Thursday, March 8, 2012

James Michel sham elected president fails to aquire genuine youths for Parti Lepep and neglects moral values alongside appointments

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTPRESS
RELEASE 07.03.2012
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES FIRST PHASE OF GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING

President James Michel has announced the first phase of the Government restructuring with the appointment of Ministers, Principal Secretaries and some CEO posts. A second phase of appointments will be made at a later stage. “It is fitting that on the eve of International Women’s day, I am appointing women to key positions within government as well as the University of Seychelles. Women form part of an integral leadership role in the New Seychelles. I am confident they will serve the public well and add new dynamism in the public service. We are aiming to fulfill the MDG Plus targets, and become an example of women’s professional development in the world,” said the President.As announced in the State of the Nation Address, the President’s portfolio is for Defence, Legal Affairs, Information, Youth, and hydrocarbons, and the Vice-President’s portfolio is Information Technology & Communications and Public Administration.

Together with the President and the Vice-President, the following Ministers will form the Cabinet, subject to the approval of the National Assembly in the case of new Ministers;

1. Ministry of Community Development, Social Affairs & Sports and Designated Minister, Vincent Meriton (still most wanted for panadol purchased while he was health minister)

2. Ministry of Home Affairs and Transport, Joël Morgan (The lapire minister and la misere delo kaka handler)

3. Ministry of Education, Macsuzy Mondon (The barby doll of the indian ocean)

4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Paul Adam (The party minister and a step away from becoming his mentor allain butler payet)

5. Ministry of Natural Resources & Industry, Peter Sinon (Bravo restaurant minister and always spoted with a new girl)

6. Ministry of Finance, Trade & Investment, Pierre Laporte (the financial liar of the country and businessman of the year)

7. Ministry of Environment & Energy, Dr. Rolph Payet (Dr. which revolved around alegations in the weekly for university entry on youths)

8. Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Alain St Ange (from christian to arabian)

9. Ministry of Land Use & Habitat, Christian Lionnet
 (our desert boy playboy and young stud of the day)

10. Ministry of Health, Mitcy Larue (mother of indecent son and imoral valors online now in charge of aids prevention and many more sexual diseases)

11. Ministry of Employment and Human Resource Development, Idith Alexander (Bacco must be proud but why michel picked her over lize)

The President will propose 3 new ambassadors to the National Assembly; Marie Louise Potter Bernard Shamlaye Erna Athanasius The President has thanked former Ministers Bernard Shamlaye and Erna Athanasius for their hard work in the public service, saying that he believes they will continue to contribute towards the development of the country in their new roles. The President has appointed Marie-Antoinette Rose as the new Leader of Government Business in the National Assembly, after the departure of Marie-Louise Potter from this post. Ambassador Ronny Jumeau has also been named the Ambassador for Climate change issues.

New Principal Secretaries

1. Principal Secretary for Environment and Energy- Wills Agricole

2. Principal Secretary for Finance, Trade & Investment - Steve Fanny

Principal Secretary for Health- Veronique Laporte (the former PS, Bernard Valentin is moving to independent consultancy services)

Principal Secretary for Transport- Terrence Mondon Principal
Secretary for Employment & Human Resource Development- Veronique Bresson

Principal Secretary for Natural Resources & Industry – Michel Nalletamby ( although the person remains unchanged, the portfolio of industry has been added)

Principal Secretary for Community & Sport-Denis Rose ( although the person remains unchanged, the portfolio of Community has been added, and Youth removed)Acting

Principal Secretary for Land Use and Habitat - Yves Choppy- (the position is temporary until the necessary law to enact the creation of the Project Planning and Implementation Company, of which he will be CEO. The PPIC will also absorb the Seychelles Land Transport Agency).

