EU's Borrell says Gabon coup followed flawed election
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell insists the military coup in Gabon could not be compared to the crisis in Niger, arguing officers intervened after ousted president Ali Bongo won an unfair election. "Naturally, military coups are not the solution, but we must not forget that in Gabon there had been elections full of irregularities," he says, arguing a rigged vote could amount to a civilian "institutional coup".
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00:00 Military coups de guerre are not the solution.
00:05 But we must not forget that in Gabon there have been elections full of irregularities.
00:13 There are military coups and institutional coups.
00:19 We don't need to use weapons.
00:22 But if I trick elections to conquer power,
00:26 that is also an irregular way to gain power.
00:31 of it.