Le Corsaire Restaurant Seychelles Burns - Fire Brigade & Joel Morgan Responsible

Le Corsaire Restaurant in Belombre burnt down yesterday due to gross incompetency on the part of the Seychelles Fire Brigade and the Minister responsible for that service - Joel Morgan.



The beautiful Le Corsaire Restaurant prior to the fire


Ironically, the Fire Brigade was already on site putting out a fire on the other side of the road when sparks flew out of control and ignited the thatched roof of Le Corsaire Restaurant.


Sadly, the fire trucks ran out of water and then their pumps stopped working after they tried to pump water from the sea. The end result is what we see below:


          
What's left of the Corsaire Restaurant after the disaster


The minister responsible (JOEL MORGAN) should resign now.  Just imagine another 5 years of gross incompetency in our country. 

Viral Dhanjee Moves To Void Seychelles Sham Elections

Dhanjee Moves To Void Seychelles Sham Elections

Mr. Viral Dhanjee has filed his Petition before the Constitutional Court of Seychelles to void and nullify the entire Presidential Elections of 2011, for being denied the right to participate in the democratic process by the Electoral Commissioner, contrary to guarantees under the Seychelles Human Rights Charter.

Constitutional Court in Conspiracy To Sham Elections

Mr. Dhanjee won a case before the Constitutional Courts of Seychelles, wherein the Three (3) panel judge ruled that he has a constitutional right to participate in the affairs of state. However, in conspiracy with the Executive Branch of government under James Michel, the Constitutional Court prescribe no remedy for the violation and breach of Mr. Dhanjee’s rights.

The Constitution of Seychelles is a modern document that unlike many other constitutions, it prescribes remedies for violation of human rights and individual rights. The Court went conveniently blind, and conveniently forgot how to read the Constitution of Seychelles.

It clearly was not an error nor was it incompetence, because the Judge reading the judgment was no other than Justice Bernadin Renaud, the person who officiated over the drafting of the Seychelles Constitution. He knows every violation of right must have a remedy. The Constitutional Court has Plenary Jurisdiction to resolve such issues. If they have any integrity, they are powerful. If they lack integrity, they fail us all.

Courts in The Sham

The Viral Dhanjee case along with the MSR case for party registration has blown open the Courts of Seychelles conspiracy with the Executive Branch to prop up the sham regime of James Alix Michel. MSR case is on appeal as well. In MSR case, the Attorney General cited not one case law, and won the case. The Judge took no Judicial Notice of the Fundamental Human Rights Charter of the Constitution of Seychelles. He even inferred conduct and action by mere speculation.

Court of Appeal In Conspiracy To Sham Elections

On Appeal to stop the elections, Mr. Dhanjee faced Justice Francis Macgregor and his request to stop the Presidential Elections of 2011 was denied on the argument of the “Balance of Convenience”. Anyone who has any knowledge of Constitutional law will know that the “Balance of Convenience Test” does not apply to fundamental human rights. With this erroneous decision, the courts can rule that the Balance of Convenience” made it appropriate to kill a person that was running away from the Police.

Another erroneous error by Justice Macgregor that calls into question the independence of the Judiciary in Seychelles with red lights, is the decision to allow the Attorney General to file an Affidavit in his own name, on behalf of the Electoral Commissioner who did not file an Affidavit, though he is a Defendant Respondent in the case.

Justice Macgregor accepted a substituted Affidavit in the name of Mr. Ronny Govinden the Attorney General. In any democratic, law abiding society no judge would, even if he was biased, allow such flawed documentation to be filed by the State Counsel.

In any State that is democratic, a State Counsel filing such erroneous documents to balance a human rights case would be terminated immediately. Instead, what did we see after the Sham Election results? The Attorney General lining up to kiss the Sham elected President on the lawn of State House as if the Oscar Awards were up and the Best Actors were being rewarded and recognized.

Void Sham Elections of 2011

Mr. Dhanjee’s case to void the elections of 2011 will be heard on June 14^th, 2011. If the Constitutional Court is truly independent, he will win his case and elections will be declared null and void Ab Initio because a candidate that should have been on the ballot paper was missing and there was reasonable time to have placed him on the Presidential Ballot Paper.  

These cases have exposed the rig process and the sham elections better than any Commonwealth Observer Report could do justice to Seychelles precarious situation wherein Shiek Khalifa has pumped over $200 Million to salvage a failing Communist regime. Only the attention of the international community can bring Seychelles back to normalcy at this point.

As we wait for the court ruling, we are already in a One Party State, and there is no official functioning opposition. Seychelles is coming apart at the seams and Sheik Khalifa is pumping money into her, under the “Sesel Pou Arab “ policy of Sham Elect President James Michel.

We must now call for a new constitutional conference roundtable for new laws and new rules to be enacted and put in place. Then we will pass that and then we can have decent civilized elections, without vote rigging and election sham.

SNP is duty bound to Boycott the PL until a Constitutional Conference is duly announced. Nothing else will do at this point.

We must step up the campaign to Boycott key activities and key crony businesses.

James Michel has wiped out the Ferrari car with a SHAM!

Seselwa Unite!

Sesel Pou Seselwa!

May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!

The Seychelles Column - By Christopher Gill

Seychelles Sham Elections Move To One Party State

No sooner than the British Royal couple Prince William and Catherine of Cambridge left Seychelles, the results of the rigged election and sham process by the Communists surfaced for the entire world to see.

