Original sentence: One of the key opposition leaders, Zacharie Myboto of the Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (UGDD), said that he thought it was "physically impossible" to hold the election within the constitutional 45-day timeframe and spoke of instead holding an election in five to six months
Edited sentence: One of the opposition leaders, Zacharie Myboto of the Gabonese Union for Democracy and Development (UGDD), formerly a close collaborator of President Bongo, said that he thought it was "physically impossible" to hold the election within the constitutional 45-day timeframe and spoke of instead holding an election in five to six months