Principal Secretary for Culture- Benjamine Rose New Special advisers

1. Special adviser to the Minister of Environment and Energy - Didier Dogley

2. Special advisor to the Minister of Education – Mr Selby Dora

3. Special adviser to the Minister for Natural Resources and Industry - Antoine-Marie Moustache4. Special adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs- Jeannette d’Offay

5. Special adviser for Culture to the Minister for Tourism and Culture- Raymonde Onezime

6. Special adviser on Community Development to the Minister for Community Development, Social Affairs & Sports - Dan Frichot

7. Special adviser on Social Affairs to the Minister for Community Development, Social Affairs & Sports – Marie-Josée Bonne The President, who is also the Chancellor of the University of Seychelles, has also announced that the Seychelles Institute of Management will be absorbed by the University of Seychelles. The President has appointed Marina Confait as the new Vice Chancellor and Lucy Athanasius as Pro Vice Chancellor of University of Seychelles. President Michel has also plans to create PetroSeychelles as the new national hydrocarbons exploration company, which will be headed by Eddie Belle as its CEO. The board of the new company will be chaired by Barry Faure, Secretary of State in the Office of the President.The Seychelles Petroleum Company, SEPEC, will be headed by CEO Conrad Benoiton, and the board will be chaired by Steve Fanny, the new Principal Secretary for Finance.

The following are further new appointments across a wide number of agencies and organizations; New appointments· Governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles- Caroline Abel· CEO of the Early Childhood Centre- Shirley Choppy· CEO of Seychelles Tourism Board- Elsia GrandcourtCEO of Seychelles Public Transport Corporation - Geffy ZialorCEO of Seychelles International Business Authority- Wendy PierreCEO of the Seychelles Agricultural Agency- Marc NaikenCEO National Arts Council- Jimmy SavyMayor of Victoria- Jacqueline Moustache Belle (the Mayor’s office will fall under the Vice-President’s portfolio)

Editor’s Note The women in key posts are as follows;

3 women ministers,

7 out of 15 Principal Secretaries are now women

1 female Central bank governor

1 female Vice Chancellor

1 female Pro Vice Chancellor 3 new women CEOS

Stay tuned for pictures to be posted alonside appointments to prove points made.......

97 comments:

Anonymous said...

SFP is late with the news. STAR which is occupied by non-SFP published the news yesterday evening.

Anonymous said...

So Chris, does the trade now accept that Alain St Ange was working for himself and Parti Lepep and not "the trade" ? Has the trade been duped ?

Do you accept that you made some money from the misfortune of Costa Allegra and not from "record tourist arrivals" and Carnaval International de Victoria ?

Anonymous said...

Well donkey,Thanks to the inccident our country was made known to the world while Communsists keep destroying our tourism industry.Record tourists arrival for this year does not says anything it is still far under what we use to have in the 80's,fake arrival does not fill in hotels,there is no five star hotels( not a single even as single one half full),many guest houses are still empty so Pissedoff where does those toursits arrival numbers come from?An Pissedoff.if arrival has boomed as Pp wants us top beleive why are we having less revenues from tuorism?

Give us a break dog?

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

To all the honourable members of SNP who defended St. Ange, what do you have to say now that he is made minister in the PL government?

Anonymous said...

Reply to Duped-

My personal view is well known. St. Ange has abandoned the TRADE to per-sue his self interest and career. Hence his endorsement of James Michel in the last election, in spite of failing Seychelles.

Both St. Ange and Michel are desperate men and need each other today.

Michel's reshuffle sidelines Rene-Faure camp and resigns them to National Assembly and Ambassadorships. Next move, will be to dump Danny Faure as a VP in due course.

In the finality of things, Michel has scraped the bottom of a lapire barrel to make these changes and this only shows conclusively, that PL under James Michel, is more BANKRUPT then ever.

Seselwa Unite!

Sesel Pou Seselwa!

Christopher Gill
Leader
Seychelles Freedom Party

Anonymous said...

The butcher is feeling weaker than ever and his regime is at free fall melt down that he does not even know how to stop it.So he has a dream,hide behind gender equality then the people will forgett all his evil doings and hopefully< the streets will be busy talking on his new appointment.
What is clear is that most of those women appointed serve only as token ministers.Those women are being used as publicity stunts on the butcher part (like rabbits pull out of the hat). But since the butcher wants us to bleive he is doing good and bringing equality of gender in the country< (after fourty years ),Why he did not appointed a woamn as VICE President instead of seven most unqualified and unexperience?He can also equate salaries of women to that men for same jobs.

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

Chris/Jeanne D'arc why the need to call someone "donkey" and "dog" when they confront you with sensible questions?
What makes you think that it was pissedoff who posed them?
Why do you think that you are unopposed here except for pissedoff being your sole opposition?
Don't you like being questioned and opposed?
Is this what you call democracy?
Chris define it for us!

Anonymous said...

Duped

Think like Pp any Pp cronies.the first thing they have in head how to steal other wealth just as they doing with our people money.

