After months of silence, political figure Dieudonné Minlama Mintogo has broken his silence with a pointed warning to Gabon’s new leadership. In a candid interview, the former 2016 presidential candidate cautions that the greatest threat facing the country’s Fifth Republic isn’t economic stagnation or institutional instability — it’s the political risk of reducing President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema’s sweeping popular mandate into a tool for partisan gain.