In his book "China worries me" published in 2008, Jean Luc Domenach, a specialist in China, decrypts what he calls a "dangerous aristocracy" from the highest ranks of the Chinese Communist Party. In China, the term "red prince" or prince's son, according to the wikipedia encyclopedia, refers to the descendants of the Chinese Communist Party's top leaders who gain access to the political, economic and military powers of the People's Republic of China. These princes enjoy the facilities and their ascent is accelerated. The descendants of the CCP dignitaries, having taken over the Chinese political and economic power, followed the same schools, married each other and presented the biggest fortunes of Asia. They would represent nearly a third of the political class in China. Furthermore, many children of Chinese Communist Party leaders are studying at Harvard or at major American and Western universities. The term "red prince" refers to the children, in the broad sense, of the high dignitaries of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), that is, their sons and daughters, but also the sons-in-law, the brutes, adopted sons or daughters. Xi Jinping, the current president of China since 2013, who has been dreaming for a few weeks of a presidency for life, is the perfect illustration of the journey of a red prince. Far from communist China, somewhere in the tropics, in a country called Togo, under a fiftieth dictatorship, we observe more and more methods of governance identical to the phenomenon of red princes in China. high officials of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), that is to say their sons, their daughters, but also the son-in-law, the brutes, adopted sons or daughters. Xi Jinping, the current president of China since 2013, who has been dreaming for a few weeks of a presidency for life, is the perfect illustration of the journey of a red prince. Far from communist China, somewhere in the tropics, in a country called Togo, under a fiftieth dictatorship, we observe more and more methods of governance identical to the phenomenon of red princes in China. high officials of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), that is to say their sons, their daughters, but also the son-in-law, the brutes, adopted sons or daughters. Xi Jinping, the current president of China since 2013, who has been dreaming for a few weeks of a presidency for life, is the perfect illustration of the journey of a red prince. Far from communist China, somewhere in the tropics, in a country called Togo, under a fiftieth dictatorship, we observe more and more methods of governance identical to the phenomenon of red princes in China. is the perfect illustration of the journey of a red prince. Far from communist China, somewhere in the tropics, in a country called Togo, under a fiftieth dictatorship, we observe more and more methods of governance identical to the phenomenon of red princes in China. is the perfect illustration of the journey of a red prince. Far from communist China, somewhere in the tropics, in a country called Togo, under a fiftieth dictatorship, we observe more and more methods of governance identical to the phenomenon of red princes in China.
On behalf of father and sons
Since the bloody seizure of Faure Gnassingbe in 2005, those who have been called to civilian leadership as military, come mostly from the nomenklatura RPT. A priori, it could not be otherwise, since the goal is the consolidation of a usurped power that is held by all means in the family, and to a lesser extent within the party. Like China, Togo also has its red princes who have taken over all sectors of the country. First in politics, in the army and in recent years, in the business community. This caste, which usually lives outside everyday realities, has created systemic corruption in the country of which it is the real symbol. The appointment this week of Lekpa Antoine Gbegbeni,
The Gnassingbé family and allies
By glancing at the website of the Togolese Republic Presidency, one can get an idea of the concentration of power in the hands of the Gnassingbé family. In addition to Faure Gnassingbé President of the Republic, Minister of Defense and Veterans, there are others of the same family with titles of advisers or mission. Mey Gnassingbé, Laladom Gnassingbe, Dr. Afeingnindou Gnassingbe, Miss Yvonne Gnassingbé, pharmacist wife Azoumaro, are to be classified in this section. Not far from there, at the National Agency for Promotion, Guarantee and Financing of SMEs / SMIs (ANPGF), it is Naka Gnassingbé wife of Marcel de Souza, the President of the Commission of ECOWAS recently landed, which is the controls. In other sectors, including the army, the Gnassingbe hold a good place.
