SEYCHELLES REALITY

The front page picture (reproduced here) in Seychelles Weekly last week provided the answer to that question. LDS is SNP - SNP is LDS; two sides of the same coin, so to speak. It is now clear that Wavel Ramkalawan has completely hijacked the LDS with Pat Pillay’s full blessings. They say that a picture speaks a thousand words – this picture on the front page speaks a million words. It is clear that “Ton Pat” is more than willing to play second fid-dle to the controversial millionaire priest; who swindled his sister and brother their shares, they had to take him to court for their rightful inheritance. He is corrupt this why he should never run the economyof this country. The LDS is a registered political organization with Mr. Roger Mancienne as its leader (on paper), Clifford Andre as Secretary General and Roy Fonseka as Treasurer. On presenting the LDS candidates for the forthcoming National Assembly Election, recently, due for September 8-9-10. One would have thought ...

This newspaper has been putting pressure on Ahmed Afif to answer several questions our readers had asked us to put before him on their behalfabout unethical activities that he was either engaged in or that he knew of when he was working for this government for answers. Afif has apparently given an interview to some obscure internet radio station; RDS, which is operating out of Canada to explain his position. In that interview Ahmed Afif apologised for the role he played in harassing, confiscation and imprisonment of peopleall these years ago for carry more foreign exchange on them than it was legally allowed. He also gave an explanation on why he made an application for a duty free car on the basis that he was a handicap person. We are not accepting his apology for the simple reason that these crimes were committed here and Ahmed owes the people in Seychelles a public apology, not in Canada - just like everyone else who has committed crimesagainst the people of Seychelle...

SNP’s leader, Wavel Ramkalawan, has said that in the next session of the National Assembly - if he gets elected - he shall press for the legislature to meet three times a week. This comes after he has just enjoyed a 5-year vacation, having boycotted the elections in 2011, though still enjoying a fat pension. For the record, Ramkalawan had been MNA since 1993, when he was a proportionally elected member. He was there in 1998, when he upstaged Mr. Mancham as Opposition leader, a post he was to retain until his 2011 boycott. Did he ever suggest that the National Assembly should meet three times weekly? The answer is no. He spent much of the time travelling, attending conferences here and there and generally having a good time, while receiving a fat salary. As is presently the case, the Assembly also broke up for recess or vacation twice a year. That means for periods of over one month, it did not sit at all. Did Ramkalawan find anything wrong with that then? We are not ap...

The former deputy minister of Finance, Ahmed Afif is feeling the heat now that his record in government is being scrutinized and questioned. Afif is the deputy leader of the Lalyans Seselwa and also one of the leaders of the LDS. He has been penciled into represent LDS in the safe seat of Anse Etoile which is also the most populated electoral district in the Country.  Ahmed Afif is also likely to be the de-facto leader of LDS when Wavel Ramkalawan is struck off the electoral register for admitting electoral fraud under oath. That will make Afif the first Muslim leaderof a political party in Seychelles, which will be a historic occasion, proving that the Seychellois People fully embrace religious tolerance. Ahmed Afif’s claim to fame is that he was the number two to VP Danny Faure in the Ministry of Finance when the country was bankrupt in 2008. Afif was the intelligent face of the regime with regular appearances on television defending questionable decisions and re...

Source: Independent

Source: Independent

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