The Seychelles Column - By Christopher Gill

Democracy Collapsing In Seychelles Today

It is now over Seventeen (17) years since the Seychelles moved from a one party dictatorship Communist junta regime run by France Albert Rene, to a multi party democracy, that ushered in a new era of hope and bought Rene more time to ply his corrupted ways.

In 1991-1992 the time the Western democracies which included United States, Britain , France, Italy, Germany all collectively placed Seychelles Communist Junta under pressure to make a transition to multi party democracy. All these countries sent high level delegations to Seychelles, to ensure the process was completed and they all helped to keep Rene’s hand to the fire, after the end of the Cold War.

The Commonwealth Observers Played A Critical Role

In the first elections, the Commonwealth Secretariat sent Observers to oversee these elections, and made numerous recommendations to establish a true democratic culture in the Seychelles.

The common Communist Junta response to these recommendations has been that it will take time to implement the recommendations, but they were welcome and that assured the Public and the Commonwealth, they would proceed with best efforts to implement democratic processes and most importantly, respect fundamental human rights and level the political playing field in Seychelles.

In effect, today we know, the Communist Junta was just buying time, and in the meantime, they have stifled Democracy in Seychelles. Today, Democracy is on the verge of collapsing.

Commonwealth Recommendations Totally Ignored

Of all the Commonwealth Observer recommendations in 1993, 1998, 2006, none if any have been put into practice.

Since 1991, we are in terms of democracy, with few exceptions, still in the One Party State Communist Junta Era. Human rights are still not respected, and the concept of equality before the law is still alien. I will elaborate on this later.

Seychelles and World Financial Crisis

As the World refocused on the financial crisis, and Seychelles itself became one of 12 states to default on sovereign bonds, and become the most indebted country in the world per capita in 2008, the focus of the Communist Junta, who had pulled the wool over the eyes of the international community for now 15 years, shifted from giving the impression that Seychelles was implementing democratic processes to literally surviving the bad economic policies of France Albert Rene’s successor James Alix Michel.

With that effort of survive borne out shear desperation, the true nature and intention of Rene and Michel in the early days of October 1991, now comes to light today, for the World to see today.

There was never any true good faith intention to move towards genuine democracy in Seychelles on part of the ruling Communist Junta.

It has all been a sham and a scam exercise on the international community and the People of Seychelles themselves. I highlight the main points below that reveal this. It is an indictment of evasion of democracy by the ruling Communist Junta for 17 years using the tools of violence, intimidation, fear factor.

1. Stringing Mancham Along For Over 17 Years

I have not always agreed with Former President Mancham or his policy of National Reconciliation from a position of weakness. But I know he and many other people have been strung along for 17 years needlessly on property acquisition settlement cases.

While the coup of June 1977 was perpetrated on a Nation, Mancham, since his return has been a financial prisoner of Rene and company, as he has had to endure long settlement negotiations on properties taken after the Coup. This has not strengthened Democracy in Seychelles, it has weakened it Democracy intentionally by the ruling Communist Junta.

2. Overpaying The Opposition

On the eve of Seychelles being declared a Bankrupted state by James Michel on October 30, 2008, in the previous year, Opposition MNA’s and Wavel Ramkalawan trekked up to State House and negotiated a 38% salary increase for MNA’s, LO, Leader of Government Business, Ministers, Vice President, and President. The salary increase, weakened the Opposition by feeding them to their hearts content on over inflated salaries for a part time job in the National Assembly. In the case of the Leader of Opposition and Leader of Government Business, they now earn an outrageous Rs. 1,800.00 per hour, for Five(5) hours work a week, sometimes less, or Rs. 36,000.00 per month. MNA’s earn Rs. 700.00 per hour, an outrageous sum when compared to the hourly wage scheme newly created wherein an average worker earns less then Rs. 20.00 per hour.

3. Pensioning Opposition

Another measure taken to weaken the democratic foundations of Seychelles, has been the erroneous pensioning of politicians. Some will be paid out Seventy percent (70%) of their monthly stipend for life. This has the effect as we have seen, of discouraging opposition from being alert, affective and responsive to the needs of the democracy. Opposition MNA’s have gone to sleep from a case of perpetual over feeding for life. They no longer have to perform.

4. Use and Threat of Force At La Misere

When the residents of La Misere took to the streets this year, to protest the water source contamination resulting from Sheik Khalifa Al Zayed Bin al Nayan’s castle at La Misere, the Minister of Home Affairs Mr. Joel Morgan, and the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Quarte, invoked the use of the Public Orders Act 1991, a One Party Communist Junta legislation, to threaten the protestors with use of violence and force, if they should continue to protest and assemble in a Public area, in groups of more then three (3) persons at a time.

Both Commissioner Quarte and Minister Morgan, used full air time on SBC the Nation’s Broadcasting apparatus, controlled by Mr. Antoine Onezime, the Communist Party Junta propagandist, to air their views on prime time news broadcast. SBC never question the veracity of implementing the provisions of a One Party State law versus the right of the protestors to peacefully assemble under the Constitution of the Third Republic. At that moment, SBC went to sleep and saw no evil, heard no evil, spoke no evil, questioned no evil. It is a travesty for democracy and Mr. Antoine Onezime has brought shame upon the entire crew of SBC for his inaction.

5. Burning Lydia Jumeau’s Car at La Misere

Immediately, after this broadcast was made to the Nation, the car of Madam Lydia Jumeau, a front lines protest organizer, at La Misere, was doused with fuel and torched in the darkness of the night, at her residence under a garage.

This incident, attest to the lack of commitment to true democratic process and ideals in the Seychelles, under the ruling Communist Junta till today, in 2010.

Again, the SBC under Mr. Antoine Onezime, did not see the correlation between the lead protest organizer being threatened and her little car being set ablaze. No news coverage, but for Regar, Weekly and a facebook You Tube film on the MSR page, which international reporters caught and followed up with subsequent articles.

6. Sheik Khalifa Al Zayed Bin Al Nayan

The Constitution of Seychelles provides that all persons are equal under the laws of Seychelles, Article 27 Equal Protection Clause. However, the ruling Communist Junta, has blatantly ignored this Constitutional Article, and has openly defended the special treatment of Sheik Khalifa Al Zayed Bin Al Nayan.

Because the special treatment is widespread, and unabated, without restriction, Sheik Khalifa has a free for all in Seychelles, to the point that he has openly interfered in the internal affairs of the Seychelles, to the extent, that his involvement will be determinative of the coming elections due to extensive largess and funds being donated to prop up a failed regime.

This includes:1. Buying 30 buses to prop up a collapsed bus system,2. Funding a scan centre at the hospital to prop up a collapsed health care system;3. $15 Million for a military base;4. $16 Million for two generators for a collapsed electricity grid system;5. BMW’s for transfer of VIP, to prop a failed Government; and other gifts like planes and boats, tickets to the Formula 1 Races with dinner for the President and over night flights.

In exchange, Sheik Khalifa has been granted free import duties on all goods he has brought into Seychelles, which we believe exceeds $300 Million in taxes.

These funds, if collected as they could have been, could settle much of Seychelles external debt and set a solid practice of equality before the law for all residents, citizens and visitors, hence strengthen our democracy. Instead, the Communist Junta, has done the direct opposite, and has weakened our democracy.

Our creditors are put on notice that these funds are available.

7. Eden Island Project

The Eden Island Project has violated the norms of Equal Protection in article 27. One can only ask who is really behind this project, when a Government baby sits an investor to the extent that laws, norms and policy, are broken to forsake the Tourism Industry and purchasers of Eden Island to the benefit of Eden Island Development Company and Eden Island Management Company.

Eden has recently been given permission to continue to operate its once illegal apartment pool as a hotel. Eden Management has the exclusive right to market these apartments as hotels and the owners will not be able to do so independently or in cooperation with each other.

