"LE GABON ENERVANT" OR "ANNOYING GABON"

English version According to La Lettre du Continent, the termination of Veolia's contract in Gabon should move towards business courts. The legal argument that Veolia will use is that the Gabonese state has lacked planning and public policies, and has stranded SEEG financially by not paying its obligations amounting to 36 billion CFA francs (54 million €). To be continued. Traduction française D’après La Lettre du Continent, la résiliation du contrat de Veolia au Gabon, devrait s’acheminer vers les tribunaux d’affaire. L’argument juridique que va utiliser Veolia est que l’Etat gabonais ait manqué de planification et d'orientations publiques, et a asphyxier financière la SEEG en ne payant pas ses obligations s’élevant à ce jour à 36 milliards de francs CFA (54 millions €). Affaire à suivre donc.

English version La Lettre du Continent tells us that French lawyer William Bourdon has just introduced new evidence implicating people close to Ali Bongo, in the case of the ill-gotten gains. This development will have the effect of extending the case that Ali Bongo would have hoped to get closer to completion. This case remains resolutely on the front burner. Traduction française La Lettre du Continent nous dit que l’avocat français William Bourdon vient de faire introduire des nouvelles pièces à conviction impliquant des proches d’Ali Bongo, dans l’affaire des biens mal acquis. Ce développement aura pour conséquence de faire prolonger l’instruction qu’Ali Bongo espérait se rapprocher de son terme. Cette affaire reste résolument d’actualité.

English version Some people hold the thesis that going to elections, even rigged, would be commendable, because one demonstrates in doing so, their courage and faith in democracy. However, elections do not necessarily mean the presence of democratic rule in a country. A cursory look at several elections in Gabon shows that too often they are travesties. To defend this travesty, the regime wants us to once again go vote. We say no. Why do we say no? Because we are well aware of the fact that Ali Bongo is hell bent on clinging to power. To do so with the appearance of democracy, he must organize rigged elections. However, when elections are not credible, citizens eventually learn that rebellion and protest are the only way to change their regimes. This is where we are in Gabon. In Gabon, politics is the exclusive preserve of the Bongo family; and they represent a tiny minority. They have instituted a climate of fear and insecurity in the country at every ...

English version Jean Gaspard Ntoutoume-Ayi in Gabonreview, writes this: "We have to earn democracy. Not to participate in the elections, not to vote, is to capitulate to the dictatorship and to abandon Gabon to its predators. " This blog, with the kind permission of Mr. Jean Gaspard Ntoutoume-Ayi, answers this: Is it really courageous and even wise and intelligent to continue to vote mechanically, when the elections are organized in a manner unfortunately well too familiar in Gabon and whose scripts are known in advance? Is it really courageous and even wise and intelligent to continue to vote mechanically, when by electoral fraud, violence, repression of the protesting of the results, the loser always declares themselves the winner by replaying to us the scenario of a peace of the brave which is all fake? Is it really brave and even wise and intelligent to continue to encourage the people to behave in a way that is tolerant of a democracy...

English version Jean Eyeghe-Ndong announced that he would not participate in Ali Bongo's upcoming elections. It is his most absolute right and one can also criticize him. He gives his reasons that anyone could judge solid or not. But what seems unacceptable to us is when an editorial like that of Gabonreview claims that Jean Eyeghe-Ndong's refusal attitude is devaluing! Dear readers, devaluing for whom and for what? What is devaluing is to go to another election while the organization structure of elections in Gabon remains the same as that of 2016. What is devaluing is to go to another election while the Mborantsuo-Aboghe-Ella apparatus remains in place. What is devaluing is to go to another election while Ali Bongo taunts us by continuing to grab protesters and imprisoning them incommunicado. What is devaluing is to go to another election while Bertrand Zibi and all the others suffer torture in prison without any concession from Ali Bong...