"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

English version Marc Mvé-Békalé, a rather serious Gabonese academic, did not like that Laurence Ndong whom he really seems to respect, went to Russia to participate in a forum happening alongside the Russia-Africa summit. This blog comes here to suggest to Mr. Marc Mvé-Békalé that he is unfortunately mistakenly aiming at the wrong target, because if Africans had to only interact with Europeans of high moral standards when it comes to international relations. Africans would not speak to anyone! Here we would like to share an anecdote with Marc Mvé-Békalé: In 1990, Nelson Mandela went to the United States for the first time after spending 27 years in prison in South Africa. During that visit, Mandela was interviewed by Ted Koppel on the ABC Channel. At the time, Ted Koppel was considered one of the most talented and feared journalists in the US. During this interview, Ted Koppel reproached Mandela for his sympathies toward Gaddafi, Castro and Arafat; on the ground...

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English version Gabon needs more than ever all of its children; both those who are on the national territory and those who have gone abroad. Gabonese living abroad do so for various reasons: 1. The need to open up to the world and to know other experiences more enriching than those that one could have in Gabon. This is the case of those who go to continue their studies abroad. 2. For political reasons. The political climate in Gabon has never been more stifling and frustrating than today. 3. For economic reasons. It is obvious that in a context where corruption is a mode of governance, to know prosperity without giving into dishonesty becomes a challenge. It is now obvious to any honest person that Gabon cannot continue on its current trajectory. Many Gabonese in the diaspora have decided to make their contribution to the collective construction of a freer Gabon. The Bongo regime views the activism of the Gabonese diaspora in a bad light; the proof ...

English version Dear readers, even a cursory review of the global political environment shows us that, for example, in the United States, the biggest criticics of American politics and American power are the Americans themselves. In the same way, one will note that the greatest critics of French policy and the French power are the French themselves. The same thing is observed in all the free and democratic countries. So here we come to denounce the concept wanting, in Gabon, to assimilate patriotism to sycophancy. They want to make the Gabonese people believe that the best way to love their country is to accept everything from those who run it. This is unacceptable. In fact, through Brice Laccruche-Alihanga, the Bongo regime tells us: "the dictatorship, you will love it or you will shut up!" Period!. The message is very clear: if you are critical of the regime, it will persecute you. It is therefore asked that all Gabonese be a nice stooge wi...

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English version Dear readers, one thing is certain for this blog: Brice Laccruche-Alihanga and his boss Sylvia Bongo have just decided to cash the oil royalty due to the Gabonese State and send to the Treasury what they will want to leave for the Gabonese people. Petroleum fiscality experts will tell us that the net financial resources that a state can obtain from oil companies come in five types: 1. Signing bonuses of concession contracts. 2. Proportional royalties and those related to production. 3. Taxes and various levies. 4. Indirect revenues such as tariffs, income taxes, social security levy, etc. 5. Disposals of assets and participations. The most important revenues are those derived from proportional royalties. For example, in Gabon until 2003, most of the oil production was taxed according to a system based on two taxes: a proportional tax of 15% of the revenues of the companies, and a tax on the net profits at the rate 73%. However, Omar Bongo p...

English version According to La Lettre du Continent, to refurbish its coffers, the Ali Bongo regime would have decided not to wait for the mining royalty rebates from the companies in the sector to come, but to demand payment in products and immediately. The Gabonese regime would have recently sent to all the oil and mining companies, a letter informing them that they should now pay the proportional mining royalty (RMP), no longer in foreign currency as before, but with part of their production delivered to Gabon Oil Company acting for the Gabonese regime; and this company would sell this production on international markets. According to La Lettre du Continent, just for oil, the Gabon Oil Company is expected to receive from oil companies about 600,000 barrels a month, which would represent 35 million US dollars monthly, or 20 billion CFA francs. The regime promises to deliver this money to the Gabonese Treasury. But between promise and reality, in Gabon, ther...

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English version France would never allow a foreign entity to come audit its public treasury. It is a sector of sovereignty. This type of audit is regularly performed by French people, because public finances are a very sensitive area. In the USA, it is the Americans themselves who perform the audits of their finances. Even in Rwanda, the Rwandan state audits are conducted by nationals. They have a sense of national sovereignty. But in Gabon, the presidency of the Republic through Brice Laccruche-Alihanga, has asked a Beninese accountant to audit the Gabonese Treasury. It's simply scandalous! The man's name is Gerard Fanou and he would be a former employee of BGFI like Laccruche. No, but at some point, they have to stop. If these people really wanted to cause a revolt of the Gabonese people, they would not act any differently; but as long as the Gabonese people do nothing, they behave as if in conquered territory having before them a totally vass...

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