Antoine LekpaGbegbeni Minister from father to son
This is the last to emerge from the shadows for the spotlight. Former director of the SGGG, with all that we know about the bankruptcy of this company, he was for a few years CEO of the Togolese Waters (TDE), without being able to give enough water to the people of the capital, now subscribers to the drilling. Since Tuesday, February 27, he is made Minister of Water, Sanitation and Village Hydraulics by his brother-in-law Faure Gnassingbe. Nathalie Gnassingbé's husband, the sister of Kpatcha Gnassingbé, whose release is called for by the Facilitation of Dialogue, this promotion is much more a gesture towards the Konkomba who claim a place of one of theirs at the manger than a hint of look at Kpatcha Gnassingbe. A precision of size, the father of Antoine Lekpa Gbegbeni Nanameli Gbegbeni,
Ogamoh Bagna and son
Ogamoh Bagna is one of the supposed sages of the party UNIR (sic!). Its name alone symbolizes the mismanagement, illicit enrichment, looting and bankruptcy of several state-owned companies. The former teacher of the 1960s in Tchitchao, past Minister of the Interior, became the biggest billionaire of Togo without having inherited from his parents or his grandparents. His fortune accumulated as the state-owned companies he was responsible for (OPAT-OTP) fell bankrupt one after the other. Instead, he preferred to hide his wealth in companies abroad, and sometimes in some tax havens, to invest in his home community where people still struggle to find clean water or have decent schools. for the students. Ogamoh Bagna, it's the kind of person who never takes retirement. He was in the last period illustrated at the CVJR where he went out of his way to, again, take small sandwich delivery markets for his GTA bakery. A confrere had even revealed that the sandwiches served at the CVJR were damaged. The famous UNIR sage recently fought for his son, Michel Bagnah, for the company Theolis to obtain a license for the supply of the Internet, in a process of attribution of the most obscure. In the middle of a crisis of succession in 2005 with calls for the resignation of Faure Gnassingbe who had just committed a spectacular constitutional coup, some geniuses of the shadow even suggested the appointment to the position of Prime Minister of Michel Bagnah. Patriarch Bagnah despite his age, always stays strong when it comes to business. He is always on the lookout for opportunities and does not hesitate to advocate for his offspring. The company of his deceased daughter, Bamondi, always has a contract with SALT to manage the hostesses at the airport. This society is now run by the little girl of the patriarch who has taken over from her mother. We are already in the third generation.
Yao Kunalé Eklo and son
The late Yao Kunale Eklo is the propaganda man of the RPT system in the good old days of the single party. When the late Eyadema Gnassingbé brought from Zaire from Mobutu Sesseko the famous popular animation and all the rest that went with it, in the name of the return to authenticity, it is to Kunale Eklo, Djoko Amados and many others that came back responsibility for these demeaning practices that have helped bankrupt several companies including the Datcha Textile Factory. Nicknamed "Ablo 5 million, pepper 10 million" for his propensity to overcharge things, who was interior minister of the late Eyadema did not skimp on the means for the sustainability of the system. So powerful at the time, Executive Secretary of the RPT (Rally of the Togolese people), all Wawa natives could not obtain the slightest position of responsibility without the agreement of the native of Tomegbé. Naturally, his sons, with the exception of Magloire, opposed to the system and dead in exile, benefited from the system and trained outside in the major Western universities. One of them, Robert Eklo, a promoter of Theolis, is Faure Gnassingbé's longtime friend. He is the only one to know the truth about the Prince's academic curriculum when they were together at Georgetown University in the USA. His lingering language on this issue when he was working in an oil company run by a certain Papali, got him in trouble with Faure to the point where he had to run away. Back in favor for a while,
Colonel Assih Agossoye and daughter
Former Director General of the Gendarmerie, chief of intelligence, this officer had to take the road to exile after problems with General Eyadema on several subjects. From afar, according to several sources, the man had not broken the cord that bound him with his village brother. But he decided to return only at the death of the latter. Since then, he has resumed service in discretion, but without an official function. His daughter, AssihManzamaesso, head of the insurance unit of the FNFI (National Fund for Inclusive Finance) has been made for a few months Secretary of State at the Ministry of Development at the FNIF Base.
