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CBON’S FAKE NATIONALISM HAS ITS LIMITS! LE NATIONALISME D’OPÉRETTE DE CBON A SES LIMITES!

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English version The gap between CBON’s official discourse, focused on the restoration of national dignity, economic sovereignty and Gabon to the Gabonese; and the reality of shadow governance subcontracted to private business networks and often in the hands of non-nationals, is striking. Khalil Rihan’s role with CBON offers a reading grid that reveals several worrying dynamics for the country’s institutional and economic future. The most disturbing aspect is not that a Head of State has shadow advisors, but that the sovereign functions of the State are outsourced. Rihan acts simultaneously as Minister of Foreign Affairs (in Abu Dhabi), Minister of Economy and Mines (against Eramet in Paris), and occult collector. When a private actor without an official mandate negotiates the State’s entry into mining capital up to 25% or signing bonuses of $50 million, the boundary between public money and personal enrichment becomes impossible to determine. On paper, the audit of domestic debt is a v...
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THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL ORDERS, A BUDGETARY AND USELESS INSTITUTION! LE CONSEIL DES ORDRES NATIONAUX, UNE INSTITUTION BUDGÉTIVORE ET INUTILE!

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English version A decree dated March 31, 2026 signed by CBON appoints the members of the Council of National Orders. The question of the usefulness of such an institution in the current political and institutional landscape of Gabon is a legitimate subject of debate. It is necessary to examine the relevance of this institution from two opposing angles: its symbolic and costly role in the face of the country’s political and economic priorities. In the classical architecture of the state, the Grand Chancellery and the Council of National Orders should manage the country’s honorary distinctions, such as the Equatorial Star or the Gabonese Merit. This institution should serve to honour citizens who have rendered exceptional services to the Nation. It is a tool for promoting excellence and patriotism. On the international scene, national orders are essential for diplomatic exchanges such as the awarding of medals to foreign heads of state or diplomats. The State needs a legal entity to regu...
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HISTORY WILL SEVERELY JUDGE THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE IGNOMINY THAT IS THIS NATIONALITY CODE! L’HISTOIRE JUGERA SÉVÈREMENT CEUX QUI SOUTIENNENT L’IGNOMINIE QU’EST CE CODE DE LA NATIONALITÉ!

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English version CBON uses the new nationality code to, thanks to the law and the argument of blind nationalism, lock the political landscape in quadruple turns. But the characteristic of this kind of political decision is that they are inscribed in time and often end up catching up with those who conceived or supported them. The judgment of History, especially in matters of citizenship and exclusion, is rarely lenient. This constant can be observed through several prisms, which echo the indignation of many Gabonese: This is the great irony of African and world political history; the laws of exclusion almost invariably end up turning against their authors. In the 1990s, the concept of Ivority was theorized and codified to prevent Alassane Ouattara from running for president. This policy of exclusion not only led the country to civil war, but those who ardently supported it like Henri Konan Bédié, eventually paid the political price. Ironically, Alassane Ouattara ended up becoming presid...
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NOW BEING GABONESE IN A TRANSITIONAL AND CONDITIONAL STATE! ON EST DÉSORMAIS GABONAIS DE MANIÈRE TRANSITOIRE ET CONDITIONNELLE!

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English version The new nationality code in the Gabonese Republic establishes the now transitional and conditional nature of this nationality and touches the very heart of what makes Gabon a nation whose government should have a social contract with its population. In view of recent legislative developments, it can indeed be argued that Gabonese nationality is sliding from an inalienable right to a conditional privilege. In the classical conception of rights (including the right of blood, jus sanguinis, or the right of soil, jus soli), nationality is a constituent fact of a person’s identity. We are born with it, it is consubstantial to us. By introducing the possibility of automatically deposing a citizen, even if he was born Gabonese, on the grounds that they would carry out subversive actions against the government, the legislator modifies the very essence of this link. Nationality is no longer a definitive achievement; it becomes a precarious status, a lease tacitly renewable on th...
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