Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Gabon actu
Published on 2024-03-12 16:47:42
It seems that the CEO has no intention of emancipating himself from his dark past to embrace the current era. We expected anything but to see in his temporary office a relic whose appearance is a nightmare for many Gabonese who have been disillusioned by a political system of which he is one of the gurus.
We foolishly believed that, losing ground, this political party would capitalize on past mistakes so that it would rise again in a new light. By wanting to rebuild this old political dump, viscous with its tentacular organs worthy of a police state, we thought that it should first get rid of its scum that heavily tarnished its image due to a risky management of public affairs.
To display in public this political mummy that we thought was carefully stored in a sarcophagus is a provocation too far.
Just by looking at the specimen, it brings back old memories of a brutal and mean power that walked over corpses in the name of its selfish interests. The “Tortoise” from Bikélé, alias Paul Biyoghe Mba, has reappeared and is in the front line. Wow!
The extraordinary Congress awaited by the few remaining militants will undoubtedly mark a break with these sharks who must, like the Distinguished Comrade, be reduced to simple grassroots militants, whether they like it or not. Otherwise, what do they bring in terms of added value, other than reviving frustrations that have been secreted for more than half a century of mismanagement?
If nothing is done in the direction of a profound renewal, given the pace at which defections are occurring within its ranks against the backdrop of hostile actions initiated by its adversaries, combined with its already greatly tarnished image, considering the increasing erosion, there is a risk that the PDG will ultimately reach the size of small confidential political formations such as the Social Liberation Movement of the People (MESP) of Victor Mouang Mbading or the Democratic and Cultural Front (FDC) of Jean Claude Quentin Ben Mongaryas. This would lead, sadly, to the collapse of the entire PDG structure.
Finances
The difficulty that the PDG, which no longer has its money printing press since the arrival of the coup leaders, will face is the question of financing its operations. Its members, accustomed to easy money that came from everywhere through convoluted channels, do not have the culture of contributions to replenish the party’s coffers. For many of them, their party is a bank, an employment office; a factory for producing ministers, directors-general, or even a specialized jurisdiction in awarding privileges and other certificates of impunity. Many of them joined for that reason, not out of ideological conviction. I highly doubt that many of them have even glanced at the manifesto of their party.
It is true that the PDG has survived various earthquakes that could have destroyed it, such as the one following the assassination on May 23, 1990, of the opposition leader Joseph Rédjambé after the national conference. No one could believe in its survival anymore, claiming membership of this political party had become a risky exercise. It was just waiting for its last rites and the confirmation of its demise.
Almost all the party’s leaders, including its founding President Albert Bernard Bongo, had abandoned ship to go into hiding.
It took Jacques Adhiaenot to emerge and, with suicidal courage, take control of the ship drifting towards unknown horizons.
Bongo, the great leader, from his golden hideout by the seaside, gave orders to save what could still be saved. With billions of CFA francs, things fell back into place and that’s how the PDG was saved from sinking.
Today, the founders of the PDG are no longer alive to put the party back on track as they did in the past. The heirs, on one hand the fans of Albert Bernard and on the other hand the obligates of Alain-Bernard, who were nurtured and weaned of parental milk, must now take matters into their own hands.
It is not enough to call for the dissolution of the PDG as I hear here and there, to banish them, to ostracize them as if they were plaguebearers, is unfair, disloyal and inelegant, even undemocratic. What we should expect from them is that they simply understand that no condition is permanent, a simple life lesson…
Timothée Mémey
NB: This column does not reflect the viewpoint of the editorial staff, which respects freedom of expression.
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