The decision sidelines Eden’s original project memorandum and allows it to venture into a business it did not put the Public on Notice , that it would be entering.

If the Constitution of Seychelles is suppose to be the legal document that determines all rights in Seychelles, today, it has been sidelined as a symbolic document of little meaning with the recent decision of Eden Island.

This only weakens the respect for democratic practice in Seychelles and it will have a long term adverse impact on the economic stability of Seychelles, and Eden Island as an investment. The Promoters are hoping they can sell Phase Two fast. Hence the sale contracts will provide for tender of 75% payment for villas once the roof is up. Roofs may go up before the foundations have set.

8. Breaking Into Democratic Party Office

Between 2005-2010, the Seychelles Weekly, has earned a reputation of reporting on many controversial issues, and exposing many politicians of wrong doing.

This is healthy in any democracy, and should be encouraged even by the persons who become the subject of such articles. The strength of Freedom of Speech is not in the speaker or writer, but in the listener and subject of the Speech to exercise due tolerance and accept the critic if true and not defendable, defend it if false and defendable.

However, in that same period, there have been many break-ins into the Seychelles Weekly office, which is also the office of the Democratic Party. The break ins show the lack of tolerance by the ruling party of opposing critical views. It demonstrates that the ruling party, fundamentally does not believe in the right to Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, protected under Article 22 of the Constitution. The Freedom document, our Constitution, is being taken to be a sham cover document, to only allow the Communist Junta to function with the credit of being democratic, but in practice, Democracy, does not exist in Seychelles today.

The irony of these incidents at the Weekly-DP office , is that the Seychelles Police, controlled by State House, itself, has not come up with one suspect for the break ins though fingerprints have been found. Yet, the Police has a budget of Rs. 125 Million per year to deal with crimes. But political crimes go unsolved habitually in Seychelles.

9. Burning of the Regar Printer

Sometime in 2005, during the heyday of the SNP aggressive and positive critic of the government of James Michel, the Express Printing (Regar) printer was set on fire after an office break in. The printer was down for a few months, and Freedom of Speech had been trampled upon again. Since that time, to participate in the process, Regar, has toned down, as not to offend the subject of its articles; a compromise that compromises democracy and destroys it at the same time. This political related crime, has gone unsolved, because the culprits are the ruling Communist Junta themselves.

10. Breaking of Ferrari’s Head and Ramkalawan’s Head by SSU

On October 3rd, 2006, not long after an election, the SSU openly attacked Jean Francois Ferrari, and Wavel Ramkalawan in the corridors of the National Assembly precincts. A crowd has gathered to protest the license fee of Rs. 800,000.00 and restriction of political parties from broadcasting. However, the PL through SBC and propagandist Antoine Onezime, broadcast liberally in the name of the Nation every night, a disparity in opportunity that demonstrates Seychelles is not even close to being a democracy. Ferrari and Ramkalaawan then toned down to continue to participate in the process. This weakened democracy and has helped it collapse. The culprits of this incident were actually promoted.SBC the state broadcasting company remained silent on the promotion.

11. Breaking into the MSR Office

Most recently, the MSR office was broken into and all hard copy documents taken along with manifestos and stickers. By coincidence, this incident took place only two days after Mr. Hendriks Gappy, the Registrar of Political Parites and Electoral Commissioner, refused to certify MSR as a political party in Seychelles, using provisions of a One Party State law, to circumvent a primordial provision of Article 22 the Right to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression and Right to receive and impart ideas protected fully under the Constitution of Seychelles.

If these provisions are not given full unfettered effect, there is no democracy in Seychelles. If a group of Citizens cannot participate in elections, then elections cannot be free or fair. Nor can the political playing field be levelled if players cannot even make it to the field to participate in due time. MSR filed registration documents Five (5) months ago. Fine finger prints were taken from this crime scene as well.

12. Threats of Violence and Intimidation Attempted Drug Fixes on Opponents to Attempt to Silence them into Submission

Throughout our multi party experiment with the Communist Junta government led by France Albert Rene, and now James Michel, an ex Colonel and both coup plotters, the road has been rocky and bumpy for anyone at any given time, that opposed the corruption of the Junta.

When opposition has been meek and weak, the Opposition has been allowed to co exist and share in cocktail party canapes.

When opposition has been steady and assertive, they have been attacked, threatened with violence, intimidation, drug plants, breaking of offices, stealing of documents, burning of printers ,burning of cars, and so forth.

When the Opposition works as it should, they are constrained with threats of violence, intimidation, counter violent attacks, to subdue them, and set their work back. The pattern involving the DP, SNP, now MSR is obvious and serves as an indictment of the Communist Junta’s intention to never allow Democracy to take a deep root in Seychelles.

These acts, because they have been systematic for 17 years, with a distinctive pattern, demonstrate that we are still in a one party communist junta dictatorship, with only the basic dressings of Democracy in place to please the west and investors that are fooled by the window dressing. With the window dressing up, projects like Eden Island can take investors money. With the dressing down, the investors will see the gamble of Eden for themselves.

People of Seychelles, the international journalists, international community, I call on you all who believe in the promises of Democracy, to place light on the situation of the Republic of Seychelles.

Today, in our country, the ruling Communist Junta is making a mockery of Democracy and they are making a mockery of civil conduct in the affairs of men.

Though we are a small country, every person deprived of the right to persuit of life, liberty, happiness, and denied the right to be equal before all men, must live a life of fear and intimidation, sometime violence, is a life lived in vain. This Truth is self evident.

Next week, I will write part II of Democracy Collapsing in Seychelles Today and focus on the crumbling structures.


SESEL POU SESELWA!

MAY GOD BLESS ALL FREEDOM LOVING SEYCHELLOIS!

Seychelles Comedy - State House Anytime Now

("A political satire based on actual events as portrayed through the state controlled media")

Pontiff’s blessing and the big 75

The Seychelles President’s second visit to the Vatican was his private confession to try and absolve the sins of June ’77. He is now repenting for having followed the Atheist creed of ‘Per Fondater’ who, at the ripe old age of 75 will never ask for any forgiveness for his misdeeds. He has already sent everyone who did not agree with the revolution into exile. At 73, he ordered those with other ideas to go to ‘lazil’ and this time around, he invites them to a forced retirement! But the venom and bitterness is still very much alive...

