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Ramkalawan sues left, right and centre

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                                          The dictator rears his ugly head This week, Wavel Ramkalawan, Leader of the Opposition and Person of Indian Origin, was busy in court filing cases against all those who dared offended him in anyway. The man who claims to be the founder of democracy and free speech is today taking a lot of issues when his opponent, real or imaginary, exercises their right to freedom of speech. And so was Johan Loze, facebook activist, taken to court by Ramkalawan for criticising him on the social media.  His longtime supporter, Raoul Rene Payet was also not spared his wrath for exposing Ramkalawan’s hypocrisy on the Assomption debacle. Last to be dragged to court was his erstwhile friend, Allen Camille, for his latest album which Ramkalawan claims contain lyrics insinuating he was corrupt. Indeed, Ramkalawan has become allergic to any reproach hurled against him. Last week, everyone was shocked to hear a bitter Ramkalawan forcing the hand of the new S

Everything is OK in the cohabitation in Seychelles… But is it really?

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Namaste. Payeye has spoken and from the horse’s mouth we all heard that he will not ratify the Assomption Island deal. He did not say that he will vote against it, but he will not vote for it. We are now having a break and we shall regroup because this fight we shall go to the end. Seychelles will not be cut up for any masters, concubines or defactos. We want our Seychelles to remain as one and for all of us. This is what some are saying is OK, but is it? Political parties “par grap” are popping up. Ton Pat has confirmed in his U-Tube Interview that he is ready for the coming elections. Last week we announced (a breaking news it was) that a group of young Seychellois were launching a new political force to reclaim their Seychelles. Today we can confirm that the BIG Business Man is ready and will be announcing his new party soon. Away goes the funding and support some enjoyed in the 2016 elections. Finally Democracy in the making as the old dinosaur is dying by itself with no leader

ZWER BIHAR: THE TURNCOAT

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The book “Actes and Monumentes” about the persecution of the Protestants in England and Scotland under the Roman Catholic Church recorded the first written use of the term “turncoat“.  It is an apt description of a person who changes allegiance to suit their particular situation.  With respect to the Assumption Island project to describe  the Leader of the Opposition Honourable Ramkalawan (Zwer Bihar) as “turncoat” is an understatement – the whole debacle begin with Zwer Bihar and ended with Zwer Bihar. A timeline of the events leading to his rejection clearly shows this.  In early January this year, Zwer Bihar was on an official trip to address the Indian Council on World Affairs. Later In an interview with The Wire, Zwer Bihar initially blamed the Government under President Michel for not ratifying the Assumption Island project in 2015. He went on to say that he had been in possession of a copy of the agreement with him since 2016.  Zwer Bihar also stated that with his support th

3 million US dollars for Assomption Island military base

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This newspaper has received credible information that 3 million US dollars has been paid into a bank account in Mauritius for distribution to those closely involved in the Assomption Island deal. We are in the process of establishing who are these people who have received or are about to receive their cut in the “slush fund”; this is money that has been put aside to be used to bribe or influence, especially in a political context. In the same vein there is a multi-millionaire in Luton in the United Kingdom who is now acting as a go-between to receive political money for local politicians in the opposition – it is not known if he is connected with this transaction in Mauritius. It is clear that all the people at the centre of this scam with India against the Seychellois are those closely involved in the negotiations to provide India with the said military facilities on Assomption Island. It is believed that India is prepared to spend 500 to 550 million dollars to construct an inte

Ramkalawan bows to public pressure

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The political U-turn made by Wavel Ramkalawan, Leader of the Opposition and Person of Indian Origin, on the Assumption deal came as no surprise to those who know him. Ramkalawan, a populist who enjoys playing to the gallery, is well known for his vacillation and dilly–dallying. His stance on the Assumption Agreement this week in the National Assembly was a marked departure from his declaration during his recent visit to his ancestral home of Bihar, India where he categorically stated that the Agreement would easily sail through the National Assembly with his full support. Little, however, did he expect that the normally docile Seychellois would fiercely oppose this dodgy and treacherous Agreement. Week after week, the Seychellois waged war on the streets, the social media, the print media and in public meetings against this senseless arrangement that would have seriously compromised the sovereignty of this country. During an emergency meeting at State House, Ramkalawan entrea

DISGRACED CLIFFORD ANDRE SHOULD RESIGN!

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                                        His hanky panky should not be tolerated The whole of Seychelles was last week shocked to hear of the dishonorable act of Honorable Clifford Andre, MNA for the Anse Aux Pins constituency. It was found that he had acted improperly by the Chief Justice, Mathilda Twomey, of fleecing a lady of over SCR300,000. The money was taken from Andre’s client account. The Chief Justice further ordered that Clifford Andre appears before a tribunal of three Supreme Court judges to determine whether he should be disrobed or not.  In a move that could eventually see Clifford Andre land in hot water, the Chief Justice also referred his case to the Attorney General for criminal prosecution. The following day, a subdued Clifford Andre pitched up on the national media to question the integrity of the Chief Justice and the whole judicial process. This came as a shock to all and sundry since it has no precedence in the history of this country. In a very lame a

Barry Faure and Vincent Meriton are liars

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                                                         They must resign!         A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma We demand a full investigation now! With each new declaration, the mystery surrounding the Assumption Agreement between the Indian and the Seychelles Government in collusion with the Leader of the Opposition, Parliamentarian of Indian Origin, Wavel Ramkalawan, deepens. What has since transpired though is the naval and military facilities there will be built by India, ran by India and more worrying will be accessed only with the permission of India.  Assumption will de facto be Indian territory. The foregoing is clear to all despite the many euphemisms like “jetty”, “military facilities” used by politicians to make the Agreement more palatable. The reasons given to justify the project are at most dubious. We know for a fact that pirates do not venture that far south, human trafficking in that area is a non-existent and the Indi

Everything is OK in the cohabitation in Seychelles… But is it really?

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                          Namaste, Acha to all who are helping defend Assomption Island. The mother of all election has come and gone with no surprises. The grand green / red coalition, the mother of political coalitions saw reality with less than 50% of the electorate going to vote. The three hundred odd votes LDS lost from the 2016 elections is a sign of dissatisfaction of their work in the National Assembly and of all the empty promises.  We voted to make it OUR ASSEMBLY, but we got THEIR ASSEMBLY. We got increases in cost of food, increases in cost of fuel, increases in electricity, increase in pension age, increase on increase in everything with the Assembly we elected when they could have thrown these proposals into the bin, but our elected MNAs in THEIR ASSEMBLY got increases in salary with more payments for Committee and more Committees, they also got pension age reduced to 55 years old just to rub salt in our wounds. The Executive along with the Assembly members got everyth

Visits to Assumption

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What a colossal waste of taxpayers’ money! A visit to his ancestral home of Bihar, India, by one local Parliamentarian of Indian Origin has had repercussions thousands of miles away on a small isolated island by the name of Assumption situated right in the middle of the Indian Ocean. For years, the Island nation of Seychelles, to which Assumption belongs, has been polarized politically despite being metropolitan and a melting pot. It has indeed been quite a while since the Seychellois have politically been united on any issue. But the attempted molestation of their sovereignty by India in connivance with some local corrupt politicians has galvanized the nation against India’s endeavor to establish a military base on Assumption in their quest to outsmart the Chinese in their geopolitical dogfight in the region. Demonstrations in Victoria, an unruly public meeting, a growing chorus for a referendum on the issue, uproar in the media especially the social media and a bye-election g