{"id":202408,"date":"2022-12-09T17:37:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=202408"},"modified":"2022-12-09T17:50:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:50:34","slug":"equatorial-guinea-teodoro-obiang-sworn-in-for-a-sixth-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=202408","title":{"rendered":"Equatorial Guinea: Teodoro Obiang sworn in for a sixth term; holds the record for longest-serving head of state outside of a monarchy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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MALABO, Dec 9 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Equatorial Guinea\u2019s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo<\/strong>, 80, who holds the world record for time in power for a living head of state excluding monarchs, is sworn in for a sixth, seven-year term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the international community, including the US government, have raised concerns over the legitimacy of the landslide victory of the president’s PDGE party which claimed 94.9% of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the goverment of the central African country, reacted to these doubts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The only thing the people can expect from the newly re-elected president is to continue the development of our country in all sectors. What the people hope for, and what I personally hope for, is the sustainability of its action in the education sector, in the health sector, in the economic sector, in all sectors of the country and in infrastructure,”<\/strong> said Atalia Ndong, government spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Every country has its own model of democracy. There is no system that governs democracy in absolute terms. In Equatorial Guinea, there is a presidential democracy. A peaceful election. We are pleased that the opposition parties participated and that one of the main candidates in this election came to congratulate us,”<\/em><\/strong> added Evita Junto, a politician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In power since 1979, Obiang was re-elected in the Central African oil country which he rules with an iron fist and in the face of a muzzled opposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With more than 43 years at the helm, Obiang holds the record for longest-serving head of state outside of a monarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The statistics show that the people have always supported my candidacy,\u201d said Obiang, 80, the world\u2019s longest-serving president currently in the 43rd year of his tenure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs long as I am president and with our resources, the people\u2019s desires and needs for well-being will be fully realized,\u201d said Obiang who vowed at the swearing-in event in the capital Malabo, marking the beginning of his next seven-year term at the country\u2019s helm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ceremony began after a military parade attended by top officials and a host of foreign African leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obiang promised the full implementation of outstanding projects, as well as to eradicate corruption and maintain the Central African country\u2019s unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He vouched for its peace and stability, as well as the sustainable development that he said the nation was experiencing. — NNN-AFRICANEWS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MALABO, Dec 9 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Equatorial Guinea\u2019s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, who holds the world record for time in power for a living head of state excluding monarchs, is sworn in for a sixth, seven-year term. Members of the international community, including the US government, have raised concerns over the legitimacy of the landslide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":202409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202408"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=202408"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202415,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202408\/revisions\/202415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/202409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=202408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=202408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=202408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}