Quickly Swear in the Sham President

As quickly as the rigged elections in Seychelles were shammed with the help of the appointed Electoral Commissioner, the Sham President Elect James Michel held ceremonies at State House on the grass, inviting ex-wives, current wives and future wives to attend.  In the back row from the women, one could see the religious and the diplomatic corps that seemed to keep a distance from the fanfare and a stricken frown on their faces as the kissing went on.

Swear in The Sham Council of Ministers in a Hurry

This week, the Cabinet of Ministers were sworn in, minus one Jacquelin Dugasse who no longer needs a Minister's salary to enjoy the rich and famous lifestyle he has now acquired under Party Lepep. All those that lined up to kiss the Communist President, were re-instated in their posts. The boot lickers that sold out from the opposition were not seen in the line up. They must have been at home watching the event, and wondering what their future had in store for them.

A word of advice to the “sell outs”: when you make a deal with the devil, the devil is always in the details. Don’t say I did not tell you so, I did.

As Christians we will all pray for you all and your family for liberation from mental slavery under the Communists. When you are down, sing a song of “Freedom”. Sometimes, it is all you really ever have.

No Opposition in National Assembly

There was no opposition (SNP) in the National Assembly this week. They have promised the People of Seychelles, that they will not to go back to the National Assembly where laws and national issues are debated until the One Party Electoral Laws that have not changed materially for Seventeen (17 years as per Commonwealth recommendations and SADC be so amended to allow a genuinely free fair level playing field for all parties.

This bold but necessary and overdue move by the SNP is heroic on their part if they stick to their guns, and do not waiver and change their minds and give us another lame excuse why they cannot stay out of the National Assembly.

Judging from past experience, I will not hold my breath on the matter. The No. 2 mentality if heavily and deeply engrained in SNP leadership DNA, they like to lose. Hence why we had a Three (3) man opposition race in the election and encouraged it, by ignoring my pleas for a united opposition for years now.

They must change leadership to have any hope as a party. When that happens, I will be happy to work with new dynamic pro-active, leadership to bring about change. We do not have to lose every Five (5) years, when we can win everyday!

“Attitude” is that little thing that makes a big difference, in an organization.

Enter One Party State Seychelles

This counter reaction to rigged elections and a sham process by the Communist Party of Seychelles, now takes Seychelles back in a One Party State. You will recall MSR was denied registration as a party. Viral Dhanjee was kicked out of the corridors of the Electoral Commissioners office, denied to stand as an Independent Candidate. The Courts conspired with the Communists to enforce these arbitrary and capricious decisions.

Autocracy Rules Us

James Michel the sham election President has now turned a chapter and become an autocratic leader. The evidence of this evolving autocracy is evident to the international community.

Soon when Michel makes a phone call to a supplier, we will get a press release. This practice is similar to his friend Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed al Nayan’s manner in which he runs his government. Michel is ignoring how Rene did things or tried to improve, and imitates what Khalifa does, though without the same purse. We are faced with a reality today, that Michel could be worse for Seychelles than Rene himself at this point. He runs the country like a Ten (10) year old behind a Ferrari, ignoring sensitivities that hold the country together like little fabric to a cloth. Left unfettered, Seychelles will come apart under James Michel's watch.

Already the mountains behind Ephelia Hotel Port Glaud are burning on fire. La Misere, mountains, near Khalifa’s residence burns. My Office annex has been set aflame. Lydia Jumeau’s car was set a blaze in the darkness of the night.  Last night, human bones were found at Intendance Beach planted in the beach sand, next to Banyan Tree Hotel. The head of what appears to be a missing worker at Ephelia Hotel, has been found this week at the bottom of the sea not far from Ephelia Hotel.

Before elections, MSR truck was shot by a 9mm gun by State House agent.

I demanded a settlement in the matter and it has been ignored. I demand a settlement again. As I do for the breaking into the MSR office and stealing of our campaign materials and office equipment.

Think twice; when you decide you want to abuse power, man. The days of Idi Amin Da Da are over. If you think you will pull a Sheik Khalifa on us, you better think twice. Seychellois will not tolerate Autocracy! Just ask your friend Gadaffi in Libya, Egypt and elsewhere in the Arab world.

UN Human Rights Sanction on Seychelles

Recently, the UN Human Rights Commission sanctioned Seychelles for not filing a Human Rights Country Report for Seventeen (17) years, required under Eight (8) international conventions. Not a single report- 17 years.

The real reason being, the human rights violations in Seychelles are committed mostly by the Communists themselves, they are tasked with preparing the reports. Sanctions can last as long as Four (4) years. The cover up has been for 34 years. Now the World is on to the sham on human rights.

Freedom House Ranks Seychelles With Ukraine

Freedom House, which promotes freedom, civil liberties in emerging democracies ranked Seychelles recently, alongside Ukraine in curtailing of Freedom of the Press. The survey was released in honor of World Press Freedom Day, May 3. 

We did not hear a peep on World Press Freedom Day in the Seychelles. That is because under Michel PL Communist Party similar to the Ukraine, too much power is concentrated in the hands of one man.  

We see him on TV every night for 15 minutes out of a 30 minute news program. Additionally these programs are run three (3) more times over and over.

When Michel shakes hands with someone, the cameras are there. When Michel kisses someone, the cameras are there. When Michel sits down, the cameras are there. When Michel walks, the cameras are there. This omnipresence is highly destructive to democracy. It is like putting acid in our rice and wishing a healthy meal to the people.

Newspaper Act et al of 1991 

Freedom House could not have been on point more, to rank Seychelles with Ukraine in Press Freedom.