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

WHat sensible questions?We like questions as we like debates for we are convinced facts/truths always win over lies/fake.Come on, bring up some questions and we will be pleased to answersal of them.Pssedoff at the least treis to bedate though once stuck inthe debate we uses insult ,but at least he tries,while the Butcher and cronies ministers never evwen face the public or independence press to questions them.What do you have to say ro ask?

Jeanne D?Arc

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

Isn't St Ange saying that the Trade has been falling over itself to congratulate him. It is nauseous. Between Parti Lepep, SHTA and STB, our tourism industry has got no chance. It will continue to fail, while we get fed fake stats on arrival numbers and hoteliers try to rip off the few tourists that come to Seychelles.

Anonymous said...

St. Ange has destroyed Seychelles Tourism position in Seychelles by remaining silent over a number of issues to politically appease James Michel the last Minister of Tourism.

Here are some areas where he remained silent to the TRADE and allowed us to frolic in darkness to our loss:

1. silence on Air Seychelles 40% sale plus surrender of management of Air Seychelles to Etihad.

2. silence on past shark attacks of swimmers in Mahe before the two shark attacks on Praslin, Anse Lazio. Autopsy reports may have been falsified. 2 Filipinos who worked on Arab yachts and a South Korean lady who worked at Ephelia were the victims.

3. silence on drastic reduction in Yield vs. Arrivals, when Michel administration was bungling up the economic finance program ;

4. corruption at Air Seychelles, remember he sat on the Board and SCAA as well;

5. his worse incidence of silence of course was his endorsement of James Michel in the last election.

6. the budget we pay Notting Hill to come to do "Carnival " in Seychelles each year, is gross.

7. silence on Heathrow route closing- yet we have taxis with Seychelles banner logo on it, Charles De Gaulle,

8. silence on allowing Joel Morgan to tell us to focus on China and Korea and India for new visitors, when our core market is still highly viable.

The list goes on.

Now he will try to take Ministry of Transport away from Morgan and consolidate with Tourism under his control.

It is a gross situation that only Truth can clean up.

The appointment is pure desperation by both Michel and St. Ange.

It would have been wiser to decline the offer and stay at STB promoting Tourism.

Now he will be promoting a failed leader- dictator.

Seselwa Unite!

Sesel Pou Seselwa!

Christopher Gill
Leader
Seychelles Freedom Party

Anonymous said...

St Ange has received sentimental congratulations from Louis d'Offay of SHTA. What does that say about the futulity of SHTA ?

SHTA members are falling over themselves to ingratiate themselves with the new minister, and not caring about the bigger tourism picture. They are just as bad and guilty as the government for the state of the tourism industry.

I think it was Michel who said that transport and internal affairs are in the same ministry under Morgan because most of our transport is on land.

Anonymous said...

1. silence on Air Seychelles 40% sale plus surrender of management of Air Seychelles to Etihad.

2. silence on past shark attacks of swimmers in Mahe before the two shark attacks on Praslin, Anse Lazio. Autopsy reports may have been falsified. 2 Filipinos who worked on Arab yachts and a South Korean lady who worked at Ephelia were the victims.

3. silence on drastic reduction in Yield vs. Arrivals, when Michel administration was bungling up the economic finance program ;

4. corruption at Air Seychelles, remember he sat on the Board and SCAA as well;

5. his worse incidence of silence of course was his endorsement of James Michel in the last election.

6. the budget we pay Notting Hill to come to do "Carnival " in Seychelles each year, is gross.

7. silence on Heathrow route closing- yet we have taxis with Seychelles banner logo on it, Charles De Gaulle,

8. silence on allowing Joel Morgan to tell us to focus on China and Korea and India for new visitors, when our core market is still highly viable.

Mr Gill. You are a committee member of the SHTA. Not once during a committe meeting or general meeting have you stood up to challenge him on any of the above points.

Stop trying to fool the people with your big claims.

SHTA Member

Anonymous said...

The new ministers move into their new offices next week, after swearing-in.

In the meantime, it is painful to see sacked ministers going through torment while they continue as minister. I had the feeling that Shamlaye was about to cry during his speech on International Women's Day yesterday. It was certainly a badly delivered speech, although we know he can do better than that.

Signs of ministerial incompetence to come were seen yesterday. Christian Lionnet is already acting as minister, since Michel did not replace Dugasse when he legged it before the elections. Shamlaye and Athanasius must wish they had followed suit and left with some dignity.

