"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

    English version   Like a struggling political soul, Alexandre Barro Chambrier travels through Gabon in pre-campaign, without arousing the slightest interest. In fact, no one cares. The Gabonese people are sick and tired of this farce. Electoralism is dead in Gabon because it has been poisoned by too much fraud. The Gabonese people seem to have chosen abstention as a mode of political protest.   The increasingly striking abstention in Gabon is an electoral behaviour that reveals a deep crisis of confidence. This abstention is linked to an electoral system that is based on a terrible electoral code, suspicious and unidirectional official results, and pervasive electoral fraud.   But it should also be noted that abstention is nevertheless directly linked to the political offering. It must be admitted that the Gabonese political class of the moment is particularly mediocre; that its proposals are outdated; that all of this leads voters to lose interest if not in the polit

      English version   Dear readers, imagine having been a brilliant student, having graduated from a fine university like La Sorbonne, Oxford etc.; having travelled the world, living in Paris, New-York, London etc.; having access to good roads, good hospitals and permanent electricity and clean water. Then imagine going back to Gabon, seeing the bad conditions in the country and concluding that everything is going well and the Bongos are doing a good job.   Dear readers, this is unfortunately the kind of schizophrenia many people who support the Bongos are suffering from. The Bongos have been in power for 55 years; this means that for generations, many Gabonese are used to having two different lives: a) a public life where they profess to be supporters of the regime and act accordingly with enormous zeal; b) then a private life where they hate the Bongos in secret; laugh at them with disdain; and wish for them to be kicked out.   This schizophrenic existence that

    English version   According to the government media, Ike Ngouoni's villa, estimated at 700 million CFA francs, was seized by the judicial authorities, on the grounds that it was acquired with embezzled money.   During his trial, Ike Ngouoni had claimed that this villa was a gift from Ali Bongo.   Therefore, before seizing this villa, the court should have ensured that Ali Bongo had never offered this villa to Ike Ngouoni. To do so, Ali Bongo should have been heard by the judicial authorities.   Question: Did Ali Bongo's hearing take place?   This question deserves an answer!         Version française   D’après les media du pouvoir, la villa d’Ike Ngouoni, estimée à 700 millions de francs CFA, aurait été saisie par les instances judiciaires, au motif que celle-ci aurait été acquise avec de l’argent détourné.   Lors de son passage à la barre, Ike Ngouoni avait affirmé que cette villa était un cadeau d’Ali Bongo.   Par consequent,