Faced with Tonton Macoute militants, he created the Ligue haïtienne des droits humains.
On 7 February 1986, after the fall of the regime of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Gourgue was called to the National Council of Government by Henri Namphy.
After the 2000 Haitian parliamentary election, Gourgue served as honorary president until Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sworn in, in February 2001.
In 2004, Gourgue was appointed as ambassador of Haiti to UNESCO and personal representative of Provisional President Boniface Alexandre.
On 11 June 2009, Gourgue participated in the Haitian book festival Livres en Folie at the Parc Historique de la Canne à Sucre.