The Seychelles President's Cabinet Reshuffle a major disappointment

The famous 'official' montage picture of unity in the SPUP/SPPF/Parti Lepe camp. Michel between a rock and a hard place! 

Extract from Seychelles Weekly - 10/06/10
Albert Rene Wins Again!!
President James Michel has clearly failed in his desire to place his favourite son, Joel Morgan, anywhere near the presidency, now and anytime in the future. Judging by the changes it is clear that Rene is firmly back in control of the directions the party and the country should take and is still winning - hands down - all the battles being fought at ‘Maison Du Peuple’. The only little victory that can be associated to President Michel comes in the form of Jean Paul Adam being appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs filling his dad’s boots, Ralph Adam, who occupied that position in the eighties. Joel Morgan is now clearly the garbage-man of the cabinet, the man charged to dealing and cleaning all the rotten rubbish. The only new face in that setup is Peter Sinon, the newly appointed Minister for Investment, Industry and Natural Resources. Peter Sinon has been dragged in by Danny Faure the new vice-president and president in waiting. Both Jean Paul Adam and Erna Athanasius, the new Minister for Health, are not new faces, they have always been there simmering just below the surface waiting for their turn.
This is a looming disaster for President Michel; his days are now fast numbered. Rene has seized back power with the appointment of both Danny Faure and Vincent Meriton, in and around the presidency. If Michel wins the next election, which many are saying he will not, pressure will be applied from the Rene camp for him to hand over power soon after to Danny Faure. This is what Rene wants more than anything before his departure; protection for the cronies and nepotism, which this country have become stuck in since the 5th June, 1977. Rene would have achieved his aim of protecting the few who have stolen from this country and caused the bankruptcy of the local economy from beyond the grave. Michel who had wrestled total power temporarily between 2008 and 2010 from Rene is now back where he started in 2004; by all accounts he is now a lame duck president again, just waiting to make his exit. Observers are saying that Michel is being eaten up from the inside, but there is nothing that he can do, Rene still holds the Ace. The future of the country is now at the edge of a precipice, Michel will turn 67 on 16th August this year, he is clearly getting old quickly judging by what we see on television everyday; his energy is sapping faster given that his confidence has been dealt a killer blow by not getting his wish to appoint his chosen vice-presidential candidate. This cannot be good for the man running the daily affairs of the Nation. Michel must seriously consider making his exit sooner rather than later (at the next election) to allow for a younger man with time and energy on his side to takeover. This responsibility must be given to the electorate as stipulated by the Constitution. The electorate must decide the fate of this country at the ballot box, not Rene or anyone else at Maison Du Peuple; democracy is being trampled on by the ruling party and it is totally unacceptable that the presidency will be handed over on a platter to Danny Faure in the next two or three years. This is why Michel must be voted out at the next election to prevent Danny Faure from becoming President through undemocratic means.

It is now very clear if it wasn’t before, that the SPUP/SPPF/ PARTI LEPEP has no good intention or plan to work for the people of this country, but only for themselves. They are a totally dishonest bunch bent on maintaining power at all cost, even if it means putting a nonstarter at State House. The future of this country is now doomed unless the electorate can pull it out of the fire...
A CANDID ASSESSMENT
Michel is now between a rock and a hard place! He is squashed between the two Faure brothers and is practically a hostage in State House - Ti Frans ki ek ou! He has passed on the Foreign Affairs portfolio to his bevoted SOS but has acquired the Tourism portfolio to ensure that his supplementary budget of Sr. 1.1 million (for six months) gets him to the capitals of the world. He will not give up on the Internal affairs portfolio as he does not want to be stabbed in the back and will not relinquish Information either, so that he can still exert TOTAL contol on the media to keep prepping up his tarnishing image.
SPPF/Parti Lepep is really scraping the barrel for some decent grey matter to take on those ministerial posts. The blunder team gets to do another round of musical chairs for the extra-time period and will keep on scoring a handful of own goals. The substitutes are already exhausted and carry a lot of heavy baggage. Michel and his team have totally lost the plot.
He has broken with tradition to reward those that have been faithful to him. Jean Paul Adam, a young kid who is still wet behind the ears is now the blue eyed boy that heads the image of the country abroad.
Peter Sinon has been duly rewarded for defending the case of the country's bankruptcy and softening the blow at the ADB but he could have done a better job at Foreign Affairs. At least he has some ambassadorial experience and has a background in economics. 
 Perhaps the only sound choice is Erna Athanasius who has a grip of the ministry she will be heading. But she needs to tread with extra care as it is a self eject seat that has claimed a lot of casualties (who have ironically been shifted to other musical chairs!).
The combination of portfolios to load the incumbent ministers is a sign of desperation! In typical SPPF/Lepep fashion, the more you make a monkey of yourself and your country the more you are rewarded. There is no doubt that Belmont and Lloyd are happy to be off the bandwagon whose wheels have fallen off. En kales kase parey nou dir an kreol!