 Although Doumba was successful, some other members of the regime disliked his reliance on austerity measures, concerned that their own interests could be adversely affected.In the December 2001 parliamentary election, Doumba was elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) in Ogooué-Lolo Province; after the election, he was moved to the post of Minister of the Forest Economy, Water and Fishing, in charge of the Environment and the Protection of Nature, on 27 January 2002.President Omar Bongo's decision to remove him from the Ministry of Finance was attributed to the opposition his austerity measures had engendered among other members of the regime.