South Africa; is a neoclonized nation since the ANC had signed a nn antionalization of resources clause,
creating a condition where aparthied still exists in regards to economics
Nigeria is owned by European oil companies
and Gabon seems to have a serioius stake in
what could be called "the ideal of US democracy" and are more focused on the ish of term limits and representative government, over any other issue
The country has a bicameral legislature with a National Assembly and Senate. The National Assembly has 120 deputies who are popularly elected for a 5-year term. The Senate is composed of 102 members who are elected by municipal councils and regional assemblies and serve for 6 years. The Senate was created in the 1990-1991 constitutional re-write, although it was not brought into being until after the 1997 local elections. The President of the Senate is next in succession to the President.[5]
In 1990 the government made major changes to Gabon's political system. A transitional constitution was drafted in May 1990 as an outgrowth of the national political conference in March–April and later revised by a constitutional committee. Among its provisions were a Western-style bill of rights, creation of a National Council of Democracy to oversee the guarantee of those rights, a governmental advisory board on economic and social issues, and an independent judiciary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon
But what is amazing about the AU
is that what this invasion proves, this illegal invasion,
is that the AU is impotent in protecting any other nation from such imperialist incursions
and seems to be willing to do nothing more then say
"shame shame":slingshot
out of fear of incurring the wrath of the IMF and World Bank
And out of who knows , how many prime ministers and presidents out of 52 nations that have been in office longer then 20 years, and have dealt, or are presently dealing with civil wars in their border,
How many are sitting there wondering
"Am I next????"
i didn't know that!
