VIRAL DHANJEE - SEYCHELLES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SAGA CONTINUES

Viral Dhanjee & Running Mate

From the Residence of Viral V. Dhanjee

Union Vale

PRESS RELEASE

I, Viral V. Dhanjee, protest most forcefully the fact that my right to participate, as a presidential candidate, in the upcoming Presidential elections has been denied.

I firmly believe that single-handedly I and I alone, would have thrown the Presidential Elections into a second round. That would have been ONE of my main objectives in wanting to take part in this coming Presidential Election.

Throwing the elections into a second round would have had the effect of redefining the political landscape of Seychelles, ensure an irreversible boost to democracy in the Seychelles and an important step to taking the people of Seychelles to the next level as ADVANCED CITIZENS.

Without me in the game, I do not believe that the election will go into a second round.

Furthermore, I believe that in this very important election the SNP should have fielded their strongest team and not their reserve team as it is impossible to win against the SPPF/LE PEP even when the opposition is in majority. That, I believe, was the case in 2001, 2006 and 2007.

The second round would have been played between the giants in any case. I fail to see what anyone could have been scared of if I had been allowed to exercise my constitutional right and participate as a candidate. Whichever of the two giants actually won at the end of the day would have a more politically mature population to govern.  What could possibly be so bad with this? ? On the other hand the population would have had much more transparency and good governance from the ruling party. Isn’t that a most wonderful legacy for anyone to have?

With the elections being played out in the first round only there can and will be only two winners, namely the presidential candidates of the two big parties, with both getting their wages, pensions and gratuities.

If the elections are played out over two rounds the additional winner by far is the People of Seychelles. Only then can we truthfully claim the slogan ‘Winning for all Seychellois’.

In his autobiography “Distant Horizons—My Reflections’, which he would have us accept as his legacy, presidential candidate James Michel has omitted many chapters to which another can now be added; that of democracy under his rule and the state he leaves it in when he finally goes.

I also believe that the electoral ballot paper should include a blank space for those who have no confidence in any of the proposed candidates and believe that no one deserves their vote.

I am filing a case in the Constitutional Court of Seychelles to contest the decision of the Electoral Commissioner to deny me my right to participate, as a presidential candidate in the elections and I will seek an injunction to have the elections and the election campaign stopped until my participation is approved.

I have also advised the Commonwealth Secretariat of this serious breach of my constitutional rights.

Viral V. Dhanjee

Union Vale

3^rd. May 2011

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5^th. May 2011

Press Release 2

I, Mr. Viral Dhanjee, proposed Independent Presidential Candidate advise

that I will be in court on Friday May 6 th, 2011 Victoria , Mahe Seychelles, to

hear a Motion seeking injunctive relief, to Stay the Presidential Elections of

2011, pending the certification of myself, Mr. Dhanjee as an Independent Presidential

Candidate by the Courts .

I, Mr. Dhanjee assert that my constitutional rights as a citizen of Seychelles

have been grossly abridged and compromised by the Electoral Commissioner Mr.

Hendrick Gappy.

The sitting will commence at 2.00pm.

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