2, November 2017
Ambazonian appointed CEMAC Commissioner 0
Shey Jones was appointed on Tuesday the 31st October 2017 during the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of States of the Economic Community of Central African States, CEMAC that held in the Chadian capital, Djamena.
His appointment like those of every other ruling CPDM baron adds to his position as Board Chair of the Douala Port Authority. State radio and television reported that Shey Jones has held several posts of responsibilities including Board Chair of the National Civil Engineering Laboratory; LABOGENIE, CEO of MAG LLC Construction Company, Secretary of State in four ministerial departments and Secretary of State at the Ministry of Town Planning and Housing.
With political support from Prime Minister Simon Achidi Achu he served as Secretary of State at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. He was Director at the Grand Travaux Yaounde. The chartered member of the ruling CPDM crime syndicate was a student at the National Polytechnic School Yaounde. He migrated to the Federal Republic of Germany where he studied at the University of Essen. Shey Jones hails from the Donga Mantung State in the Federal Republic of Ambazonia.
Source: CRTV
3, November 2017
‘I’m the only one that matters’, Trump says on unfilled positions 0
US President Donald Trump has pushed back against concerns about a number of critical positions that still remain unfilled in his administration, saying he is “the only one that matters.”
“Let me tell you, the one that matters is me, I’m the only one that matters because when it comes to it that’s what the policy is going to be,” Trump said on Fox News when asked about vacancies at the State Department.
“We don’t need all the people that they want,” he continued. “Don’t forget, I’m a business person and I tell my people, well you don’t need to fill slots, don’t fill them.”
A number of top positions remain vacant at the State Department, among other agencies, including officials overseeing Southeast Asia and arms control.
In June, the administration proposed $37.6 billion budget for the State Department and the US Agency for International Development, a drop of about 30 percent.
Foreign policy experts decried the move, warning that it could drastically affect US foreign policy in volatile regions of the world.
“It’s called cost-saving,” Trump said. “I want my vision, but my vision is my vision anyway. It’s called cost-saving. There’s nothing wrong with cost-saving.”
Despite the unfilled positions and reports of tensions with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Trump suggested that the top diplomat was giving his best effort on matters of foreign policy.
“Rex is in there working hard,” the president said. “He’s doing his best.”
Trump is way behind his four predecessors in the number of appointments confirmed by the Senate at this stage of his presidency, according to The Washington Post.
The president blamed Senate Democrats for this, while acknowledging that he has nominated fewer people.
“We have almost about half the number of people coming through as Obama had,” Trump said.
Source: Presstv