Lizzy: Good Morning Sunshine! You have been sorely missed these last few weeks. I am lost in this house without you. I have drawn up an intensive district visits program so that I can keep busy.
Bawi: Hey we are following in Mancham’s footsteps. We cannot allow the old beardo to clock more miles than our man of the people. It is the era of economic diplomacy. We have fared well in selling off our land to pay for our debts. We are now back to our colonial days and heavily dependent on handouts.
President: Indeed Yes! The elderly remember these times and this is why the founding father went on about the necessity of the coup. It is unfortunately only our elderly people who remember these days. The youth do not know about our struggle. So it is important to keep this yearly party alive.
Bawi: But Bwana it is sad to see that even at 75, our papa still harbours all this bitterness. Despite all the fanfare, it was really hard to hide this tension between you two. He still cannot accept the fact that you are now a grown man with Sheik Khalifa as your new master.
President: Well at least his Highness gives me the opportunity to take regular breaks to the Sheikdom to attend Formula 1 races and indulge in a rich and famous lifestyle. With the old man, I had to prop up the struggle and adore the iron man every 5th June. This is out of my league now...
Lizzy: I always wanted to be beside a high flyer. I am also flying high in my latest grand vitara. You see Bawi, he looks well after his little harem. All his lucky girls are part of the jeep clan. This is why the old man is so bitter. He has lost his mojo and Lady Sarah cannot stand this life in retirement.
Bawi: Oh what a shame. She has to put up with all these Tom & Jerry flicks and we all know that she cannot stomach seeing this stately abode taking in a metamorphosis! No wonder she was avoiding all eye contact and felt so ill at ease. I have a feeling that this will be the last birthday bash for our dear father...
Lizzy: This is what you get when you care. Let’s now get serious. Our internal and external geniuses are here to report on the latest developments...
The sexily clad Lizzy does a pirouette and ushers in JenPa and JoMo who are brimming with confidence.
JenPa & JoMo (in unison): Top of the morning my good Sir.
President: Oh what a breath of fresh air! I belong to the future. My metamorphosis is complete when I see myself surrounded with such youthful exuberance.
JenPa: Sir the Pontiff is in awe with desperation to meet with him – it is of particular significance for all Seselwa.
President: Indeed my son. I was so emotional and honoured. I have met his holiness twice in my tenure and my coup d’etat sins have been forgiven. With my medal from the Lord of Military Sovereigns of Malta, I am now the most decorated President of the Indian Ocean – if not the world!
JenPa: Sir we are about to hit the black gold. We need to get this coastguard base and patrol boats up and running soon as we cannot let the Somali pirates siphon off this precious resource that will turn us into the new emirate. His Highness is waiting for the payback time..
President: I have already done my training in ‘Emirati governance’ and ready to assume this new found status. So JoMo, what do you have to report on the internal scene? I hear that some irritating disease might have has a swipe at your household...
JoMo: All’s under control as usual my good Sir. We have put an end to the Delokaka upheaval. I have bullied all of them into submission. No one dares to make any claim now. I claimed 450, promised 250 and ignored all of them to the point that no one dares to collect their check.
President: It seems that you are suffering from amnesia. You need a proper check up my boy. Your extracurricular activities are putting a strain on you. I gather that the ‘Lasiren Ros’ is a handful and will blow your brains out.
JoMo: Sir you need to put me out of my misery. I desperately need a break and visit Alaska to patch up the home front. I cannot take all these charades any more. I tried to emulate you but do not have the stamina to look after all these birds in the bush.
JenPa: Well this is not the time for distractions main man! Soon our water source will dry up and you will have to get water tankers and barges to quench our thirst. You should also seek some funds to lay that power cable from Mahe to Praslin. Can we salvage the desalination plants?
JoMo: I have always been inspired by our founding father. He has dedicated half a century of his life to our country and clocked up a string of white elephants and squandered millions. I will follow in his footsteps and maintain this ‘tres peu de sous’ socialism doctrine all sue all those who accuse me of embezzlement. This is what makes me proud.
Bawi: Mr. President, this is the new era of free market and capitalism. We need to live with the times. I can see that our Chairman of High Level Piracy Committee is losing his marbles. He really needs a makeover.
President: Indeed, we are heading in the right direction. We have managed to steer the ship and made a smooth transition from comrades to tycoons. We are now the masters of our own destiny and I am headed for a landslide at the next elections. What a makeover indeed!
JenPa: Our forefathers have endured a lot of sacrifice to bring this country to what it is today. I am a product of these hard times and it is high time we sit back and enjoy the spoils of such hard work. At such a young age, the world is my oyster.
President: That’s right my son, I am just keeping the throne warm for you. We older people, we have a duty to continue to educate our young and remind them that our country has come a long way in its development, and that today they have a lot of opportunities. But I belong to the new generation and will empower all those who adore me.
Bawi: Indeed Bwana! The youth is right behind you. The Jj Spirit will keep the flame burning bright well beyond your 75th birthday. Your empowerment program is paying dividends. You are now adored by thousands of fans. Your daily appearance on TV has made you the undisputed household name.
President: I have taken on a new role as the media king of Seychelles. I do not miss out on any given opportunity. My latest masterpiece is lending a hand to selling our precious land on You-Tube.
JoMo: Now that’s an idea! I will probably need this tube to comb the desert in the hope of retrieving the lost millions... We need to work together to ensure our country continues to be the jewel of the Indian Ocean.
The President is obsessed with popularity. He has now earned a coveted place in history. His many accomplishments will never be emulated. His dream is to be elected by an overwhelming 100% majority to beat his mentor’s high score of the one party state. A Machiavellian feat indeed! We need to annihilate all opposition and buy all the votes – or perhaps dismantle any “Sesel Pou Seselwa” movement that might spark off another ‘revolution’. We will need another Pontiff blessing...

EYEWITNESS NEWS

Seychelles Cartoon

THE MONEY MEN GRABBING THE LAST

PIECE OF THE PIE BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTIONS



Eyewitness News

JAMES MICHEL GOES ON "OFFICIAL" VISIT TO UAE

TO INDULGE IN RICH MAN'S PLEASURES

 The Seychelles President was on yet another escapade to the UAE to mingle with the mighty and powerful and indulge in the pleasures of the wealthy. From rags to riches - the little boy from Anse Boileau has now been adopted by Kalifa of Abu Dhabi who is exposing him to the lifestyle of the rich and famous in exchange for the surrender of prime property of our patrimony - Seychelles.
And all this in the guise of  'official visits', as he tries to fool the people back home, as the man enjoys his newfound fame and trappings of ill-gotten wealth...

Mohammed hosts dinner for F1 VIP guests

(WAM)
Khaleej Times
13 November 2010, 10:43 PM

General Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, hosted on Saturday a dinner banquet at Yas Hotel in honour of kings and presidents and VIP guests who are visiting the UAE to attend the final leg of the F 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.

The Thebanquet was attended by HM King Juan Carlos of Spain, President James Michel of the Seychelles, Prime Minister of Swaziland Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Shaikh Sultan bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority, and a number of members of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, senior officials, diplomats and dignitaries.

Sheikh Mohammed wished the guests a pleasant stay in the UAE and exchanged with cordial talks about the FI races

General Shaikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (right),  Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces meets with James Michel, President of Seychelles at a reception at the Yas Hotel  on day two of the 2010 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Eyewitness News

Seychelles Electoral Commissioner Gappy in collusion with Party Lepep to stop MSR party registration

It would seem that the MOUVMAN SESELWA RASIN (MSR) has become James Michel and his Parti Lepep's worst nightmare! The party has filed for registration since 6 months and it is only recently that the Seychelles Electoral Commissioner, Hendricks Gappy has moved to prevent this from happening. Not content with blocking the registration (twice already), the State House sponsored thugs were ordered to break in and ransack the party headquarters at Docklands. Fear and intimidation is now the weapon being used to curtail democracy and free speech! MSR has turned out to be the bee in the bonet of the mighty Parti Lepep who fears a real credible opposition that is exposing all their evil deeds and threatening its political survival.

Herewith a press release and letter to to the Commonwealth Secretariat sent by MSR

The Seychelles Column - By Christopher Gill

Seychelles President Michel

Takes To The Districts To Save Himself

Recently President James Michel took clown and pony show from Abu Dhabi and the Dubai shopping malls and moved the parade of horribles to the districts. Surrounded with uzzy holstered body guards, wearing sunglasses in the dark, and all the ministers available and in country, plus an entourage of advisors of bad advise, and no advise, Michel made his way to Point Larue, the traditional SPPF strong hold which has garnished 64% plus percentage votes in every election.
After 45 minutes, it was clear for all of Seychelles, that aside from the senior citizens on crutches in the front row, the populace of Point Larue were not very amused with the promises of riches in 2006 and the gift of poverty bestowed on them in 2008-2009, by President James Michel, the man who feels for all our pain, in spite of being the man himself, that is responsible for inflicting our pain.
Lets break down the main lies as Mr. Franke of Point Larue challenged Mr. President but instead, he ran for cover under the arm pits of Cuban trained Danny Faure. The minor lies, we will leave for the people to take down as they take down this Jack Joker liar communist regime.
Mr. Franke Is Frank!
As Mr. Franke of Point Larue challenged Mr. President to account for the $2.4Billion missing in overseas accounts according to IMF, Mr. Michel coward away from this difficult question and handed it over to Minister Danny Faure, to “play it again”, as he put it.
Under instruction, Faure said again, but in a very arrogant tone of defiance, that the $2.4 Billion IMF has alluded to, is in fact money held by off shore companies.
Mr. Franke was denied a follow up question to this pertinent issue, and State Security apparatus started to circle him, should he insist on asking a key follow up question that would end the floating of the JJ Spirit once and for all in Point Larue prematurely for SPPF supporters. The question Mr. Franke would have posed if he could, is along these lines and is damning indeed on SPPF.
Of course Mr. Faure, and Mr. President, we know all that the $2.4 Billion missing is in the name of offshore companies. Former dictators and their cronies like Albert Rene and the People around him, perhaps, do not traditionally hide stolen money in their names. Dictators and cronies use offshore companies to hide wealth stolen from the People. To keep it onshore, would lead the People to notice it everyday when they go to work, like all the buildings on Providence in companies belonging to cronies and lovies.

