"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

 

    English Version   A plane flying the colors of the Gabonese Republic, the third, has just been sold to Turkish interests. It is a jet from the Canadian manufacturer Bombardier.   This Bombardier Global 6000 jet, was the aircraft used by the former Chief of Staff of Ali Bongo, Maixent Accrombessi. The sale of this plane, like those of the two planes previously, is very opaque and escapes all the elements of control of the Gabonese Treasury.   The Presidency of the Gabonese Republic has reportedly stopped covering the maintenance costs of several planes, with the exception of the Boeing 737 registered P4-BBJ which is regularly used by Sylvia Bongo. These planes would have astronomical maintenance costs.       Version française   Un avion frappé aux couleurs de la République Gabonaise, le troisième, vient d’être vendu a des intérêts Turcs. C’est un jet du fabricant Canadien Bombardier.   Ce jet Bombar...

 

 

          English Version   There are only a few to come out of the woods, to express themselves courageously with clarity and frankness, about the situation which prevails in Gabon, and on the decay our country is experiencing. The others remain silent or just pay lip service, because they prefer to admire the courage of one Pascal Oyougou from a distance, without wanting to experience his fate as a political prisoner.   Given the state in which Gabon finds itself, the engagement of the Gabonese intellectuals in public life must increase and become more present. All Gabonese who believe that the intellectual must be an agent of social transformation, especially in our countries where the need for development and social progress is greater than elsewhere.   The intellectual should get involved in society whose orientation he seeks to shift towards a better mobilization of resources in order to reduce the constraints in whic...

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      English Version   One of our readers presented us with a very insightful observation. He told us that for him the only things the Bongos have managed to democratize in Gabon since 1967 are corruption and nepotism.   This reader expressed the Gabonese sentiment of being ed up with a dictatorship that has succeeded in turning them into a desperate people worried about the future. There are more and more Gabonese who have left the country over the past 10 years, because they no longer recognize themselves in this country, and there is no more hope for them. Because the only things the Bongo have managed to democratize in the country are corruption and nepotism.   The Gabonese only want the departure of the Bongos and the whole system they represent. The Gabonese view their situation in Gabon as a matter of dignity: they no longer find it normal that someone who is not capable of running the country is imposed upon them by force. They be...

        English Version   Ali Bongo did not convince the Gabonese people, far from it. His televised speech to both houses of parliament was judged to have been hesitant and hollow. Some even speak of disappointment and non-event, because Ali Bongo said absolutely nothing!   In fact, observers agree that Ali Bongo was only brought before parliament in the hope of demonstrating to the Gabonese people that he was more or less able to stand up and read a speech; and consequently he could therefore keep control of the country.   But what the Gabonese saw and remembered were the slow gestures, the inaudible voice at times, and the eyes riveted on the sheets of paper, of a president who no longer has all his faculties and should go for permanent treatment. Ali Bongo appears to have been pulled out of the closet to save the face of a regime that has already found his successor, but is simply trying to buy time.   We are not fool...

 

 

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        English Version   The accident that has just happened in Mouila should be of concern to us all, because it is another warning of the danger that threatens Gabonese citizens every day, in their own country. The fundamental question is to determine as quickly as possible the responsibilities for this accident, in order to identify the culprits, to crack down on them, and to ensure that this type of tragedy never happens again in our country.   There are two entities which are responsible for this accident: a) the Gabonese State; and b) Olam   The Gabonese state is responsible for this accident because:   1. Everywhere in Gabon, the bad state of the roads makes the traffic of users very dangerous. Everyone can see the deterioration of pavements and lateritic tracks, and the aging or non-existence of signs. This sense of state disengagement is not a figment of the imagination, but a measure of the dilapidated state of...

 

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    English Version   The critical analysis of the state of our country inevitably invites us to look with contempt at what has just happened at the Libreville town hall. Imagine this: mayors have an elective mandate; a mayor is arrested, and his successor is elected via indirect suffrage by the municipal council whose mandate is delegated to them by the citizens of the municipality. But this new mayor does not please the regency at the top of the State which insists on controlling all the financial taps of the country. Against all the laws in effect, the regency asks the new mayor to resign and creates a false financial scandal to encourage him to do so. Alas, the new mayor accepts, under the pressure of the regency which explains to us that all this is normal. To accept this mode of governance, it is better never to use your brains.   Dear readers, understand that to accept what is happening in Gabon at the moment, it is better to be a moron who conse...

 

 

 

 

    English Version   Noureddin Bongo and his council of regency chaired by his mother, continue to place their pawns in key positions in the Gabonese oil sector. They have just replaced the director of Gabon Oil Co as well as the boss of the General Directorate of Hydrocarbons.   At the head of the GOC, François Ntombo-Tsibah has been replaced by Odette Nzaba-Makaya (née Delbrah). At the General Directorate of Hydrocarbons, Jean-Félix Obamba has been replaced by Edgard Mbina-Kombila. According to a certain press often well informed about what is happening in the belly of the presidential palace of Libreville, Odette Nzaba-Makaya and Edgard Mbina-Kombila would be under the control of Vincent de Paul Massassa, who himself takes his orders from Mohamed Ali Saliou who is Noureddin Bongo-Valentin’s oil man.           Version française   Noureddin Bongo et son conseil de régence présidé par sa mère, continuent de...

 

 

    English Version   Popular wisdom tells us: “Be careful, the wheel is turning; if today you have fun causing the misfortune of others, tomorrow your fate may be in their hands ".   This saying sums up for all of us, the vagaries that fate holds for each of us. Who could have imagined two years ago, at the height of his rise to the quasi presidency, that Brice Laccruche-Alihanga would end up in prison? The man who told the Gabonese, “who complains moves” is complaining today about the mistreatment he gets in prison.   The lessons of Brice Laccruche-Alihanga's saga are numerous. In life, when the “wheel turns”, misfortune can give way to happiness and vice versa. Fame can arise in an anonymous career; but joy can also be a prelude to mourning and power can be followed by decline, as we see with Brice Laccruche-Alihanga.   Consequently, even in the face of the misfortunes of Brice Laccruche-Alihanga, we should not rejoice, because he h...