Until today, the Seychelles Press functions if at all, under the One Party dictatorship laws enacted by France Albert Rene called the Newspaper Act.

This ancient law imposes severe brutal restrictions on the Press and makes it penal in nature, to publish if the Communist government does not like what is being written.

Public Orders Act et al (1991)

This One Party State Act, which is still in full enforce, provides for strict requirements to protest and peaceful assembly. One must obtain approval from the Commissioner of Police to conduct a meeting in Public where three (3) or more persons collect. Failing an approval, the Police have the power to arrest and power to detain the Three (3) citizens.

For Seventeen (17) years the SPPF PL Communist Party has kept this law in force. Recently this year, just before the election season was launched, the Commissioner of Police Andre Quatre and the Home Affairs Minister, Mr. Joel Morgan, went on television and declared that any person that conducts an assembly or protest will be dealt with; as they made that statement, pictures of men holding AK-47’s and tear gas were flashed.

This overt threat and massacre of the right to assemble, protest and expression, applies only to opponents of the Communist government in Seychelles. It does not apply to the Communists themselves. Pictures of the Freedom Square rally and other rallies in the last election show this. The right to assemble is a reserved and privileged right in the Seychelles.

The international community is put on notice of this grave autocratic practice ongoing in the Seychelles today, that is another nail in the coffin of Democracy and Freedom in this Country.

There is no Democracy in Seychelles and Freedom is not respected. What we have is a very efficient voting process that is patently laden with fraudulent voters on the Voters List. This, the Commonwealth Head of Delegation, Dr. Hunt from St. Lucia, told NGO’s in Seychelles is common in all countries and we as citizens must take proactive steps to clean up the list once and for all.

Initial Observer Reports Do Not look Good

Initial reports point to a “credible voting process” (D- of reports) and do not address the leveling of the playing field in which Freedom must respected to allow Democracy in Seychelles to flourish.

No observer group was forth coming with the A+ of reports: “……that the elections were Free and Fair’ Hence, the voting result was credible”.

Seychelles elections are impossible to be “Free and Fair” under Communists, especially now that we are back in the One Party State, and there is no debate anymore. Silence rules, as James Michel hogs the television screen, radio airwaves, and newspapers, all funded by the State.

I expect to be arrested and detained for this blog any day now.

Seselwa Unite!

Sesel Pou Seselwa!

May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!

The Seychelles Column - By Christopher Gill

Seychelles Communist Party Rigs Sham Election

The PL Seychelles Communist Party, ruling for 34 years, has rigged sham elections for the office of the President. The Communist candidate James Alix Michel, polled 54% of the vote. Second was Wavel Ramkalawan of the SNP with a 40% poll, after professing the politics of division in the opposition unsuccessfully in a 5^th presidential bid.

Phillipe Boulle polled a little above 1%  as an Independent candidate and Ralph Volcere NDP candidate polled even less then Boulle, though he has a party behind him.

MSR called for a boycott under grounds that the opposition was not united and the process is rigged and sham under the administration of an appointed Electoral Commissioner.

Additionally, fake citizens are placed on the Voters List. Numerous bona fide citizens are not on the list and are removed.

The SNP and NDP both ignored the MSR plea to boycott based on a rigged Voters List and a SHAM PROCESS. This means that unless changes are made, the process will always protect the Communists. The opposition must change political style to adapt to this Communist sham.

A high number of 1600 plus spoilt votes were recorded and over 13,000 people did not vote.

Candidates Boycott Results

At the final hour, candidates from the opposition boycotted the announcement of the results by Hendrick Gappy, whose demeanor showed his undisputed bias and support for the incumbent communist candidate James Michel. Only one month before the elections, Wavel Ramkalawan said in Regar newspaper that Gappy is not to blame for the office of the Electoral Commissioner not being independent; this, in response to MSR’s attacks on Mr. Gappy’s credibility to officiate over our elections.

Mr. Gappy is an appointed Electoral Commissioner, contrary to SADC rules and numerous past Commonwealth recommendations from past elections. PL Communists appointed him to a Two (2) year term recently, ignoring the

SADC rules and ignoring the Commonwealth Reports. Gappy of course stayed silent on the matter.

Division Is Disgraceful

We must not overlook the status quo of division advanced by Wavel Ramkalawan and SNP in the opposition for years now, as being one of the reasons why PL even had a chance to steal an election.

It is today, a disgraceful strategy that has failed on its face and Ramkalawan should resign from politics in Seychelles at this time to give Seychelles any chance for change.

No one person has given more credibility to a Communist system than Wavel Ramkalawan over the last 17 years.

If there is not a profound change of course, the SNP should shut down. There is no exception, for its scheme, born out of pure self interest of its leadership, which has now proven to be highly detrimental to the future of Seychelles. The results of this effort of division is self evident.

The SNP is taking us back to the One Party State, but giving PL communists the credibility they did not have in the One Party State.

While we live under One Party State rules, the SNP have called Seychelles a “Democracy” for years now. After the results are announced, two (2) days later, Ramkalawan calls for a Boycott of the National Assembly, until new laws are put in place for “free and fair elections”. Why did he not do that before the election? Did he not remember what happen in the last elections? Did he not know the Voters List was rigged before elections? Yes, he did. But he went through with the elections, in spite of knowing the Voters List was rigged. Could PL bribe 7000 people on election day? No. It would not be manageable. This is where Ramkalawan attempts to pull the wool over our eyes, to fool us, so he can stay another five years not as President, but as

Mr. No. 2, so PL can remain No. 1 and the opposition can remain in disarray.