Dictators and cronies use numbered accounts to secure and transfer wealth offshore. In Seychelles, only Nouvobanq has numbered accounts registered with the Central Bank of Seychelles. Mr. Laporte has easy access to that information. Nouvobanq happens to be Standard Chartered Bank, the largest bank in Africa, but it is also Government of Seychelles , SPPF controlled through majority shareholdings. Mr. Siad works for his shareholders, mainly Government of Seychelles aka SPPF Government. Hence why a Pakistani national was granted citizenship in spite of the fact that he could easily return to his homeland, which enjoys a higher credit rating then Seychelles. After all, he does not really love Seychelles in my opinion.

What IMF said to correct Mr. Faure our Finance Minister, was that these companies offshore, that hold these funds are owned by Seychellois Citizens. Consequently, we want Mr. Faure, to ask IMF to publish the list of those companies in order that we can proceed to execute on ill –gotten funds, if they so exist to the amount of $ 2.4Billion, as per the implication of IMF’s statements. We can cross check this list with Mr. Laporte’s numbered account list, created while Francis Chang Leng was Governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles. The list and subsequent transactions will show where much of the $2.4 Billion has gone.
Faure Says offshore is Not in Seychelles
Faure says monies offshore is not in Seychelles. He seems to want the People of Seychelles to forget about the $2.4Billion; he and SPPF hope and aspire to beat the Opposition to death over mentioning of this amount.
President Michel, a man that cannot even ride a horse, or drive a car himself, says the $2.4Billion missing is a horse of battle for the Opposition. It is not, it is our money you arrogant SPPF failure, that can only claim to be educated publicly, when a gang of body guards with AK-47’s surround you!
People of Seychelles can be forgiving about a lot of things, but when it comes to the People’s money, there is no compromise and no pardon, SPPF. So give back the money SPPF.
Remember The Mango Lesson
People of Seychelles, when a thief is holding your mango in his hands, remember, he will tell you the mango was broken off the tree by himself, he will have you believe because he took the mango, it belongs to him. Now SPPF want us to believe, that because the corrupt took this $2.4Billion belonging to People of Seychelles, according to IMF, this money belongs to them now.
Do not be fooled by the thief! We need this money to help us through a period of great hardship which SPPF has dragged us into since they drove Seychelles into financial bankruptcy before we ever heard anything about a world financial crisis.
Now, as time goes by, the days become weeks, the weeks become months, the months become years, SPPF will have us believe that the world financial crisis is the cause of our problems in Seychelles today. Do not be fooled.
The only thing that the world financial crisis will bring to Seychelles and SPPF is one fact, SPPF will now have to repay all its debts. Because they have fooled us before, we will pay the price for failure as long as SPPF is around. When we get rid of them, much of our debts will be pardoned and we will be able to live again as a decent people, gifted with a most special place by God, on Earth.
As the next District meetings get under way, People of Seychelles, gather your courage like Mr. Franke and tell it like it is.
Mr. Payet Calls For True Unity
At Pointe Laure, Mr. Payet bravely , with great courage of a true Seychellois, cut through Mr. President’s charades and challenged him to cause to be resolved, as a Nation, the atrocities committed by James Michel Government and France Albert Rene’s Government during the One Party State. Mr. Payet called for a Commission of National Reconciliation to be formed to hear and bear witness of wrongs committed against fellow Seychellois to help the Country heal a wound that SPPF wants to believe does not exist. Being indecisive and wiggly for fear of offending France Albert Rene and murderers that still walk our streets, James Michel said the suggestion can be placed before a Committee.
People of Seychelles, in this moment of despair, how many issues will be placed before how many Committees. We live in an era, wherein we require Leadership , true Leadership to navigate through the disaster before us. Michel proposes that Committees handle even basic and simple but important ideas. He has none of his own, he goes to the Districts and converts frustrations into ideas, and then send the idea to a Committee. To lead a Committee he needs Irishmen. Michel has taken Seychellois pride and reduced it to a basket of incompetency.
How many more years can we survive with this kind of putzy ,incompetent, leadership? In no time, we will need a Committee to decide when we can use the comfort room, when we can use electricity, when we can fill up our gas tanks. We will need three (3) stamps and two seals to buy 1 packet of 6kg Pampers for our young babies. We will need a Committee to approve use of S -26 infant formula, since it is better then the Donkey milk products they want us to use to feed our babies, which have writings on it we cannot understand, nor can the Customs Officials figure out.
I salute Mr. Payet for his great courage to face a putzy, incompetent leader and ask for a Commission of National Reconciliation. But Mr. Payet should have also asked for a Committee to pour water for the Committee as well, and one to approve of the water pouring for dry seasons, since the idea of $25Million for desalination plants has not worked out too well. But the commission money has been banked.
May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois and our Beloved Seychelles!

EYEWITNESS NEWS

People Editor Has No Backbone

For “ Sesel Pou Seselwa”! Ha, Ha, Ha!

