetwithin two to four months from the date the annulment decision was issued.

(? Encas d'annulation de tout ou partie des ?lections, le coll?ge ?lectoral estconvoqu? dans un d?lai de deux ? quatre mois ? compter de la date de lad?cision d'annulation.?)

Link : http://radiogaboma.over-blog.net/pages/Code_Electoral_du_GABON_partie_1-1622227.html

Organiclaw n? 9/91 of 26 September 1991 amended by law n? 13/94 of 17 September 1994 onthe Constitutional Court / Loi organique n? 9/91 du 26 septembre 1991 modifi?epar la loi n? 13/94 du 17 septembre 1994 sur la Cour constitutionnelle

Art. 80: TheConstitutional Court may either validate the election or cancel the contestedelection or reform proclamation made and declare another candidate elected.

(? LaCour constitutionnelle peut soit valider le scrutin, soit annuler l'?lectioncontest?e, soit r?former la proclamation faite et proclamer ?lu un autrecandidat. ?)

Link : http://www.accpuf.org/images/pdf/cm/gabon/042-tri-txt_leg.pdf

Comment
Following a acomplaint challenging the validity of the 2009 presidential elections, theConstitutional Court ordered a recount of the votes cast in all pollingstations (Source: Jeune Afrique, available at: http://www.jeuneafrique.com/actu/20090929T062845Z20090929T062816Z/ ).
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