The sooner we abandon Ramkalawan’s wool and eye scam and tell him to resign from politics in Seychelles, the sooner we can get on with the work for real change in Seychelles. We deserve better then wishy-washy ideas of what was, what is not, what will never be, because someone needs to keep on making money off politics at the expense of sacrificing the will of the people.

Use of State Resources

The most blatant abuse in the rigged elections, is perhaps the continuous uninterrupted use of state resources, by the Communist Party. This includes

elaborate budgets for the EXPO 2020, a fake futuristic perversion fabricated by Mr. Gilbert Pool a Public Relations artist recruited from the Rene camp to prop up Michel in a desperate attempt to secure him a victory in order to protect himself and F. A Rene possibly from prosecution for killings, murders, and misuse of funds that have gone unaccounted for since the One Party State.

Ambassadors were flown into the country to campaign for the ruling regime, using state funds. Vehicles belonging to the state were used in the campaign

to truck and bus communist supporters. Even hospital ambulances were used. It was quite a mobilization effort that only state apparatus could configure and execute.

Perhaps when all is tallied up, at least US$100 Million of State funds were used to help the PL Communists rig elections. In the coming days, the numbers will start to tumble in.

Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nayan UAE Supports Communists

In the run up to the elections, Sheik Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nayan of United Arab Emirates pumped at least US$ 100 Million in various public works projects and hospitals, housing projects that the Communists had promised but not been able to deliver to the people while under IMF administration.

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) which was projected at $ 2 Billion failed to materialize and has recently slumped to $140 Million, all of which come from Sheik Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nayan to prop up the failing communist regime of James Michel. While Michel has failed on the economic front, he has succeeded on the electoral rigging front. The PL Communists organized lists to fool voters, when the money was gone. Lists included roof sheeting list, fridge list, cookers list, trips to Mauritius list, housing list, etc….

After Elections We Are Still Bankrupt

After the rigged effort, the Communists will be back. But the reality of Seychelles dire economic situation will also follow them. We are still BANKRUPT as a nation state. Our External Debt just below US$ 500 Million has not been serviced yet and our Domestic Debt of SCR 1.7 Billion has not been touched by the PL. Commercial banks are reluctant to forgive.

The impact of this situation is that life for the average Seychellois all of them, regardless of political party affiliation, will now get much harder, and not better or easier as promised. Increased taxes will cut into income on the earning side and the expenditure end. In the end, Seychellois will be taxed as much as 40% of their income to cover up for the poor management practice of the PL. This will include the cost of free schooling, free health care, free use of facilities by Fabrike citizens who obtain citizenship outside of Due Process. As they enjoy free services, they reduce the value of those services for all Seychellois and drive up costs of operation for services. As they bid for a free scholarship, or seat at a university, they take away a seat from a bona fide Seychellois. But what is certain, is most Fabrike’s vote for PL and profess loyalty to them, before country. They hold the balance of power on a hinge while Seychellois overseas who profess loyalty to country before any party, still cannot vote. Many pay taxes, and come back and forth but cannot stay the statutory three (3) months at one time to vote. This situation needs to be challenged in courts and taken to the International Human Rights Courts for judgment.  

IMF Will Be Back in Victoria Soon  

After the elections, the IMF will be back to see how far the Communist PL have deviated from the IMF program to implement its election priorities.  

UN Commission on Human Rights Sanction

Recently, the Seychelles was sanctioned by the UN Human Rights Commission for not filing human rights reports for Seventeen (17) years.

This sanction will be in place for Four (4) years and will bring international awareness to the communist regime in Seychelles.

The reason why State Human Rights Reports have not been filed is simple enough: it has been the state that has been systematically violating Human Rights in Seychelles since 1977. Because we are a small nation state and bankrupt, they do not want to be accountable for those violations. But we cannot progress as a society if there is no accountability on the subject of Human Rights.

As promised, I will push the human rights card on the table as I push the principle effectively of “Sesel Pou Seselwa” on the table. The issues cannot be discussed in isolation, nor can they be divorced from one another. They must co–exist in harmony for Seychellois to have true Freedom and real Democracy as they are rightfully entitled to have as a people.

Of the Five (5) cases reported on Seychelles non compliance with Human Rights State Report, Three (3) came from MSR and myself. Everyday, the dossier of recent violations increase in bulk. But SNP went to sleep on these issues for years, before we awakened them.

97% Oil Field Quadrants Sold

In numerous low profile deals, the Seychelles government this year, allowed to be sold, 97% of interests in our oil quadrants and hydro carbon quadrants currently under exploration. The PL Communists followers were misled into believing that oil is near discovery and they will soon be rich in rallies. That fable could not be farer from the truth. Whatever there is out there, now belongs to someone else.

From Oil to Honey Now Vinegar!

Most of those jumping about in exchange for SCR 5,000 were anticipating a bonanza of personal oil revenue for supporting the PL Communists. Now

that the oil quadrants have been sold, IMF is on our backs, and the honey trail has ended abruptly after the motorcade. So be prepared for the Five (5) years of vinegar Communists. The concentration level will be worse than the last Five (5) years, which you said was “easy” and you said we are “touni” when we should all be rich.

Take it down nice and easy, keep the smile on your face as you swallow up; the worse is yet to come and it will get much worse, as those lists for roofing sheets, and fridges lists get tossed in a local government bin- file for eternity.

