Voices from the Field
Through the eyes of local experts and actors, ConstitutionNet’s ‘Voices from the Field’ series offers a monthly look at constitution building processes as they are unfolding on the ground around the world. Contributions take the form of interviews with, and opinion pieces from, constitutional experts, lawyers, practitioners and other engaged citizens in the field for a fresh and original look at issues of importance to local populations during the drafting, adoption and implementation of constitutions.
![President Ali Bongo Ondimba presents the 2023 amendments to the Constitution (photo credit: President of Gabon via Facebook) President Ali Bongo Ondimba presents the 2023 amendments to the Constitution (photo credit: President of Gabon via Facebook)](/sites/default/files/President%20with%20constitutional%20revision.jpg)
Voices From The Field
1 August 2023
Constitutional reforms in Gabon: the president’s strategic tool for political preservation
![President Ali Bongo (center) reviews troops in August 2019 after his convalescence (AFP) President Ali Bongo (center) reviews troops in August 2019 after his convalescence (AFP)](/sites/default/files/1715146-1039403508.jpg)
Voices From The Field
28 May 2021
The revision of the Gabonese Constitution: Between contestation, modernization and inconsistencies
![Some Gabonese in Paris protest 'Monarchy' when Ali Bongo Odimba succeeded his father in 2009 (photo credit: Bruno Ben Moubamba/Flickr) Some Gabonese in Paris protest 'Monarchy' when Ali Bongo Odimba succeeded his father in 2009 (photo credit: Bruno Ben Moubamba/Flickr)](/sites/default/files/Gabonese%20in%20Paris%20protest%20against%20Monarchy%20in%20Paris%20in%202009_Flickr_Bruno%20Ben%20MOUBAMBA.jpg)
Voices From The Field
28 February 2018
Reforming the Gabonese Constitution: An unprecedented, but limited, participatory process and an empowered presidency
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