"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

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English version Ian Khama, the former President of Botswana left office constitutionally after 2 terms on Saturday, March 31, 2018. Here is what we observed: 1. There was no tragedy 2. There was no constitutional scheming 3. There is no Mborantsuo in Botswana 4. The Botswanan Republican Guard is not ethnic 5. Nobody called for a dialogue in Botswana 6. There was no need for the Botswanan people to go on protest marches 7. No one fired on the Botswanan people 8. There was no death To the electoralists, we ask: when will such a transition in Gabon? Are the conditions for such an outcome met in Gabon to ask us to go to new elections? We will not give up ! Version française Ian Khama, l’ancien Président du Botswana s’est retire constitutionnellement après 2 mandat, le Samedi 31 Mars 2018. Voici ce qu’on a vu : 1. Il n’y a pas eu de drame 2. Il n’y a pas eu de manigance constitutionnelle 3. Il n’y a pas de Mborantsuo au Botswan...

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English version Blaise Wada has just been sentenced for embezzlement of public money, for 20 years imprisonment. OK ! But Sylvia Bongo built the Green Ribbon School with what money? Marie Madeleine Mborantsuo built the high school Berthe and Jean with what money? Let the justice system answer us. This is why we must not give up! Version française Blaise Wada vient d’être condamné pour de détournement de deniers publics, a 20 ans d’emprisonnement. OK ! Mais Sylvia Bongo a construit l’école Ruban Vert avec quel argent ? Marie Madeleine Mborantsuo a construit le lycée Berthe et Jean avec quel argent ? Que le système judiciaire nous réponde. Voici pourquoi nous ne devons rien lâcher !

English version Imagine the scene; to talk to serious people about investment opportunities in the agricultural sector in Gabon, you are presented with two experts in the field: Maganga Moussavou’ son and Leban Soleman. If you are a potential investor with knowledge of Gabon and Africa, who knows you cannot invest in a country where leaders are novices of the sector you want to get into, then you just have to turn back. Indeed, dear readers, what is an expert? The dictionary tells us that an expert is an individual who has acquired know-how through education, experience, and practice over time. When an expert is chosen for a demonstration or presentation, it must be an experienced technician whose knowledge is proven and appreciated by connoisseurs. Dear readers, if we should make a serious presentation on investment in agriculture in Gabon, who would call Maganga-Moussavou Jr. and Leban Soleman as expert presenters on the subject? What is their training? Wh...

English version What is happening in Gabon is simply scandalous. Olam, an agribusiness company, has just been awarded by Ali Bongo, the management of Libreville airport for the next 50 years. It is La Lettre du Continent which tells us the duration of the contract. An Olam subsidiary called the Special Economic Zone (GSEZ) Airports was created specifically to take back this concession for a symbolic franc. Having no expertise in aeronautical management, negotiations are said to be underway between Gagan Gupta and the French group Eiffiage, for a technical partnership. To the electoralists, we ask: to give 50 years concession to their associates Olam, is it not an indication that the Bongos intend to stay in power for a century? This is why we must not give up! Version française Ce qui se passe au Gabon est simplement scandaleux. Olam, une entreprise d’agrobusiness, vient de se faire octroyer par Ali Bongo, la concession de l’aéroport de...

English version La Lettre du Continent tells us that Dupont Consulting, which currently audits the majority of public companies in Gabon, and whose results are often used by Operation Mamba to hunt down some officials deemed to be dishonest, has as its main shareholder someone close to Ali Bongo. It should be noted that Dupont Consulting is administered by Tony Ondo Mba, who is also SEEG's CFO since Veolia was kicked out. Needless to say, he is an Ali Bongo’ soldier. Dear readers, do you think that these audits are honest and not remote-controlled? Version française La Lettre du continent nous souffle que le cabinet Dupont Consulting, qui audite actuellement la majorité des entreprises publiques du Gabon, et dont les résultats sont souvent utilisés par l’Opération Mamba pour traquer certains haut-fonctionnaires jugés indélicats, a pour actionnaire principal une personne proche d’Ali Bongo. Il est à souligner que Dupont Consulting est admini...

English version According to La Lettre du Continent, Ali Bongo is going to profoundly change the direction of the Comilog, by placing his minions. Ali Bongo has just named the former Minister of Mines and Industry, Martial-Rufin Moussavou, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Comilog which, let us not forget, is a subsidiary of the Eramet Group. He succeeds at this position to Alain Ditona Moussavou who seems to have fallen out of favor with Ali Bongo. Yet, says La Lettre du Continent, Martial-Rufin Moussavou was not the initial candidate of Eramet who preferred Marcel Abéké. Ali Bongo is said to have refused, judging Marcel Abeke too close to the opposition. In a letter sent on March 26 to Christel Bories, the President of Eramet, the Gabonese Minister of Mines, Christian Magnagna, explains the choice of the regime, and proposes other personalities to integrate the new Board of Directors of Comilog. There are: Roger Owono Mba, deputy director of the preside...

