Assertion: bongo | /r/CapableOf | suspend his presidential duties
Facets:
value: ostensibly
type: MANNER
value: for the first time
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In 2009 rumours persisted that Bongo was not in good health, particularly in May, when he suspended his presidential duties for the first time since he took office in 1967 and checked into a clinic in Spain—ostensibly to rest and mourn the death of his wife, who had passed away in March.