If you get thirsty along the way, make sure you have your “Bake Yaya” at hand, to catch some rain or vinegar, which ever comes first, drink down as it comes down to survival under James Michel.

In spite of your lives that pass in great darkness, we will strive to educate you as best we can so that you can stop the cycle of drinking vinegar as you lose your country forever under James Michel policy of “Sesel Pou Arab”, which you will now see at a prolific level over the next Five (5) years.

As you are squeezed into a corner of bare existence, we will continue to educate you, to help you out of your trap, for life was not meant to be lived in a corner, without any options. That is not Freedom, it is imprisonment. For now, you have condemned yourselves to Five (5) years, with the help of a fofo- money obsessed leader in the opposition.

The Deal With The Devil

To all of you who have made a deal with the Devil out of frustration with Ramkalawan, remember this: Ramkalawan is not Seychelles, by falling out with him, you should have gone off quietly, instead, some of you have betrayed your patrimony our beloved Seychelles. Remember the old saying when you call up your deal made with PL in your weakest hour: “the devil is in the details”!

To all you sell outs, seek pardon from the people, we are Christians for now, and we will never shut the door on you.

Sesel Pou Seselwa!

May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!

TIME TO BOYCOTT ALL PARTY LEPEP BUSINESSES IN SEYCHELLES

BOYCOTT - WE THE OPPOSITION HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE SEYCHELLES




From Wikepedia - A boycott is a form of consumerism activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for political reasons.





So there we have it.  Following last week's sham Presidential Election, the 3 political party leaders have called  for a boycott of all future elections until James Michel and his Government make major amendments to the Constitution and Elections Act, and start respecting the laws of the land and stop abusing state resources to win elections.  





Buying votes has become a norm under James Michel and his Parti Lepep, and it is time to give the party and its followers a taste of their own medicine.

PUC Truck used in campaign rally while Seychellois suffer without water in their taps

OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS MUST BOYCOTT THE RED PARTY MEMBERS

The 25,000 patriotic Seychellois and Seychelloise who voted with their brains for the Opposition must now use their power to bankrupt the businesses of these Parti Lepep supporters and the ones of their corrupt leaders, friends and partners.



Let us stop buying from these people once and for all as the money we spend in their establishments or on their products are then used to make donations to keep Michel and his corrupt party in business.  


For example, start boycotting the businesses of Ramadoss, from his restaurant and hotel at Beau Vallon to his Amusement Centre to his Pirates Arms and to his Ramson Construction Company and to his Printec Press Printing where he still has the largest poster of Michel and Danny Faure still hanging at his premises.  Boycott the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce & Industry where Ramadoss is the pseudo Chairman and Dolor Ernesta is his side-kick.


Then start boycotting the insurance brokerage firms of the likes of Dolor Ernesta and France Bonte. Move your business elsewhere or go directly to your insurance company so that these thieves do not get any commissions.


Then boycott Intelvision too and get your own satellite dish if you can afford it, as Intelvision belongs to Mukesh Valabhji, Albert Rene and Joel Morgan.


Then start boycotting the Nation newspaper and stop putting adverts in that rag and on SBC-TV and Radio.  These companies are used by Michel and his sycophants like "Bonne-bouche Onezime" to brainwash the less educated members of our society.


Then boycott all the shops that you know who supported Parti Lepep.  Buy your food and drinks from somewhere else.  Buy your beer, wine and spirits from Opposition companies and shops.

Do not fly Zil Air and do not buy wines from East Indies as these companies belong to Francis, David and Glenny Savy.  Do not buy any computers from Space95 and Paradise Computers or use Kokonet as these companies belong to the likes of Francis Chang-Leng, Moutias, Hendrick Gappy the corrupt electoral commissioner and the Ramanis. 


Do not buy any Yamaha engines or Daihatsu cars from Abhaye Valabhji as they are one of the biggest donors to the Parti Lepep fund. Do not bring your car to Island Motors as Sunny Kan is Albert Rene's partner.





Boycott restaurants, bars, taxis, shops, pharmacies, banks, dentists, doctors, phone companies, fuel stations, newspapers, magazines, farms, take-away shops, construction companies and any other companies that are associated with Parti Lepep. Boycott Alvin Grandcourt, Derek Savy, Chico, Mussard on La Digue, Green on Praslin, Gilbert Pool, Alain St. Ange, STB, the ambassadors and all those other idiots who spoke on behalf of James Michel. Even boycott the Catholic churches whenever Bishop Wiehe or Agathine preaches.


Boycott Khalifa, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Emirates Airlines, Four Seasons and Etihad. Boycott the Russians, the Mauritians and the South Africans at Eden Island who have propped up the Michel regime while taking us all for fools. Simply take your business elsewhere.


Boycott all of them and let them suffer for a change. After all, we the opposition people have the buying power in Seychelles.  These 31,000 people who voted for Michel are opportunists, corrupt members of our society and the poor idiots who sold their votes for a 500 rupee note.  





It is time to make them realize that we the Opposition control the country economically, and not them.  Let us use that power to bring them to their knees. When they are bankrupt, they won't have any money to give to Parti Lepep.


I urge our fellow opposition members to post comments online and to let us know the names of companies and individuals that we should boycott in the future.


BOYCOTT UNTIL WE SEE REAL CHANGE IN SEYCHELLES. YOU HAVE THE POWER!

