The Seychelles Column - By Christopher Gill

UK Telegraph, AFP, Wall Street Journal Report on

Sheik Khalifa, La Misere Gross Negligence Case


This week, the UK Telegraph reported on the La Misere Gross Negligence case. Last Week, the Wall Street Journal reported on the same case. Two months ago, I gave an interview to Associated Free Press (AFP) on the matter and it reached virtually every syndicated newspaper with AFP around the world over a weekend.
From a sleepy and seemingly powerless base, the La Misere residents made their protests; the word reached the outside world over the issues surrounding their plight in quick time. Just a few years ago, it would be unthinkable that information on victimization and abuse of power in the paradise islands of the Seychelles could make its way around the world. How times has changed.
Star Leads on Democratic Access To Information
All the reporters that have contacted me and I have forwarded them to other parties in the La Misere case, all read STAR (Seychelles*Truth*Accountability*Reality). They all told me that they read the blog regularly as part of their coverage of the African region. They also read the comments under the articles.
They follow TIKLO with his threats of death regularly.
On STAR the Administrator does not censor information. In line with the internet revolution, the paramount point of departure is to make as much truthful information available to the Public and the World, as it is possible. The availability of information and analysis, allows the Public and the World to form an opinion, but it also places the government of the day under pressure to perform that it traditionally would not have to face.
On the other hand, it calls those that are sleeping on the job or are limp to swallow political Viagra pills, to get to work or get off the stump of complacency, which they have sat on for Five (5) years, filling their pockets.
First The Papers, Then the Cameras
Now that the world newspapers have caught the Sheik Khalifa, Ascon, Gross Negilgence case, of full unfettered accountability, it is only a matter of time before the cameras catch wind. On MSR Facebook page, one investigative report series 60 Minutes, run by CBS has registered as a “like” MSR community and is undoubtedly following the Sheik Khalifa-La Misere story. It is just a matter of time, before they arrive in Seychelles, and start questioning the Government of Seychelles over 1800 GOP permits free of charge issued to Sheik Khalifa, and the Council of Ministers overturning the decision of the Planning Authority to refuse the building permit for the super structure to Seychelles standards. They will call on the sanitation department, Ministry of Environment, Health, and see why they never inspected the site, until 1800 residents had already drank diesel water, faeces water, for over eight months. They will meet with Joel Morgan, (the John Wayne styled Minister in mind, but resembles Pinnochio in body) and ask him how could his government allow a contractor to do structural works in Seychelles, without a license. They may call on Danny Faure, the Minister of Finance and ask him why his ministry does not tax Sheik Khalifa for all the goods he imports. This customs bill is approaching $300 Million in taxes, when compared to the pittance of donations Khalifa has made since the gross negligence case surfaced.Those taxes if collected could pay most of Seychelles external debt.
PL Blames Us For Exposing Them
In good communist, irrational, even criminal logic, the victim is always to blame. The perpetrator is always innocent. According to the PL logic, which is evident on Facebook and the People, for example, Miss Lydia Jumeau deserved to have her car burnt. Miss Jumeau is at fault for others burning her car in her garage. She did it to herself, they seem to infer. Those sick and demented people that propagate this type of deception are what drives us to expose them for what they are. We have no intention of reliving June 5th, 1977 again. Further to the UK Telegraph posting on STAR this week, the first PL collaborator comment came in:” Christopher Gill’s name was mentioned, the writer said “Riot”....is this how you show love for Seychelles?”
This is another example of the good communist irrational criminal logic at work. The person that sounds the alarm on a critical issue is blamed. Now, PL communists, if you allowed for fair rebuttals in the press, on SBC Television, the nation’s broadcasting company, and permitted constitutionally respected rights to peaceful protest, do you think you would have to deal with AFP, UK Telegraph, The Wall Street Journal, 60 Minutes & BBC? I doubt it very much.
Communists Are Out of Fashion
The world is changing and it intends to leave all you Communist behind. Even Fidel Castro today has revealed that his intestinal infection nearly cost him his life and he regrets incarcerating gays and lesbians in the 1970’s for their sexual preference.
While Kim Jong Il takes an armoured train to China to introduce the PRC to the next leader of North Korea, the PL have been on an economic forum show case effort. James Michel was in Spain, attempting to lure the Spanish to Seychelles, with a new tourism office, after closing the last one himself, but with no direct flights to Seychelles in place. So he thinks these potential tourists will transit in Doha or Dubai and loose up to three (3) days holiday in transit than do a long haul flight. It’s his spoke and wheel thinking at play.
Minister Danny Faure was in New York with the newly appointed junior Ministers Peter Sinon & Jean-Paul Adam and other officials from investment, offshore and tourism sectors. A surprise member of the delegation was no other than Craig Heeger (CEO Eden Island), apparently tagging along desperately, looking for bank financing for Phase II Eden Island, which Barclays dumped, telling the world that Seychelles is open for business. But ironically we are still rationing water, have insufficient electricity grids, our airport is at capacity, and it is only now that the Five (5) Year Plan for Tourism, Five (5) Year Plan for Water Management, Five (5) Year Plan for Airport, Five (5)Year Plan for Fisheries, is being considered in draft..........after Five (5) years of James Michel, Msye STATEZI 2017, himself.
The communists have been running Seychelles without a plan all this time and the residents of La Misere wonder why the Government says one thing today, and another thing tomorrow, and nothing on the third day?
Answer: They have no plan to settle anything, unless Khalifa wakes up.

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