Last week in the People, a writer with no name had published an article saying we are not Creoles, we are Seychellois and it is high time we came to our senses, seemingly making an appeal to the Parti Le Pep lost goats on the issue.
The Editor of the People, placed a disclaimer to the article saying the opinion of the writer was not necessarily the opinion of the People.
How coward and lack of backbone has the People, the Parti lepep (PL) ragtag weekly become?
No More “Sesel Pou Seselwa” @ People?
Gone are the days when People would stand up for Seychellois and say: “Sesel Pou Seselwa”, that famous phrase Peter E. Gill handed to Albert Rene, to push for Independence after he came back from Kenya in 1965 and where there was a push for Independence throughout Africa from Britain’s receding empire in Africa and beyond.
Rene of course betrayed “Sesel Pou Seselwa” on June 5th, 1977.
After that infamous day , Rene proclaimed: “Sesel Pou Albert Rene”. The rest has been history, until James Michel embarked on a course to BANKRUPT Seychelles and sell her to the highest bidder, Khalifa and company.
This week, November 5th, 2010 , spineless and gut less People says: ....”Economic Risk of Opposition Sponsored Xenophobia”
In this rubbish article found on page Four (4), the writer got clearance from the Central Committee of JJ Spirit, made up of puffs and dragons, to site Jean Le Dem’s of the IMF, statement on the success of the Seychelles Economy in 2010.
Mr. Le Dem pointed out that Seychelles may finish the year with 6% GDP. But what Mr. Le Dem did not tell us, and he could careless, was that 6% GDP growth is from James Michel selling Seychelles to Sheik Khalifa Al Zayed Bin al Nayan for a pittance borne out of a few donations made from the whims of Khalifa himself, after not paying over $300 Million in taxes due for goods used on his house at La Misere. Just that amount of uncollected taxes could settle ½ of our external debt or ½ of our domestic debts and banks could drop interest rates to the commercial sector.
For Mr. Le Dem and IMF, these are complicated matters that will add paper to his Seychelles file. So he remains silent on where the growth comes from. This is our internal problem according to Le Dem and IMF;a little like the missing $2.4 Billion from our banking system, which can be addressed only by a change of government.
If Khalifa had paid his taxes when due, our GDP would be at 18% perhaps, outpacing Singapores’ 9% GDP for the year 2010. Weak pussy whooped by a female camel out of a zoo, People ignores that little detail, hiding the corruption that under pins SPPF’s investment programs.
SESEL POU SESELWA- PEOPLE!
I say this to the spineless Editor of the People: We Seychellois do not want a one man economy. It is a dangerous precedence and it is bad for the macro economic balance of country in the long run. We want a diversified economy that is fundamentally based on the most loyal investors to Seychelles: SESELWA! If Khalifa does not like that, he should go home. IMF will adjust the figures.
Don’t Forget Pitiful Eden Island
The second area of growth is Eden Island . This area is slightly lower in national contributions then Sheik Khalifa. But Eden Island has been given a free ride to exist in Seychelles that Seychellois investors would never enjoy. The Editor at the People does not mention that little detail.
Eden Island represents about 2% of the GDP. But People Editor, Eden Island paid no Stamp Duty on $49 Million land transfer, representing Rs. 35 Million in uncollected duties.
Additionally spineless People Editor, SPPF gave Eden Island all the beaches on Eden Island and the water ways, in direct violation of the Constitution of Seychelles, Article 2 which provides,1. The territory of the Seychelles, shall consist of- b. The territorial waters of Seychelles and the land area of the Seychelles.
How can Patrick Lablache sign off our waterways and beaches to Eden Island without a constitutional amendment People Editor?
Additionally weak, pitiful People Editor, spineless as you have become, Eden Island is operating an illegal hotel pool of apartments that is destroying the existing Tourism Industry. You are suppose to protect and enhance existing business when you bring online new business, not destroy exiting business and industry. The Editor at People is silent as a door nail on the matter.
People Editor like President Michel, has their left shoe on their right foot, and their right foot on a banana peel: mis-stepping every step of the way.
More Mis-stepping By Spineless People
In trying to explain the economic situation in the country, People says: “Yet, subtracting the foreign element from the Seychelles economic formula is exactly what the Opposition from SNP to NDP and Mouvman Seselwa Rasin (MSR) are attempting to do through their xenophobic campaign.”
As far as MSR is concerned, we are not xenophobic nor are we anti foreigner investment. We are pro any investment. How else are we going to pay off the debts SPPF created, People Editor? Investments can be it Seselwa or foreigner. However, our citizenship is not for sale as per MSR manifesto. Our land must not be for sale any longer as per MSR. Leases must suffice with foreign investors like in many countries. SPPF has sold too much for too cheap.
James Michel has sold more land to foreigners then any other sitting President of the Republic, weak, Spineless, People Editor, who has no courage to stand up and defend the People of Seychelles anymore. Instead you have reduced yourself to covering up for Michel’s failures and his program of selling our patrimony.
Neither is MSR willing to collaborate with providing foreigners any soft deals under the table like James Michel Government. This is where weak, spineless People Editor gets it wrong.
If Seselwa cannot benefit from the economic progress of our country, and our people cannot play a meaningful role in developing our country, because they do not pay bribes to SPPF, then we will eat bread fruit and salted fish.......it will be a pleasurable meal as usual.

I call on the Editor of the People to RESIGN!

SESEL POU SESELWA!
May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!

The Seychelles Column - By Christopher Gill

Seychelles Taking The Maynmar Road To Sham Elections
The Government of James Michel’s recently re-appointed Registrar of Political Parties, Hendriks Gappy, has failed to certify the registration of Mouvman Seselwa Rasin (MSR) for now Five (5) months.
From was a Three (3) day approval process according to Mr. Gappy, has now gone over Five (5) months and counting.
The main contention of the Registrar of Political Parties has been the Manifesto and party platform of the MSR: “Kredo Rasinist”, a document which highlights the main principles and beliefs of the party members.

The first refusal to certify the party registration documents, came after Four (4) months of not hearing a word from Mr. Gappy.
In a letter dated October 12, 2010, Mr. Gappy suggested that we file a case in the Constitutional Courts within 21 days to appeal his decision taken under recommendation of the Attorney General Mr. Ronnie Govinden.

The dubious grounds of the refusal was that the beliefs contained in the Manifesto are contrary to the Constitution of Seychelles.
MSR, under the recommendation legal consul amended the Manifesto to make its contents more palatable to Mr. Gappy and Mr. Govinden, as both men are agents of the Communist Party of Seychelles, currently in power.
It was agreed between MSR leadership and legal Consul, that these agents of the Communist Party, may have misunderstood the nature of a Manifesto or the place of political beliefs of a group of people in a democratic society in relation to the Constitution of Seychelles.
Mr. Govinden for his part has been losing cases before the Constitutional Court, example the landmark case of Elwyn Talma vs. Attorney General, concerning land use at Anse Lazio, Praslin.
I had personally advised Mr. Talma to file the case to secure his rights, once and for all before the Constitutional Court. The rational of the Attorney General in the case is highly dubious. I found the Constitutional Court to be on point, given great weight to the right to use and enjoyment of property enshrined in the Constitution.
Within Two (2) weeks of submitting an amended Manifesto, the second refusal letter to certify MSR was received by MSR Administrator at Docklands Level 3 MSR office on November 5th, 2010.
This time Mr. Gappy was not citing the Constitution of Seychelles, he cited Cap 173 of the Codes of Seychelles. The plot to block MSR from participating in the upcoming elections worsens.
Constitution Defends Our Right To Freedom of Belief and Expression
Article 5, states that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and any law inconsistent with the Constitution is void. This would stuff Cap 173.
Article 22 gives the members of MSR the full.....right to Free Expression and for this article, includes the right and Freedom to hold opinions and to seek, receive, impart ideas and information without interference....from the State.
The right is subject to laws prescribed in a democratic society, but no regulations or laws even, have been drafted by the Registrar of Political Parties to limit the right to beliefs and expression yet under Political Party Registration.
The Registrar has been sleeping and relying on its enabling legislation for over 17 years now, without amendments or rules.
Yet, he is paid a Ministers salary for the post plus another ministerial salary for the post of Commissioner of Elections. Correct me if I am wrong, but is the man paid over Rs.64,000.00 for this funny business?
Administrative-Legal Hurdles To Block MSR From Participating in Upcoming Elections
It is becoming clear at this time, because of MSR’s principle of “Sesel Pou Seselwa” is the underpinning principle of the Manifesto, the Communist Party of Seychelles, intends to use all administrative hurdles and all legal hurdles possible to inhibit the certification of the MSR registration.
They have said in People paper, their rag tag weekly this week, that MSR ‘s principles undermine their efforts to “sell Seychelles” to foreigners while under REFORM, which we refer to as NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY.
“SESEL POU SESELWA” ALIVE AND WELL!
This principle is captivating the minds of Seychellois across the country and is ending the politics of division played out by Red, Green, Blue, which are the divisional politics of the past 34 years.
“Sesel Pou Seselwa”, today, is uniting all Seychellois under one banner to remove the Communist Party of Seychelles from power and set her free.
The Communists intend on preventing the MSR leader Christopher Gill, from standing as the next presidential candidate, and prefer to have stooge candidates like Philip Boulle and Wavel Ramkalawan running.
Boulle is an attorney for numerous foreign interests in Seychelles. Mr. Ramkalawan is a Priest who has now become a millionaire in opposition and is happy with his new status and has remained quiet for most of the last Five (5) years while in Opposition.
He has become a loyal Opposition to the party in power, voting along with the Communist Party in Seychelles on key issues: 38% salary increase for MNA’s and Ministers, 70% salary for life pension for MNA’s and Ministers, all in a bid to keep everyone quiet and towing the line no different then the military Junta in Burma. His party recently voted in favour of a Supplementary Budget of Rs.77 Million, while the Seychelles remained under IMF Administration and external debts un serviced.
Myanmar Same Story
In Myanmar, elections are up the road and Aung San Suu Kyi’s party will not be able to field her as a candidate. Aung San Suu Kyi will be blocked by the socialist military government, led by General Than Shwe, who holds title “Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council. A little like the JJ Spirit Chairmanship, held by James Alix Michel.
In Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi’s supporters and the international community are already calling the elections a SHAM ELECTION PROCESS, because the ruling socialist military junta will NOT allow her party to participate with their leader in the upcoming elections.
Seychelles walks the Road of Myanmar SHAM ELECTIONS
In Seychelles, the situation with MSR is no different, and MSR will advise the SADC community and the Commonwealth Secretariat of this fall back to communist tendencies by the James Michel PL Administration, and until MSR is a duly recognized political party in Seychelles, we will consider the road to elections a sham and seek court redress on the issue and we will seek damages and cost for hindering the evolution of the democratic process in Seychelles.
Pending registration certification MSR has spent nearly Rs. 1 Million and will seek recoup these costs from Mr. Gappy and the Attorney General of Seychelles.
Bring On The Troops
Because Seychellois troops will be reluctant to fight for James Michel and the Communist Party of Seychelles when faced with internal strife, arrangements have been made in advance, to bring in troops from the UAE under the guise of fighting piracy within Ten (10) months to Seychelles. The base to house them is being built and will cost $50 Million with all the creature comforts a soldier could want, including a mosque.
This will usher in an old strategy the Communist in Seychelles have used in the past: oppress and crush the will of the People, with foreign domination and the use of force and guns.
After all your games, administrative hurdles, you pose before us, and all your legal symantics are done, PL, remember this:

