"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

      English version   The proverb in title simply means that it is necessary to maintain a certain distance from the devil when associating with him. But that, our fellow electoralists pretend to forget. They are now complaining that the regime is preparing electoral fraud. Yet we had warned them; They chose to ignore us and went to the election with the devil. Today they whine. Crocodile tears!   By agreeing to accompany Ali Bongo to his electoral coronation, the electoralists deliberately chose to make a pact with the devil. But they forgot one thing; that dictatorship, it must be remembered, prospers first and foremost because of the failures of those who claim to be democrats.   The electoralists therefore made a huge mistake by going to sit at Ali Bongo's table. The electoralists were not careful in arming themselves with very long spoons. They approached the devil and ended up on his plate.   Gabon will not change thanks t...

    English version   The press tells us that at the summit of the Economic Community of Central African States just held in Libreville, almost all the countries of this community were behind on their contributions to this body.   Chad owed 2.5 billion CFA francs Burundi owed the same. Equatorial Guinea owed 1.7 billion CFA francs Congo Brazzaville owed 3 billion CFA francs   It should be noted that ECCAS financing is based on a contribution paid by each member State corresponding to 0.4% of its annual imports.       Version française   La presse nous apprend que lors du sommet de la Communauté économique des Etats de l'Afrique centrale qui vient de se tenir à Libreville, presque tous les pays de cette communauté étaient en retard sur leurs cotisations envers cet organisme.   Le Tchad devarait 2,5 milliards de francs CFA Le Burundi en devrait en devrait autant. La Guinee-Equatoriale devra...

 

 

 

    English version   Opinion:   We fixed I-95 in 12 days. Here are our lessons for U.S. infrastructure. By Josh Shapiro July 16, 2023 Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, is the governor of Pennsylvania.       Infrastructure is the backbone of America, and our nation’s progress has often been tied to our ability to complete major projects that spur economic growth and create real opportunity.   Yet today it often seems like every project — big or small — gets mired in a slog of reviews, permits and delays. This saps our innovative spirit, reduces citizens’ trust that government can get things done and ultimately slows our progress as a nation.   After a critical stretch of Interstate 95 — one of the nation’s busiest highways — collapsed in Philadelphia in June, experts told me it would take months to get traffic flowing again. Instead, state and local leaders and project managers on the ground made decisions quickly, thoug...

    To watch click here Pour regarder cliquer ici     English version   Omar Bongo has done a lot of damage to Gabon; but in the opinion of this blog, history will prove that the people who have suffered the most from the Bongo regime will be the compatriots of Haut-Ogooué. Indeed, Omar Bongo has locked them into a patrimonial logic of power.   As a reminder, a patrimonial logic refers to a process of creation and renewal of a phenomenon, ensuring its continuity in space and time. Indeed, over its 56 years in power, the Bongo regime ended up persuading our compatriots from Haut-Ogooué that it was in their interest to consider this regime as theirs and to defend it with zeal because without this regime they would be at the mercy of the supposed vindictiveness of other Gabonese.   Through this continual brainwashing, many compatriots of Haut-Ogooué unfortunately allow themselves to be manipulated by the regime and take the risk of ass...