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A Gabonese court has rejected the proposal of opposition activists to compel President Ali Bongo Ondimba to undergo medical examinations to determine whether he is still fit to lead.
The court of Libreville rejected this request, calling it "inadmissible", according to the decision made Saturday by AFP.
Only the government or both houses of parliament have the power to appeal to the Constitutional Court to obtain a decision to dismiss the president, he added.
But activists behind the legal offer have denounced the judgment.
"This judgment reinforces our doubt about Ali Bongo's ability to continue to fulfill his presidential duties," said activist Marc Ona, who heads one of the groups behind the bid.
Bongo spent five months abroad in Morocco after suffering a stroke on October 24 while traveling to Saudi Arabia.
During this period, he returned to Gabon twice, his long absence fueling concerns about a power vacuum. A brief coup attempt by renegade soldiers in January was soon over.
But when he returned to Gabon at the end of March, some opponents of the president asked for a judicial inquiry into his state of health.
Thursday's court decision appears to have blocked this offer.
Ali Bongo has been running this oil-rich Central African country since 2009, following the death of his father, Omar Bongo, who had ruled the country since 1967.
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