Fraudulent Seychelles Presidential Elections - Michel wins shallow victory

The wait is over and the fraudulent results are in.  Michel has won the Seychelles Presidential election by allowing fraudulent voters who bought Seychelles passports to vote for him. See Bloomberg's report below:

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- James Michel won his third term as president of the Seychelles, securing 55.46 percent of the vote yesterday against 41.43 percent for Wavel Ramkalawan, his main opponent.

Both Michel's Parti Lepep and Ramkalawan's Seychelles National Party accused the other of bribing voters on the Indian Ocean archipelago.

About 58,000 eligible voters cast their ballot over a three-day period, out of some 69,000 registered voters. Voting was extended to allow people on outlying islands the chance to participate.

Michel has been in office since 2004 after replacing the People's Party socialist leader France Albert Rene, who came to power in a coup in 1977. Michel was re-elected in 2006 with 53.7 percent of the vote against the 45.7 percent won by Ramkalawan.

What Bloomberg failed to say was that the 3 other candidates boycotted the result announcement and decided to stay away from the farce of an announcement by Electoral Commissioner Hendrick Gappy, one of the kingpin behind the fraudulent election. Ramkalawan, Volcere and Boulle all refused to wait around for the results of an election which was fixed well before the first ballot was cast.  It is now up to the international observers to file their meaningless reports that will state the elections were "free and fair".  


In summary, this election was as far away from free and fair as can ever be imagined. Michel won with manipulation, illegal money and more importantly, by allowing illegal and ineligible Seychellois to vote.  Seychelles is truly doomed for 5 more years while the country is raped by Arabs, Russians, Indians and Chinese. The corruption will simply continue on Monday morning under Ramados, Dolor, Savy, Adam and the rest of the thieving gangs who will return to robbing the people of Seychelles. 


STAR warned for months that this election would be fraught with corruption.  Christopher Gill called for a boycott of this sham election many weeks ago, but no one listened. Maybe now the politicians and opposition members will wake up to this battle cry.


SESEL POU SESELWA. THE FIGHT GOES ON!

Seychelles Politics

Yes friends, this is our future under James Michel.  Vote well my friends.

Seychelles Presidential Elections - Use of Government Vehicles & Illegal Voters

James Michel and his Parti Lepep have vowed not to do anything illegal during the election campaign.  But as usual, Michel is a liar and can never be trusted.  We offer photographic evidence below of two clear signs of abuse by the ruling party.

Firstly, there is water restriction in the country and Michel says that we have no water to put in dams and that we have no money to build a new dam.  And yet, he finds the funds for large political rallies while asking his supporters to use Government vehicles to carry out his campaign.  Below is a picture of a PUC truck at the rally and there are many more on Facebook. This is not an isolated incident, but quite normal throughout the Parti Lepep campaign. They will stop at nothing to win the elections illegally.

PUC TRUCK AT PARTI LEPEP RALLY - SUNDAY 15th MAY 2011

But Michel does not stop just at the illegal use of Government vehicles and intimidation of Government workers.  He has also summoned all overseas ambassadors, their wives, children and all immediate members of their families back to Seychelles so that they can vote illegally. All paid for of course by the Seychelles taxpayers.  Ronny Jumeau from New York, Vivienne Focktave and Claude Morel from Europe, Dick Esparon from India and the list goes on and on.

As everyone is well aware, Seychellois nationals who reside overseas are not allowed to vote.  This was a ploy by Albert Rene and James Michel to prevent legal Seychellois nationals from flying into Seychelles to vote.  Rene and Michel knew that they would lose an election if Seychellois living abroad could exercise their legal voting rights, as most left Seychelles after the coup d'etat to go into exile due to intimidation by Rene, Michel and their Tanzanian AK-47 toting goons. Many Seychellois lost their properties due to illegal Government land acquisition (a la Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe) and even lsot their right to return to their homeland.  

But in the meantime, while legal Seychellois are denied their right to vote, Albert Rene and James Michel have illegally sold thousands of passports to foreigners, regardless of their origin or despite their sordid criminal records.  The passport selling scheme under the Parti Lepep has made millions not for the State coffers, but for the pockets of corrupt Party Lepep officials.  Some even get their passports overnight, depending on the amount of US Dollars that exchange hands illegally. Others like Indian billionaire Sivasankaran "Siva" who became an overnight Seychellois was even doted with an "ambassadorship" by James Michel, when this post had already been promised to ex-President James Mancham. Shameful indeed.  

It is clear that James Michel and his party are not respecting the rules of the election and that this Presidential Election which starts today is wrought in corruption and illegal activities. Our only hope is that the people of Seychelles vote Michel and his bunch of Parti Lepep crooks and cronies out of power before midnight Saturday May 21st.  

Ronny Jumeau flew in from United Nations in New York - cap courtesy of Fidel Castro

and camera courtesy of Seychellois taxpayers!

For those also interested in more injustice under James Michel, please read the following report by Ben Carson titled "Seychelles - Democracy without Freedom":

http://thinkafricapress.com/seychelles/seychelles-democracy-without-freedom

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SEYCHELLES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS? WHO WILL YOU VOTE FOR?

STAR ELECTION POLL

We are now entering the final week where Seychellois voters will have to decide who to vote for.

STAR would like to start a poll through this blog site to get the honest opinions of voters.  We want everyone to come online and blog and tell us honestly what they thought of the candidates and their messages during the broadcasts. Let us keep our debates clean and stay away from insulting each other. Instead, let us talk about each of the four candidates and what we really thought of their programs for the future. After all, we will all be voting next weekend for one of those 4 candidates listed below in alphabetical order.


