"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

 

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  English version   Today 16 December 2024, the Biden administration which will no longer be in power in January 2025, has announced via the Department of Energie, that it has inscribed in its 2025 budget, a loan in the amount of $9.63 billion (5778 billion CFA Francs) to a joint venture of Ford Motor Company and South Korean battery maker SK, to help finance the construction of three new battery manufacturing plants in the states of Tennessee and Kentucky in the USA.   These three plants are expected to create a total of 5,000 constructions jobs in Tennessee and Kentucky, as well as 7,500 operations jobs once the plants will be up and running.   These companies are required to develop and implement a comprehensive Community Benefit Plan, as a part of this no interest loan. They are required to partner with Tennessee College of Applied Technology and Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in Kentucky to develop training programs to prepare studen...

    English version   Many of our readers have asked our opinion about what is happening with Herve-Patrick Opiangah who until recently was a close ally of Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema. Here is our brief opinion.   Dear readers, you need to always analyze politics with a good dose of realism. Meaning that you would be well advised to stop being idealistic when dealing with politics, because it is a world of eating others because if you don’t, they will eat you.   Politics is a long game of tit-for-tat. In other words, politicians don't play the game once with a clear position, but multiple times over and over with each other, which creates value in being reliable and trustworthy, especially with players with whom you have some converging interests. But then, when their interests are no longer being served, they don’t hesitate to change camps and go join those who might have been their enemies yesterday. We see this in Gabon over and over.   ...

 

    English version   A state cannot ask its citizens to be virtuous if this state is itself wicked! A state governed by the rule of law is recognized by the existence of three cardinal pillars: 1.              Respect for the hierarchy of norms 2.              Equality of citizens before the law 3.             The separation of powers between the executive, the legislative and the judiciary branches.   In Gabon, the state led by Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema does not satisfy any of these three pillars. When we observe the CTRIsts asking at the top of their lungs that the Gabonese become virtuous citizens as if by magic, we would like to ask them to tell us who is setting a bad example for the Gabonese people?   How can the State go and destroy the homes of citizens w...

    English version   The budget of the Gabonese Republic for the year 2025 has just been published. It was announced for the sum of 4204.9 billion CFA francs. But we notice that even if the regime has changed, Gabon still has the same cash flow problems when it comes to honoring student scholarships or retirees' pensions. But why has Gabon not been able to execute its budgets without problems for decades?   1.        What is a budget? The budget for a State is the total revenue it expects to receive and the expenditure it intends to make. It is a document drawn up by the government and voted by Parliament, which provides for and defines the expenditure and revenue that the State will be entitled to commit and collect for the coming year. Most of the resources come from taxes and duties paid by citizens and businesses; and the expenditure corresponds to the money that the State intends to use to finance public action: securit...

    English version   Success is not a coincidence, for individuals as well as for countries and societies. Success does not come without effort and intentionality. Successful countries are those that elevate the most capable minds and entrust them with public affairs. When you have people of Jacques Attali's level in your administration, how can you not succeed in the long run?         Version française   La réussite n’est pas un hasard, pour les individus comme pour les pays et les sociétés. La réussite ne vient pas sans effort ni d’intentionnalité. Les pays qui réussissent sont ceux qui privilégient les cerveaux les plus capables et leur confient les affaires publiques. Quand on a des gens du niveau de Jacques Attali dans son administration, comment ne pas réussir à termes ?

    English version   In Gabon, in recent years, a number of activists have been using the internet and digital technologies to promote their political or social causes, often by spreading information, organizing online campaigns, or even engaging in alert activities to draw attention to their issue, essentially using the digital space as a platform for change as they see it.   The internet is an uncontrollable and inherently free medium that will frustrate those who believe that free speech can be stymied with the push of a button. It appears that Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema has grown increasingly frustrated by what some Gabonese activists are saying about him and about his rule, on the internet. He is now decided to counter attack by threatening these activists of law suits in the countries where they reside.   In fact, Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema would like to obstruct certain information and views shared online by Gabonese activists, by us...

 

    English version   Throughout history, all dictatorships have maintained a grip on power via fear, surveillance and murder for those who resist but plenty of money for those who are willing to sell their souls.   In 1994, the heir to the Syrian dictatorship, Bassel Al Assad, died in a car crash. The father, had a view of building a dynasty that would rule Syria for generations. He called on the younger brother, Bashar al-Assad who was an ophthalmologist living in London, to come back to Syria and to enter politics to become the new successor. The regime's propagandists quickly started to build a cult of personality around the young ophthalmologist so his rise to power would seem inevitable to the people.   The father wanted to build up Bashar al-Assad's legitimacy inside the government by giving him positions of increasing authority; so that he'd be able to take over when the time came. Just like Omar Bongo did with Ali Bongo. It was the same ...

 

 

    English version   In the Gabonese political scheme, republican encounters between those in power and the opposition are not yet rooted in the country's political and social culture. One can rightly wonder why Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema met Albert Ondo-Ossa, if it was not only to use him as a backdrop to present a republican image of someone who is heading towards dictatorship in deeds.   If compromise is the art of politics, in Gabon compromission is practiced. The future will enlighten us!           Version française Dans le schéma politique Gabonais, les rencontres républicaines entre pouvoir et opposition ne sont pas encore enracinées dans la culture politique et sociale du pays. On peut à juste titre se demander pourquoi Brice-Clotaire Oligui-Nguema a reçu Albert Ondo-Ossa, si ce n’était que pour s’en servir comme toile de fond pour présenter une image républicaine de quelqu’un qui se dirige vers la dictatu...