Where is Michel’s famous Indian Ambassador at large SIVA?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivasankaran

Chinnakannan Sivasankaran (proud to be a Seselwa!!)

‘He has a net worth of more than $2 billion’

We will recall all the brouhaha in the national assembly sometime last year about the famous Indian Ambassador at large saga. James Michel’s candidate for such a job was Seychelles first president, James Mancham. This nomination was shot down from Maison du Peuple by the Per Fondater via his proxy Mrs. Potty the LGB in the assembly. Michel had to back down and bow to the demands of his big boss and accept his choice of candidate.

In a slap in the face of all the Seselwa, the SPPF / Parti Lepep rubber stamped and approved the appointment of Indian national SIVA as our ‘large’ Ambassador. He had descended on our little islands, (in collusion with his blood brother Ramadoss) and bought his way through the country’s administration with Seychellois citizenship and passport in hand. The new breed of nouveau riche had arrived and he snapped up most of the valuable properties and assets that were for sale for peanuts. His greed would have made him the owner of almost 40% of our territory (remember the controversies over the selling of Coetivy and the whole of Grand Anse Mahe to him?). Luckily the pressure that we exerted on the government got them to back down.

SIVA is also alleged to have given the cash to Joel Morgan to pay for the release of the Seychellois hostages held in Somalia last year. So we would like him to advise us (he is now our Ambassador and therefore accountable to the People of Seychelles) how much he gave to Morgan in that briefcase and how much was really paid for the release – as there are rumors that the bulk of it went into the SPPF coffers. We want accountability as we do not want to be faced with another scenario like the bogus Dubai construction company that short changed Morgan of US$ 4.5 million of OUR money!

Today we ask James Michel and his bunch of cronies in the assembly – where is the Indian Ambassador at large SIVA? What has he been doing for Seychelles since his appointment? Has he made any significant contributions to the progress of this country other than filling his own pockets and massaging his big ego? What has he contributed to the local economy to benefit the little Seselwa? Or has he been the main kingpin promoting James Michel’s “Sell Baby Sell” policy of shame?

The country is on its knees thanks to the total fiasco of the Michel administration. We have to go begging for every single infrastructure project that we want to implement to benefit our people. We lack proper energy resources, we are thirsting for water. Our health and education systems are crumbling. Our populace is under the stranglehold of drugs, lapire, baka… Our institutions are collapsing. Our roads and other infrastructure are dilapidated. BUT what has the Indian Ambassador at large done to help alleviate these problems? Where is Michel’s famous Indian Ambassador at large SIVA? Enjoying the trappings of his riches and diplomatic immunity like Sheik Khalifa? Or perhaps too busy rubbing shoulders with the ‘mighty and powerful’ clan of Rene & Michel’s crony society to think about the lowly ‘pti Seselwa’ who have been relegated to rot by the roadside as second class citizens...

We would recommend that James Michel’s government should bring back the old Albert Rene policy of acquiring land from "foreigners" who have not developed the large tracts that they are lording over! SIVA now owns Ile Therese and Conception and even the old Mahe Beach Hotel (plus much more land on Praslin & Mahe) but letting those prime tourism properties go to waste when they could be working and creating jobs for our people. He is purely a property magnate buying up our patrimony on the cheap. He is a pure speculator and SPPF has given him all kinds of permissions that are not available to our own Seychellois. And to bestow the post of Ambassador at large on an Indian magnate is simply not right. Once again, we have sold our citizenship for peanuts and we have been taken for monkeys!!!

Can Mrs. Potts and her bunch of howling hounds give us an account of what the large Indian Ambassador at large has done for the benefit of this country and its people? What has he done (apart from snapping up prime real estate) that has alleviated the hardships and sufferings of this people in these hard economic times? Will it not be wise to strip him of his current status and bestow this accolade unto someone who has proven his dedication and ‘lanmour pou Sesel’?