SESEL POU SESELWA!

May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!

Seychelles Comedy - State House Anytime Now

("A political satire based on actual events as portrayed through the state controlled media")

‘Nou pre, nou lwen!

The president’s hectic schedule sees the ‘man of the people’ district hopping to try and contain his waning popularity while sustaining the travel escapades in style. A stopover in Montreux to rub the French the right way is crowned by a second audience with ‘Il Papa’. All the Emperor’s sins need to be absolved so that the good Sheik can settle in and protect us from all evil...

Mr. President: Good morning my faithful flock! ‘Bonzour Sesel’! Bon fet zot tou! En lizye lo le pase en lot lo lavenir! I have cemented another milestone with Sarkozy and we’ll see plenty of money flowing for the promotion of ‘la langue Franςaise’ in my empire.

BAWI: Cet oun tre bonn inisyativ patron! The French fully support our ‘Kreolité’ and were quite impressed with the young dynamic team that JenPa assembled for you. The linguistic pact that you signed will take us to another level and we hope to learn a lot from the Frenchies.

Lizzy: Well let’s hope that our people do not get ideas and adopt this mentality of taking to the streets. This is also part of their culture you know. But in this administration it is the executive that takes to the streets. We are in tune with the pulse if this nation with our district visits.

BAWI: Sir! Lizzy (our district visits mastermind) is mapping everything out with precision. Since we have lost Praslin, she made sure that we secure La Digue. Anse Etoile was more to give Ramka a kick in the teeth. When things fall apart, we get a scapegoat and rub their nose in.

Mr. President: ‘Bondye y avek nou dan nou voyaz’. The Pope gave me all the blessings needed for another five years. The last time I met him I was inspired to deal a sanguine blow to the voices of free speech on the steps of the assembly. This time I will crack down on all those who do not vote for me in the coming elections. I have absolute confidence in its outcome…

BAWI: Oh Bwana! I also note that the tentacled Orderly has been dropped as the ambassador to the Holy See. Bendictus has agreed to bring the ‘Trwa Frer’ cross down and you managed to sell him the idea of a Mosque at the base. Our Highness will be happy and can disburse a few more dollars to solve out water and gas problems.

Mr. President: Indeed! That’s the strategy Bawi boy. You take stock of the problems on the ground, throw mud on a few culprits and seek the solutions overseas. This is how an Emperor functions. Get an Aladdin to work the magic lamp and produce some genies! The latest one out is the Doctor Minister who has never seen so much generosity coming out of the desert in her lifetime.

Lizzy: Oh honey! You have the magical potions to solve everything. You managed to uncover an Escobar cartel and clean up the drug infestation ‘dan leo’ Anse Etoile. Police need to be more active and we deliberately avoided a visit to the dilapidated ‘kordgard’.

BAWI: This selective thinking is working wonders! A visit to the La Gogue dam would have been an embarrassment. No water and no gas makes Jack an angry boy. Now JoMo has another bomb in his lap as the pirates have hijacked our LPG consignment.

Mr. President: Oh not to worry. In the true spirit of our culture we will bring back the ‘lakwizin tradisyonel’! There is plenty of dead wood around. And soon all households will be equipped with solar powered cookers and ovens from Abu Dhabi and like the desalination plants, our gas problem will be history.

Lizzy: We need to take better care of our old folks. The deplorable state in which our ‘twazyenm az’ are living in at Anse Etoile is unacceptable. We need to pull up our socks! According to my files, the one responsible is our new candidate for the coming elections. Good work indeed!

Mr. President: I am so disappointed that our MNAs are failing us. They are indulging too much in their own private business and Meritus is too focused on the youth to care about the old folks. Now he says that everyone has to play a part to tackle the constraints.

BAWI: We need to focus on the positives Bwana. Our ‘forom ekonomik’ was a great success. With JenPa pushing through the economic diplomacy and Ramadoss turning the Indian Ocean into a free trade platform we have a win-win formula.

Mr. President: Indeed Bawi! Il faut être proactif et innovateur. ‘Nou pre, nou lwen’! All the islands will soon be united with a little vanilla flavor. We have EU supporting us with another 2 million Euros next year.

Lizzy: Oh I just love the smell of vanilla! It brings in the millions. But Ramadoss put us to shame as he can hardly speak English let alone French and I wonder how he can lead us for integration into the Indian Ocean.

BAWI: Oh well, he is Indian enough! We have Dolor as vice to push him through. His broken French and neocolonial upbringing is the key. We can enlist both of them to take crash courses now that we have signed this Francophonie pact in Montreux.

Mr. President: The Prima Lady also made the news in Malaysia. Caring for our little treasures is a noble cause and her youthful demeanor has attracted us the right attention on the world stage. The press in the east has been drooling over her…

Lizzy: Oh she has infected all her peers with her enthusiasm. You are such a lucky president to be surrounded by women of substance. We now need to tackle all those hooligans who are attacking our schools and harassing our kids and destroying that image.

BAWI: All is under control. MySuzy and Bon Kestyon have been dispatched to diffuse the situation. We cannot allow our kids to be terrorized. I will see to it that Danny allocates additional funds in next year’s budget to ensure sophisticated security devices are installed in all schools.

Mr. President: Good idea Bawi. Our water dilemma will soon be a major problem as well. I have sought the help of his Highness and soon the Antonov cargo planes will resume their daily flights with consignments of bottled water for the desert kingdom. My empire needs to be saved come hell or high water.

BAWI: Sir the good Captain should also seek a solution to our gas problem. We have so many tankers on the high seas with a green one doing the Praslin run and yet we are not able to bring in our own consignment. The old man needs to retire from Seypec and focus more on his golfing.

Mr. President: I cannot intervene in this area Bawi. We are dealing with local royalty and they do not conform to my empire’s laws. I cannot wrestle with the Adam and Savy clan and risk being deposed. I have a legacy to protect at all cost.

