Oliguism: The revival of Gabonese politics?

＂ The regime had no intention of abandoning its strategy of fraud. This statement by President Brice Clotaire OLIGUI NGUEMA corroborates the poor governance of Gabon’s fallen regime. This is rooted in endogenous factors, namely: social inequalities causing poverty, acute unemployment among graduates, constitutional manipulation, the blunders of the 2016 presidential election and the electoral fraud of 2023, etc. These factors are considered to be one of the main causes of Gabon’s poor governance. These factors are seen as one of the consequences of the coup d’état of August 30, 2023, and the establishment of the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions (CTRI). This is the era of the Renewal of Gabonese politics, embodied by the political theory ofoligoism. Christian Dior MOULOUNGUI, far from appearing superfluous, coined a new concept, l’oliguism. This concept opens up new perspectives on Gabonese politics. L’oliguism is a political theory that is immensely revealing and restorative of a political will to refound the Gabonese social contract. It advocates, among other things, a return to republican values, and the logic of a continuum of change towards happiness.