Boulle Philippe - Independent Candidate
Website: http://www.timehascome.sc/profile.htm



Michel James - Party Lepep
Website: http://www.partilepep.com/pl/index.php




Ramkalawan Wavel - SNP
Website: http://www.snpseychelles.sc/



Volcere Ralph - New Democratic Party

Also tell us what is the most important reason for wanting to vote or not vote for a particular candidate. For example, are you concerned with corruption? Is crime, violence and drugs worrying you? Is the state of our health system your primary concern? What about education? And the state of our economy and our bankruptcy and IMF administration? The Police or Army? And what about our lack of investment in areas such as water and electricity? What about sale of State land to foreigners? And what about Seychellois citizenship, passport selling schemes and immigration reforms?  Please feel free to comment and write about your personal concerns and why it will affect the way you vote.


BALLOT & BROADCASTING INFORMATION 

Ballot decides order of candidates’ names and public broadcasts
The Seychelles National Party’s (SNP) candidate will appear at the top of the ballot paper, it was decided by lot yesterday evening.

The Parti Lepep candidate will appear at the bottom while that of independent candidatePhilippe Boullé will be second, and that of the New Democratic Party (NDP) third.

Mr Boullé will be first in the launching of Party Political Broadcast (PPB) on Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation’s radio and television programmes, followed by Ralph Volcère of the NDP, Wavel Ramkalawan of the SNP and James Michel of the Parti Lepep.

During the Open programme which has been divided into two units of 26 minutes each, Parti Lepep will be first, followed by Mr Boullé, the SNP and the NDP.

Mr Michel will start in the closing PPB, followed by Mr Ramkalawan, Mr Boullé and Mr Volcère in that order.

Go ahead and click on Post Comments and let us hear your honest opinion.  After all, this is YOUR blog and YOUR site to blog freely without fear of victimisation.  

Thank you.

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The Seychelles Column - By Christopher Gill

United Nations Slams Seychelles On No Human Rights Record

The United Nations, New York, has cited Seychelles as being in violation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at Geneva Switzerland on April 29^th, 2011.

 

United Nations Building New York

Seventeen Years Head in The Sand

According to the sanction, for Seventeen (17) years the Seychelles, led by SPPF Party-Lepep has been avoiding the scrutiny of the United Nations Human Rights Committee by refusing to submit its initial report which was due in August of 1993.

 

Party Lepep Communist Leaders

March 21st 2011 Review

On March 21^st, 2011, the UN Human Rights Committee reviewed the Seychelles case in absence of a state report (from the Attorney General’s Office).   According to the Press Release from centre for Civil and Political Rights, the state of Seychelles, “failed to take advantage of the committee‘s invitation to attend the session and engage in a dialogue with the Committee members”.

Govinden (pledging allegiance to Seychelles or to Michel?

We will recall that the Attorney General Ronny Govinden was during this time, was actually before the Supreme Court of Seychelles, arguing before the Court to den registration of the Mouvman Seselwa Rasin (MSR) of its registration as a political party to protect Party Lepep communists from defeat at the polls.

Hence, the Attorney General was actively engaging in efforts to deny a segment group its political rights, when he should have been before the UN Human Rights Committee to be educated on safe guarding Human Rights in Seychelles according to the Eight (8) UN Conventions Seychelles is a signing party to.

The report says, the violation of obligations to not file reports, demonstrates that the States (Seychelles) disregard for other articles of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, making it even more important for the situation in Seychelles to be reviewed.  This means that the CCPR believes Seychelles may very likely not be respecting conventions on international human Rights obligations, which we believe is the understatement of the 21^st century to describe state action in Seychelles.

The light is now on in this dark room!

Bouncing Jean Paul Adam Hits The Roof

Jean-Paul Adam 

In reply to this press release, which all international organizations will have received and international banks which Seychelles has obligations with, and possibly some pending loans, Minister Jean Paul Adam did a press release, pulling out the small nations island state story, saying Seychelles is small state, and has a limited budget, and we have been busy under reform, blah, blah, blah and more blah, blah, blah.

The communist born, bred, fed, educated minister made this self incriminating statement on SBC, the nation’s only TV news station, which is fully controlled by his communist party.

We will   recall junior Minister Adam is the same person who recently referred to dictator Muammar Gaddafi as “BROTHER GADDAFI”, in a cocktail in honor of the dictator’s friendly relations with the Seychelles, was seen noticeably jumping up and down in a bouncing regime on SBC.

Gaddafi - Friend on Party Lepep

Minister Adam said that Seychelles was too busy to file these reports, and lacked funding.  But he did not say that the Human Rights Commission had been formed to file these reports.  Nor did he say that the Office of the Ombudsman was in place since 1993 to file reports in cooperation with the Attorney General on Human Rights.

Instead, the reality is that these institutions have been nothing but window dressing of a fake democracy, which has now been exposed by LUNGOS and the victims of the regime, which includes the MSR and their activities.

The Right and Governance Commission NGO Report

There are Five (5) prominent cases in this report.  Of the Five (5) Three (3) cases involve MSR activist or its leader, attempting to register a political party.  There is one case of extrajudicial killing reported in 2010, Tirant vs Republic.  Another case of Desuabin vs. Republic who was evicted from his business premises on the inter island quay on Human Rights Day.

The MSR cases are Batin vs Republic, which involves two incidences of attempted murder of Anthony Battin, an MSR activist; and the case of Jean Paul Isaac vs Republic, which involves the case of Jean Paul Isaac’s detention, and beating at the Police station Port Glaud in December 2010.  Mr.  Isaac is the Political Affairs Officer of the MSR.

