"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

 

          English version   Raymond Ndong-Sima was in front of the international press on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. He has only been Prime Minister of the Transition for 2 weeks. But he spoke for nearly two hours, without any documents, with ease and a disconcerting knowledge of the most important issues of the day. It was high art.   From his stand, speaking from the heart as he said, refusing to read the prepared notes, Raymond Ndong-Sima spoke of the major challenges of the Transition: he spoke about the budget, employment, education and social issues; as a warned old hand. We felt he was prepared for this mission. Listening to him, we realized how much this brave man had been put in a straightjacket under Ali Bongo. How to understand that a person of such quality had to suffer the blockades of cretins like Maixent Accrombessi and Liban Soleman?   This time, we feel, the baby will be his and will carry his label. The Raymond Ndong-Sima paw has been released

 

  English version The new task force set up by Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema will examine all the loans made by the Gabonese State during Ali Bongo’s 2 terms. This means that Olam, which is the company that has benefited from the largest amount of financing from these loans, will be screened. According to our sources, of Gabon’s 8,000 billion debts, domestic and external debts, Olam is the recipient of nearly 2,000 billion, i.e. a quarter of the total debt. The future of Olam in Gabon seems to us to be compromised. Version française La nouvelle task force mise sur pied par Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema va examiner tous les emprunts effectués par l’État Gabonais pendant les 2 mandats d’Ali Bongo. Ceci veut dire qu’Olam, qui est l’entreprise ayant bénéficié du plus grand nombre de financements qui provenaient de ces emprunts, va être passé au crible. D’après nos sources, sur les 8000 Milliards de dettes du Gabon, dettes intérieures    et extérieures, Olam seraient le destinataire de près d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    English version 200 billion CFA francs is the incredible sum that, according to the very serious French daily Libération, Dame Sylvia Bongo, until 2 weeks ago the first lady of the country, possessed in cash in one of her residences. We Cartesians may think that this amount is implausible because the logistics necessary to store such a sum would simply be enormous. But we push the reflection further; who is telling us that these notes were in suitcases, armoires, or safes? It is possible that, as we saw with Pablo Escobar in Colombia, Sylvia Bongo had so much cash at her disposal that she stacked banknotes from floor to ceiling in some of her apartments under military guard. This is not impossible, after all, in a single apartment in Medellin, Colombia, investigators found nearly a billion dollars belonging to Pablo Escobar, after his death. This type of people end up believing themselves to be above everything and excess becomes their norm. When we look at the amount dis

    English version   Ali Bongo was a spoiled child; no one could argue with that. He effortlessly had all the ease and all the privileges in Gabon, Africa and even France. He started from bring a mediocre singer and ended up as a dismal president. In short, for the Bongo family and for Gabon, Ali Bongo is a failure from start to finish.   Like all spoiled children who are fed the udder of the Republic, Ali Bongo has always attracted in his wake the parasites who wanted to peck the crumbs that fell from his table.   Complexed to the bone, Ali Bongo had for childhood and adolescent friend, Jimi Ondo, who was much more attractive, elegant and talented than him and when the two were on stage, people wondered what Ali Bongo was doing there.   Complexed to the bone, Ali Bongo had as a childhood friend, Blaise Essono, a brilliant Gabonese student who was one of the first stewards of Air Gabon. Blaise Essono spoke English like an American, one wondered what such a cultured p

    English version   Dear readers, for more than a week now, the new transition military regime has taken over power in Gabon. Many people are giving them advice; however, this blog has noticed that no one is mentioning this fundamental aspect of what the transition’s regime must do first if it wants to succeed: Resurrecting the Common Good.   Dear friends, for 56 years the Bongo have ruled Gabon and during this time, they have destroyed the country sense of the common good. Corruption has become rampant and most Gabonese now see the State has something to loot, because they’ve seen the Bongos do it over and over. This blog wants to suggest to the transition to have as a priority, the resurrection of the common good in all levels of society.   The transition must convey to the Gabonese people that good leadership is not about being tough, ruthless, or ferocious. It’s about attending to the needs of the people who are being led — valuing and elevating the common good th

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      English version   Following the coup that brought to the head of Gabon, at least for a transitional period, we are told, some in Gabon, like our compatriot Jean-Gaspard Ntoutoume-Ayi, advocate forgiveness in the face of the desire for revenge that can animate a bruised people against their torturers of yesteryears. This is commendable, but forgiveness must be earned. Forgiveness must occur at the end of a process of exchange of truths between the executioner and their victim. If the executioner does not repent, the victim is not required to forgive.   Therefore, dear readers, this blog is of the opinion that it is the executioners who should take the first step in the case of Gabon, and ask forgiveness from their victims. It is only at this condition that forgiveness should be possible.   The Bongo system had for 56 years stripped the Gabonese people of their civil and political rights and instituted a debasement of education, health care, and all other public ser

      English version   Observers and the international press agree that the government team set up by Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema and Raymond Ndong-Sima, contains within it a number of people from the Bongo father and son’s era; and ultimately very little break with the past in terms of personnel.   There are personal relationships that explain why some people ended up in this government. Some examples:   •              Régis Onanga Ndiaye, who was Gabon's ambassador to Senegal, is the transitional Minister of Foreign Affairs. He owes his selection to his brother-in-law, Henri-Claude Oyima. •              The new Minister of Public Accounts, Charles Mba, and his colleague Flavien Nziengui Nzoundou who is the new Minister of Public Works, would both have been high commissioners of Ali Bongo and worked closely with Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema in this role. •              If Marcel Abeke was entrusted with the Ministry of Petroleum, this would have been done und