English version La Lettre du Continent tells us that his name is Stéphane Baumont; He is a lawyer, doctor of jurisprudence and professor of public and international law at the University of Toulouse. He is reported to have found a consulting position with the Gabonese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This French lawyer would have been placed under the responsibility of Placide Olouba Odounga, the director of investments at the commission for regional integration. Stéphane Baumont is a former chargé de mission in the press service of the Elysée. In Gabon, he would be supposed to work on setting up a department to facilitate the economic relations of foreign investors wishing to set up in Gabon. He will provide the Gabonese authorities with various services: publications, books, speech preparations ..., as well as "weekly evaluation and recommendation notes" on the evolution of foreign investments in the country. His salary? Hush; money does not like nois...

English version According to La Lettre du Continent, Guy Rossatanga-Rignault would now be Ali Bongo's Climate Master. What does this mean under our illegitimate tropics, onlythey know! Apparently, in Gabon, fishing, the sea and maritime security are synonymous with climate. Indeed, Guy Rossatanga-Rignault is in charge of the Ministry of Fishing, Sea and Maritime Safety; but Ali Bongo has just added to his responsibility, the attributions "on instruction of the President of the Republic" please, of the management of the climate task. Dear readers, there is, however, a Ministry of Forestry and the Environment in Gabon. But hey, the Ali Bongo regime is not worried about the appearance of a mess. And who will contest the orders of the chief, in a dictatorship? La Lettre du Continent reminds us with some irony, that the jurist that is Guy Rossatanga-Rignault, regularly takes a stand on constitutional issues in favor of the regime in place, which is st...

English version According to Africa Energy Intelligence, the Gabonese Minister of Defense, Etienne Massard Kabinda, has taken on the Addax issue. Indeed, Addax employees are goinbg on strikes after strikes to avoid being sidestepped during the sale process of their company. Sinopec has sold Apogg, the Gabonese subsidiary of Addax Petroleum, in 2017. While a new employee strike was scheduled to begin on April 23, the day before, April 22, Etienne Massard Kabinda is said to have gone to see the Addax staff representatives to defuse the strike. At the moment, Sinopec does not respond favorably to the main demand of the employees which is to send from Beijing a company executive who can explain the situation of their subsidiary. Striking employees are asking for information about the sales process, and would also like to negotiate a separation bonus that would be paid at the time of the transaction. Sinopec reportedly wrote to the employees, asking them to nego...

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English version Imposture, the theme is vast; but fortunately with the Bongos, we have a lot of material. In the context of this post, imposture is fraud. It is using stratagems to dominate the Gabonese people and usurp power. It is imposing an environment where all governance is based on a fundamental lie: the people in power are illegitimate. This system has never been sustainable in any country of the world; even in Gabon things will change. In Gabon, the imposture is intense and cruel, in that it sweeps away all those who do not agree to be at the same level as the impostors. In Gabon everyone is forced to help the imposture, from the parish priest at the head of the Catholic Church to the heads of the big chancelleries. In Gabon, to give itself the air of democracy, the imposture is in constant search for partners "of oppositions" which they would use to at the same time deceive the people and to idealize them into thinking that in the curren...

English version The Ali Bongo regime had chased away the observers of the European Union following the proclamation of the rigged election of 2016. Bilié by Nze even declared: "Gabon is not a member of the EU, so they cannot meddle in our business”. Strangely, it is this same regime that is begging the EU for funding for simple roadworks. Poor Gabon We will not give up Version française Le régime Ali Bongo avait chasse les observateurs de l’Union Européenne suite à la proclamation de l’élection truquée de 2016. Bilié by Nze avait même déclaré : « le Gabon n’est pas membre de l’UE, donc ils ne peuvent pas s’occuper de nos affaires ». Bizarrement, c’est ce même régime qui va quémander des financements auprès de l’UE pour des simples travaux de voiries. Pauvre Gabon On ne lâche rien !

English version Did you think that the era of ridiculous political folklore was over? Ali Bongo went to the province of his family, where the CENAP, in 2016 to correct his trailing of Jean Ping, fabricated election documents giving him 99.3% of the votes cast. They were cautious since they did not dare go for 100%; this would certainly have looked too Soviet. Do you believe that at the point where the Bongos stand, to announce unlikely electoral scores is in no way shameful or an insult to the intelligence of the Gabonese people? When the electoralists agree to believe that it is by going to the legislative election organized by Ali Bongo that they will obtain change, they demonstrate an intellectual and moral bankruptcy proving to us that the solutions they could propose to the populations for any problem whatsoever, could not come from a walled reflection that could guide our choices. The ritornello of national reconciliation initiated by all the electoralists...

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English version When we look at the mockery of the opposition electoralists, we see very easily the comedy played by these politicians who are determined to remain useless to our emancipation. It is because playing comedy is what is expected of these politicians, that we observe the proliferation of useless political formations whose sole purpose is to serve as a springboard for their creators, to pocket the electoral windfall. Who says political comedy, says lack of seriousness and therefore political joke; and who says political joke inevitably says political vagrancy. Between 2016 and 2017, how many round trips by people like René Ndemezo Obiang, Guy Nzouba Ndama etc., dragging in their wake all the people who depend on them. Today they call themselves members of PDG oye, tomorrow they create their micro party and join an opposition coalition; the day after tomorrow they distance themselves from the opposition coalition while remaining within it, to begin t...