THE COUNTRY IS STRUGGLING TO PAY CIVIL SERVANTS’ BACK PAY, BUT DIRECTORS ARE BEING APPOINTED IN DROVES! LE PAYS A DU MAL À PAYER LES RAPPELS DES FONCTIONNAIRES, MAIS ON NOMME DES DIRECTEURS À TOUR DE BRAS!
English version Gabon is an astonishing country: all serious economists tell us that the country is in a delicate budgetary situation, that youth unemployment is now threatening social balance; What is the government doing? It announced during the last Council of Ministers, a slew of appointments of senior executives in the administration. We are wondering what the regime is going to pay all these people with? Knowing that the budget deficit for the year that is ending is already obvious, where will they find the money to absorb all these new directors? Scholarships for students abroad are paid randomly. Diplomats posted abroad regularly receive notices of expulsion. Retirees are struggling to receive their dues. But in the face of these immense challenges, the regime finds it urgent to find jobs for people who campaigned for the yes vote in the referendum. We really wonder where this regime is ...