Gabon candidate: Won’t concede

LIBREVILLE, Gabon — Opposition candidate Jean Ping vowed Saturday that he wouldn’t back down from his pursuit of the presidency, hours after the constitutional court upheld the victory of incumbent President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has been in power for nearly half a century.

It was not immediately clear what additional recourse Ping might pursue in the aftermath of the announcement that Bongo had won with 50.66 percent of the vote. Ping and his supporters have accused the ruling party of vote-rigging, and the opposition leader reiterated his call Saturday for people to object.

“This decision does not bring the Gabonese people together, and it does not appease them because they don’t recognize it, nor does the international community, which gives it no value,” Ping said.