Tevi-Benissan father to son
Patrick Date Tevi-Benissan is the very secretive Secretary General of the Presidency, although recently we saw him in a video alongside ladies Tomegah and Madougou sketching dance steps on Koffi's music. Olomide. It is not a man who arrived in the RPT-UNIR marigot by chance, even if he avoids appearing too political, preferring to send to public opinion his image of technician. His father, Jean Tété Tevi-Bénissan was Director General of Customs, several times governor of Togo at the ADB, BECEAO, the IMF and finally several times Minister of Economy and Finance of Gnassingbé Eyadema. Those who know the father say that he would have served well in the state coffers before taking off for the US and Canada later. More than two decades later,
Fambare Ouattara Natchaba and son
Is it still to present? Maybe yes. The ideologist of the regime, incarnation of Machiavellianism, Fambara Ouattara Natchaba aka "We at RPT take everything" was and remains to this day one of the pillars of the dictatorship in Togo. Lawyer, professor of university of his state, the man occupied almost all the strategic positions of the country, with the exception of the presidency of the Republic. Chief of Staff of the Presidency, several times Minister including Foreign Minister, President of the National Assembly, it is the "big mouth" of the regime that did not lack arguments against the opponents and on the media. From Colmar to Ouagadougou and from Ouagadougou to Paris or elsewhere, he shows the opposition leaders all the colors. With him at the front Gnassingbe Eyadema could remain quiet in Lomé,
In February 2005, while he was President of the National Assembly, absent from the country to heal his eyes in Paris, Gnassingbe Eyadema died suddenly. Constitutional dolphin who was supposed to take over, he jumped on the first plane for Lome. But it will not arrive safely. The putschists then hijack his plane to Cotonou where is extracted Charles Debbasch, the white-collar mercenary who is transported to Lome by road. FambareNatchaba, who was at the doors of the Presidency after so many services rendered to the regime, was forced to stay in Cotonou by his own people, who dismissed him in a few minutes. Deprived of his post as constitutional dauphin for the benefit of Faure Gnassingbé, the victim man, methods of his own regime, has spread statements on the media, going so far as to support the slogan of return to the constitutional order of the opposition. His vociferations were not echoed by his friends in Lome II who cynically closed his page. He was then cooked by several missions sent to Cotonou. Feeling in danger after being informed of a liquidation plan for his return, he sought guarantees and was returned to the country as a package by the former President of Benin Mathieu Kerekou. It is the watered sprinkler that quickly returned to the ranks, especially that the system to which it belongs has retained all its advantages. Feeling in danger after being informed of a liquidation plan for his return, he sought guarantees and was returned to the country as a package by the former President of Benin Mathieu Kerekou. It is the watered sprinkler that quickly returned to the ranks, especially that the system to which it belongs has retained all its advantages. Feeling in danger after being informed of a liquidation plan for his return, he sought guarantees and was returned to the country as a package by the former President of Benin Mathieu Kerekou. It is the watered sprinkler that quickly returned to the ranks, especially that the system to which it belongs has retained all its advantages.
While the father is still in the shadows supporting the system, the son Malick Kanka-Natchaba has taken over. Ephemeral Director General of the SALT (Lomé-Tokoin Airport Company), he has since been Counselor to the Presidency, President of the UNIR youth party. Those who saw the Natchaba son in the UNIR delegation for the dialogue quickly remembered the dismal feats and the battering of the father in the democratic process begun in the 1990s in Togo.
To this list, one can easily add Cina Lawson whose father Francisco, officer of his state, was in the system before going into exile, the Amados Djoko, the former Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Kokouvi Dogbé whose father 20 years mayor from Kara finished Minister of Agriculture under Eyadema, and many others.
This exercise is actually only the tip of the iceberg, the reality is even more revolting and shocking all consciousness. This network of friends and rogues, this coterie with actions harmful to the country extends in the army where the same scheme is reproduced, for the sole purpose of maintaining the system. In the great mute today, several officers at the head of the operational units and barracks had as their parents the companions of the late Gnassingbe Eyadema. It is through this that most have been admitted to the military college through bogus contests to become today senior officers who watch over the system. Politics, army but also in business. Children, wives, relatives and allies of all those whose names are mentioned or not are the major suppliers of the State, with the key of monster overbilling, thus accumulating colossal fortunes without any justification. Owners of several front companies, they are granted without procedure of the markets of which some are never delivered. As a result, this governance based on a clique, the total bankruptcy of societies, endemic corruption, the hoarding of wealth, the impoverishment of populations left behind.
All in all, even if this nomenklatura has not yet reached the level of red princes in China, the pace it takes in Togo, with all its corollary, is disturbing. The tragedy, of course, is that some people with the "stooge" syndrome are relentlessly defending those whose actions consist in permanently keeping them in misery, dependence and servitude. In his famous work "Discourse on voluntary servitude" Stephen de la Boetie, after describing tyranny, his methods and his courtiers, recalls in substance: "The tyrants are only great because we are on our knees". A truth that is more relevant than ever in the Togolese context
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