BAWI: OK Bwana. Indeed, you don’t mess with ‘Per Fondater’. I note that you ended up catching a few small fish in the fight on corruption and got a bollocking when you tried to open the army’s Pandora box.

Mr. President: I need to put on a little show as the Weekly is uncovering too much sleaze. All this is landing on my back and I need a tortoise shell for protection. Let’s just leave all the sordid details out of the equation for the time being. It is best left under the carpet as much as possible.

With all these local ‘Wiki-leaks’ it seems that the Jj Empire is being seriously threatened by the crusade for transparency and democracy. Heads cannot be allowed to roll in this war on corruption. Will it be the straw to break the camel’s back? Fafer i sal! Danny is wooing IMF to use the surplus to maintain our welfare state so that we can keep the blindfolds on…

EYEWITNESS NEWS

Irish Secret Army Working Over time

This week a Commission of Inquiry in Ireland will issue investigative findings on the Irish Army and or Guardia officers doing moonlighting work in the Seychelles.
It has been alleged that the Government of Seychelles, under James Alix Michel hired under contract a number of Irish officers who tool leave of absence to work in Seychelles for the Communist leadership in exchange for lucrative contracts. There have been allegations that these men concluded arms transactions in South Africa on the Black Market, for the Government of Seychelles. One former Seychelles Police Officer, of high rank has confirmed this to me in private.
The investigation in Ireland was prompted after information had been received from MEP Joe Higgins, in March. Higgins limited information when questioned by Labour leader Eamon Gillmore and Sinn Fein deputy Martin Ferris in Ireland’s parliament.
High Level of Surveillance Implemented in Seychelles
Preliminary information released in the Irish press this week suggest that these men were tasked with assisting the Government of Seychelles, with the fight against piracy. However, they have in fact been doing dubious work for the Government of Seychelles, to spy on political opponents and conduct internal surveillance on opponents of the ruling Communist party in Seychelles.
The little town of Victoria has been wired with cameras and State House has been dotted with the same surveillance style equipment by contracted personnel.
Attempt To Place Drugs on Me
Over the past Three (3) years, I have received information from Two (2) different sources of two separate attempts, to place narcotics contraband in my vehicle on Mahe and Praslin respectively. In both cases, I successfully took preventive measures to prevent a successful drug plant on me.
As a precautionary measure, I advised the US Embassy of the attempts and the office of the Bishop of Victoria, Mahe. I met with the Bishop and disclosed all the information I had concerning these incidents as well as the Us embassy in Port Louis-Mauritius.
Threats By Phone and Visits By State House Thugs
On Three (3) occasions over the last Two (2) years, I have received intimidating phone calls from individuals purporting to be State House operators. I have made this information available to President James Michel, but his administration has failed to react or even offer any protection in the higher interest of securing democracy in Seychelles. The gist of the threats have basically asked me to stop writing and stop the flow of political cartoons, or else I would pay with my life for my free expression of ideas that have been on point for Five(5) years.
The Recent Warnings
Most recently, I have been warned by Two (2) different sources from State House of imminent danger I face because of my refusal to stop writing and refusal to stop the cartoons. I particular concern have been the articles that revealed the La Misere debacle, which I brought to the attention to the world.
One Informant has advised me that I must vacate my residence on Mahe, as State House Secret Army, run by the Irish under investigation in Ireland, have learnt of my locale or residence and they intend to set up a bug and monitoring operation on me, without a warrant.
Presumably, the James Michel Communist government feels highly threatened by me and they do not have sufficient information on me or my activities, since bugging my phone and monitoring my emails have produce only trivial information.
Another Informant has advised me that my Black Nissan Nivara 4x4 on Mahe will be burnt soon similarly to the burning of Lydia Jumeau’s car at La Misere.
A few people have advised me that they have been told that I burnt Lydia Jumeau’s car.
If any harm comes to me, my family, my Nivara, my Sorento, or any other property interests, I hold the Government of James Michel directly responsible and his agents. In Seychelles, political crimes are done under orders, as in any dictatorship or as in any government that retains respect by the barrel of the gun.
Home Under Surveillance
Last week, I was advised by a State House Informant that my residence on Praslin is under surveillance and my family is being watched as well.
This information corroborates with a separate report I have received from another State House Informant on a separate occasion.
On Praslin, the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA) is conducting public safety operations, after the Seychelles Police has more or less collapsed and failed to maintain Law and Order in Tourist districts. They would be the most likely operatives conducting surveillance on my residence on Praslin.
The NDEA is based at State House not at the Police Headquarters in Victoria, and is run by Nail Scully, Sergeant of the Irish Guardia, and has been one of James Michel’s key Irish contractors. Another is Liam Quinn. My impression of these Two (2) men is that they are not men of principle, but men who work under contract if the contract pays well.
Republic of Ireland Guardia investigative unit is put on Notice of these men’s work status in Seychelles.
Late last year, I had a meeting with Nail Scully, and asked him why did you come to Seychelles, he replied:” I came to help, they (GOS) seem to really need some help”. I replied to him,” Mr. Scully, if you believe in Freedom, Democracy and Justice, even Law and Order, you are working for the wrong people and you will give Ireland a bad name” before you leave Seychelles.
Scully asked me why, and I said, “Mr. Scully, you are working for criminals, the government of the day has its roots in criminality, they are beyond help”.
I asked him, Mr. Scully, did you not read the history of Seychelles, before you came here? Scully replied, “No, I did not”.
When you are through with all the bugging, intimidation, all the killing, threats with the help of your mercenaries for hire, PL, remember this:
SESEL POU SESELWA!
May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!

Christopher Gill

The Seychelles Column - By Christopher Gill

Regar Puts Foot In Mouth- “Save Air Seychelles”

Recently Regar October 15th, 2010 issue front page headline,” Save Air Seychelles”, revealed how lost the SNP are on issues that are threatening the viability of the Seychelles Tourism Industry. The SNP have been sleeping on the job so much, that when they finally wake up to an issue, they were in a daze and totally confused.
The crux of the article is that we must save Air Seychelles as Alain St. Ange (CEO of Seychelles Tourism Board) signed a 7th flight agreement with Emirates. Now Emirates can fly to Seychelles everyday of the week, opening up scheduling options for potential visitors.
The Boss at Air Seychelles, David Savy is not happy with an Emirates 7th flight. Regar is not happy about the additional flight either. But the Seychelles Tourism Trade is delighted over the extra flight.

