Gabon’s constitutional court denied the request of a lawyer and several political parties to annul the presidential decree appointing members of the transitional parliament. In response to a complaint filed barely three days after they were appointed, members of the national assembly and senators have not begun legislative work since 6 October. Parties argued that the appointments violated the transitional charter and were full of anomalies. They said President Brice Oligui Nguema had violated the charter by appointing 98 MPs instead of 70, and 70 senators instead of 50, and denounced the overrepresentation of some parties in the transitional parliament. Executive bureau members of parliament had pushed for a revision of the charter to reflect the increase in the number of legislative seats in both houses. The constitutional court found the complaints admissible on form but dismissed them on the argument they didn’t comply with the law.