What is noticeable in the report is the lack of issues presented by the NDP.   None.  They have been barking here and there to sell paper, but when the issue of Human Rights is critical to the country, they have gone silent and do not follow through.  It is in the follow through that progress is made for all of us.

To credit of the Seychelles National Party (SNP), there is one case cited on permission to hold meetings in public being denied by the commissioner of Police under the One Party State Public Orders Act (1991, et al), which Rene party democracy.  SNP vs. Commissioner of Police. 

Even this issue, I had to push Ramkalawan in a meeting to raise and press as the lead party.  It was a little like forcing a camel to drink water.

Wavel Ramkalawan-Leader of SNP and of the Opposition

Ramkalawan-bludgeoned to near death by Party Lepep & Michel's goons

Critic of the SBC, which is sufficient to sound off alarm bells on the health of the democracy were clearly stated and perhaps, this is what alarmed the Centre for civil and Political Rights (CCPR) on Seychelles flagrant abuse of international conventions and the United Nations (UN Human Rights Commission) that Seychelles is threading on “rogue state status” under the PL and James Alix Michel as its President and Danny Faure as its Vice President.

Cuba Communist Trained Danny Faure

The UN should know that Mr. Michel has no higher education beyond secondary schooling and Mr. Faure has a degree in political science from Cuba earned under a scholarship program me Fidel Castro offered Seychelles not under Raul Castro, the reformist leader .  

Castro - Party Lepep Communist Ally

So you are put on notice as to what you are really dealing with. We must respect titles, but we must not be fooled by them. This is life in the 21^st century.

Finally, we cannot finish the article without mentioning the case of Laurence Wells versus Republic. 

Laurence Wells

Mr. Wells was recruited to work for a Russian group that own the Coral Strand Hotel at Beau Vallon. He was from the USA and was illegally terminated from employment.

Mr. Wells was a victim of the system in place in Seychelles that has a tendency to render judgment based on political contacts. Though he lost his case and was deported for not having the right contacts in Seychelles, Mr. Wells case shows one thing: Corruption in Seychelles is highly prevalent and that in itself is killing foreign direct investment (FDI) each day under communist rule of the Party Lepep.

Mr. Wells has appealed his case to the international courts and the ILO. He has also filed a case in the Federal District Court of New York for violating the rights of a US citizen.

The Party Lepep thugs who burnt my garage shed down and shot my truck with a nine mm pistol and stole $10,000 dollars of campaign materials from my office, will want to follow carefully this case, it applies to you. Mr. Michel I am waiting for my cheque for damages to my property. I suggest you call your president’s Principal Secretary instruct her to contact me and I will provide her the amount to settle my loss caused by agents. Do not send cash, and do not cross the cheque. I will not accept third party cheques either.

It shows how far one must go to seek justice in Seychelles, these days. The United States of America, must be ashamed of itself to have a drone surveillance base stationed in Seychelles, a country that is communist led, with such a pathetic human rights record: NO RECORD, ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISION.

I will alert Mr. Wells of this article and I will ask him to push it forward to his Congressmen in New York and force questions on Seychelles on the floor of the US Congress and call for an investigation on who agreed on stationing these drones in Seychelles without calling the communist government in Seychelles to task on Human Rights.

EUROPEAN UNION HAS DOUBLE STANDARDS

Today in the world the rising nations in the world that have lived through tyranny and communism for decades, want real democratic reforms to take place in their countries.  All People are born free and titled to freedom that western states afford their own citizens. It is not politically correct today, to allow freedom to reign at home, and ignore the lack of freedom in other states if it is expedient and convenient to do so for short term political or economic gains.

This story is being played out around the Middle East today as the USA and EU are called to task for their double standards. The era of double standards for freedom and democracy will end the 21^st Century.

Mark my words PL communist, put the date of this article down in your diary of failures and remember it every year when you sulk over your disaster like management of Seychelles!

THE EUROPEAN UNION IS PUT ON NOTICE

In Seychelles, the UK and France, Italy,Spain which all form part of the EU are most guilty for kissing up and playing lip service to true democratic values in Seychelles. The time has come for EU, UK to put their interest truly at the forefront for the long term and press the communist government of PL in the Seychelles, to respect true democratic norms, and fundamental human Rights in Seychelles.  We Seychellois are not exceptions to Human Rights! We are part of the rule!

Even Prince William and Kate Middleton are having their honeymoon in Seychelles, where we face a communist regime daily. This is where they will spend their money and set an example for the world to the same!

Prince William and Kate Middleton 

THE SEYCHELLES VERSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

There is no Seychelles version of the human rights. There is no Seychelles version of the extra judicial killing or Seychelles version of peaceful protest so long as it is in your closet, so no one hears you, or you protest while sitting on your toilette so it all stays clean.

The Seychelles is a signing country to Eight (8) international conventions on the civil and political rights and we as citizens demand our rights today. We the people of Seychelles hold the USA and EU accountable for the double standards they have played in Seychelles out of political expediency and politeness to the ruling communist party of James Michel.

We will expose this double standard until the Seychelles government, led by a communist party, is held to task to respect individual human rights of all its citizens and all its guests.

Judge Karunakaran

No kangaroo court led by Judge Karunakaran will change the Universal Human Rights Conventions.

People of Seychelles open your eyes!  

Sesel Pou Seselwa!

May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!

Christopher Gill