 He subsequently relinquished that seat, and the MDP selected Roland Valere Okouelet-Dongaud to take his place on 28 October 2014.In the July 2017 parliamentary election, Ibovi stood for re-election in the second constituency of Talangaï.In his re-election campaign he cited his accomplishments in providing job training for young people and vowed to make job training available to 600 more young people.