The Trade, facing an unprecedented downturn in visitors to hotels beyond Eden Island and Ephelia and Lemuria Hotel ( both Constance Group Hotels), needs extra flights to fill up their rooms.
Regar did not mention the special deals Eden Island and Ephelia have made with Air Seychelles, for seats, at the detriment of the entire remainder of the trade over the past year. Nor did Regar mention the over 6000 potential new rooms that the Michel Administration approved, and will be coming on line soon enough. Who are you kidding snoozers?
Supply- Demand and Bottom Line
When the balance sheets come out each month, the Trade needs to focus on the bottom line and could careless who delivers the visitors to our shores at this point.
We would be happy if Air Seychelles could do the job and would support them, but the reality that Regar ignores and David Savy is silent on, is that Air Seychelles has been less than a Fifty –Fifty partner with the Trade.
This is where Regar and Savy, get it wrong. This is why Air Seychelles will fail. Unless Air Seychelles stops being run like a little fiefdom and coordinates its business plan with the Tourism business plan of STB, Air Seychelles will fail.
Complaining of lack of money is not a response for a CEO or Chairman. Both are hired and paid to find money to develop markets, unless they are hired and paid to be happy.
No Team Work , Face it, Accept it....but Change it!
The reality that Regar is blind to, since it is out of touch with the issue, and Air Seychelles denies, because its leadership is focused on self preservation, is that there is little team work in promoting Seychelles between STB and Air Seychelles, as a coordinated effort, today.
The strategy of Air Seychelles, is conjured up between David Savy and his Mauritian second man Rajiv.
Air Seychelles does not work to promote Tourism in Seychelles anymore as it was initially envisioned to do, a sort of insurance policy when other airlines were not quick enough to the draw to add a flight to service a market that the country wanted to develop.
Today, Air Seychelles as Col. Savy has said in numerous instances, is a business, and it is in the business of flying, sometimes that means it flies anywhere on Earth. Sometimes, this means Air Seychelles flies anywhere to survive, and that is where Air Seychelles has lost focus.
When a business loses focus, like a political party, no one can save the organization from itself. This applies to Air Seychelles, and it applies to SNP, as we see in Regar.
Air Seychelles flies to the Falkland Islands, it flies to Mauritius for Air Mauritius, it flies to Chennai, India, without a coordinated tourism marketing promotion in that city, it cancelled the Frankfurt leg all by itself, it flew to Maldives at one point, then the Comores Islands, when Singapore was developing along with the China market promotions last year, Air Seychelles cancelled the direct flight routed through Chennai. Direct flights from the key Italian markets were cancelled, without any coordination with STB. The Seychelles Tourism Industry suffered greatly from these cancelled flights. The numbers speak for themselves in those segments.
Come on guys, get a life. It saddens me to write such rubbish.
Stop Moaning and Trump Emirates
Regar and Air Seychelles are playing the same tune. They are moaning about the 7th flight Emirates will bring to Seychelles, and the 14th flight if Alain St. Ange has his way.
A Little Advise To The Mighty Air Seychelles Board
Emirates operating success is also its operating weakness. Emirates uses a hub and spoke system of flying travellers to Dubai and then it uses smaller planes to fly travellers into shorter routes. Travellers collect themselves in Dubai in a transit, then make their way to a final destination.
To out smart Emirates, all Air Seychelles needs to do is refocus on the main tourism markets in Europe, and provide direct flights for European travellers to Seychelles, cancelling the dreaded sometimes long overnight transit in Dubai. But Air Seychelles will have to coordinate its effort with a solid marketing program to win back travellers. It cannot just fly to a destination and expect travellers to jump on board because it now flies to a destination.
This is the time to coordinate efforts with St. Ange, STB, SHTA. It is sad that I have to write this, but it shows how the fiefdom strategy of management is a total failure for Seychelles. The time to end the fiefdoms is now, wherever they remain.
We Are Surrounded By Opportunities
Air Seychelles flies out of Charles De Gaulle Three (3) times a week. It can increase this frequency . It flies out of UK Three (3) times a week, but it pre-sells large percentage of seats with Air Mauritius and it can cancel that in part and focus on the Seychelles market.
Take A Deep Breath: Focus, Focus, Focus
Why is Air Seychelles flying to Mauritius so often? Air Seychelles even flies to the Falkland Islands, and I mention that, just to give you an indication on how Air Seychelles has lost focus. Our national airline cannot lose more focus then that. We all know Air Seychelles is just a one man show when it comes to bottom line decision making. It’s Board of Directors are a rubber stamp. Hence why it fails today. Michel should clean up that Board. They are menacing the success of the Tourism Industry, because they have resigned themselves to having excuses for everything that poses a challenge to them.
The infighting and back biting is more than sufficient reason to send them all packing and replace them with a serious no nonsense business oriented Board.
You don’t need to know how to fly a plane to run an airline business. You need business skills and business instinct to run a business. You can hire a pilot to fly the plane.
Refocus or Be Doomed
Air Seychelles should press to re-establish routes it closed in lucrative markets such as Frankfurt. Germany is the only EU country registering impressive 3.8% GDP and we pulled out our flight from Frankfurt. That is a bozo decision if ever I heard of one, especially when we know Germany will continue to register 3.5 % plus growth rates in the next Five (5) years.
Will Seychelles ignore this little detail regarding Germany like Air Seychelles is ignoring it?
Push to open routes in Northern Europe. Copenhagen is a hub of Northern Europe and we do not even fly there. Yet, Northern Europeans love Seychelles, and enjoy the longest holiday period in the World.
Thai Airways caught on to this and they fly directly into Oslo regularly each week and Copenhagen, cleaning up a potential tourist market that Seychelles could have easily cornered.
Let St. Ange Do His Job
Finally, Mr. St. Ange is no saint yet, as his name infers. But Mr. St. Ange is the best option Seychelles has at this point in time in marketing our destination.
Mr. St. Ange works with Government of Seychelles, and he has been appointed to STB by the SHTA, the tourism trade NGO that handles the day to day issues of Tourism Trade.
Yes the President is the Minister of Tourism, but the Trade asked for that, in order that we could face the issues that were destroying the Industry in quick time, because the Government of Seychelles had gone inept and nonresponsive to the Industries issues for too long. Regar cannot rightfully pounce on St. Ange for that.
Let St. Ange do his job!
This is the second swipe Regar has made at St. Ange in one month. The first being a critic of the Seychelles International Carnival. In both instances, I have confirmed, Regar did not even bother to reach St. Ange for a comment and the man had to resort to Nation to defend himself and his best efforts.
Such lack of respect for St. Ange and the Trade which he represents, is indicative of people that sponge off the hard work of the business community. You have all gotten use to a fat pay check being deposited into your accounts each month.

You forgot that someone had to earn that money, pay taxes, to make sure your fat cat salaries were paid. St. Ange’s strategies, under the circumstances and the reality of dealing with national bankruptcy, an IMF reform program in the face of a world financial crisis and a collapsing yield in the industry makes sense.
I will not only defend him as long as he makes sense, I will urge the dormant opposition that write in Regar to leave the man alone and let him do his job.
Did you not vote for a SCR 77 Million Budget Surplus Expenditure last week Regar-guys? Where do you think that money came from?
If St. Ange was not doing his work well, you could not have raised your hands to be fooled by Danny Faure, who rode you like a jockey on a horse.
Let me be clear for those that just woke up from a Five (5) year snooze, St. Ange is not the problem, he is trying to find solutions to the problems, while you write all sorts of mumbo-jumbo.

Sesel Pou Seselwa!
May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois!

WE NEED TO GET SERIOUS WITH OUR CITIZENSHIP

Christopher C. Gill
Anse Takamaka,
Praslin, Seychelles


October 21st, 2010

The President’s Office
State House
Victoria
Mahe
Seychelles
__________________________
Department of Internal Affairs
Citizenship Officer
Immigration Division
Independence House
Victoria
Mahe
Seychelles

RE: OBJECTION TO NOTICE OF APPLICATION OF CITIZENSHIP OF MR. Felicitas V. Rabara

Dear SirsMadam:
I am writing pursuant to notice in the Nation May 17th, 2010, Section 5(2) or Section (6) Notice of intention to apply for naturalisation by Mrs. Felicitas V. Rabara, nationality Filipino.
I am registering officially an objection to the naturalisation of this individual as a Seychellois, under the following grounds:
1. Entry into Seychelles in 2001 is not in itself grounds to qualify for Citizenship as applicant came to Seychelles under GOP;
2. During the time since 2001, the applicant has been in and out of Seychelles, and has not been permanently in Seychelles for over Five (5) years employed under GOP as a registered nurse; mutual exchange of obligations under contract can continue under contract and Citizenship should not be granted.
3. The Applicant is also married to another Filipino national working in Seychelles for SMB in the past, and that in itself, will negate any familial connections with Seychelles for one generation.
4. The special circumstance which qualifies the Applicant for Citizenship is cited as :”I am a resident of Seychelles. I have been a registered nurse providing service with devotion”. Providing service with devotion is required under contract and profession as a Nurse. This will not be qualify for Citizenship.

For these reasons the application for Citizenship must be denied.
Sincerely,
Christopher C. Gill