Libreville, Oct 6, 2018 (News Wires) - Voters in Gabon went to the polls on Saturday to choose parliamentary candidates for the first time in seven years, in an election that has already been delayed by almost two years and which the main opposition leader is boycotting. Polling stations opened late in some parts of the capital, Libreville, forcing hundreds of people to wait for long periods before casting their votes. At one station, voters struggled to find their names in the electoral roll, while elsewhere they waited for electoral workers to arrive. "I arrived early," said Pierre Yves Obiang, 45, a teacher and supporter of President Ali Bongo's ruling Gabonese Democratic Party. "I want to vote for my candidate. This delay is very annoying.