Lionnet read a speech at the stone-laying ceremony at Les Mamelles housing estate. There are many ten year olds who can read English better than Christian Lionnet. Ministers are supposed to provide leadership (more important than being a good engineer). But who is going to pay attention to someone like Christian Lionnet and what he preaches ? The boy lacks the bare essentials for a cabinet minister role. We saw it clearly on SBC last night. You do wonder what exactly he has done that has impressed James Michel. It is as if Lionnet has been put on a 30-year ministerial apprenticeship. Just like Michel himself and see where that got us. He is just the tip of the ice berg, when we look at the names announced this week.

Anonymous said...

Poor Alain St Ange and his eTurbo news press releases about himself. Seychelles Reality and STAR blogs are the places journalists overseas come to to get the real news about Seychelles.

Wonder whether his head would get through the VIP Lounge door when he returns to Seychelles.

Anonymous said...

After taking a full year for a cabinet reshuffle and ending up botching it, James Michel feels he is entitled to an extended weekend in Mauritius. While there he should find time to find out where all our tourists have gone to. He will find out that for every tourist that his pathetic government attracts to Seychelles, Mauritius gets five.

Mauritius has good reasons to invite Michel to the independence celebrations. Apart from the fact that Michel is not the only one getting an invite and it is polite to invite close neighbours, Mauritians can smugly rejoice that while they attract tourists we attract Somali pirates for our overcrowded jails. We are the mugs of the Indian Ocean and the biggest mug is among them for their 40th independence anniversary celebrations. The other reason for the Mauritians to be smug and Michel is a living proof of that, is that Mauritians have not endured a single coup d'etat since independence and this has allowed them to go from strength to strength.

Mauritius has a lot to be feel smug about and it is entitled to score points over us by inviting Michel to the party. Hats off to them.

Anonymous said...

Disjointed strategy to attract tourists obviously, whether Gill told SHTA or not. It will be worse now. SHTA will not criticise government policies being implemented by Alain St Ange because St Ange is a close chum of Louis D'Offay, chairman of SHTA.

D'Offay stuck by St Ange and his deception that he had not joined Parti lepep and deserted the trade long after it had become obvious to the man in the street that St Ange had deserted and was putting personal interests above SHTA interests. D'Offay has now been exposed as an old jerk.

Anonymous said...

The problem with Alain St Ange is not that he is not qualified for the job. He is arguably more qualified than the other 5 new ministerial appointments.

The problem with Alain St Ange is the DARK message that his appointment and his acceptance sends.

We all know that Michel did not appoint him for his competence and hard work. Michel appointed him for political reasons because St Ange is a traitor who has left the opposition and joined the ruling party as an opportunist. It fits with the general strategy to undermine the opposition and to encourage more defections.

The problem for Alain St Ange is that he spent years fighting for democratic principles. By joining Parti Lepep as a minister he has given up on those because the country is still largely a one-party state. The problem for Alain St Ange is that it does not matter to him whether the country is undemocratic and others are still fighting for the return of democracy AS LONG AS HE IS A MINISTER.

The dark message that Alain St Ange sends is that morals and principles do not matter, if offered a ministerial position. It is corrupting the nation's moral fabric. Alain St Ange is just as comfortable promoting Parti Lepep policies as he was criticising those policies. That diminishes him as a man and sets a bad example for the rest of the country.

As a minister in a Parti Lepep government he will be half the man that he was before hitching his wagon with James Michel and Parti Lepep. That that does not worry him in the least worries those that care about the moral fabric of this country.

It is not as if he has the policies to turn the wrecked tourism industry around. The country has nothing to gain by Alain St Ange being appointed Minister for Tourism and Culture. But the fight for demoracy in Seychelles has got a setback, as Alain St Ange works to boost Parti Lepep's electoral chances and revitalises Parti Lepep's determination to stop the democratisation of Seychelles. That too will militate against the development of the tourism industry. Is it any wonder that democratic Mauritius (no coup d'etats ever and one-party rule) has far out-stripped Seychelles in the development of tourism ?

Anonymous said...

The adverts on the side of black taxis are a joke. Seychelles does not need adverts to raise its name. Seychelles is known the world over among potential holiday makers.

The problem is that holiday makers see Seychelles as expensive and beyond their means, if not poor value for money.

What Seychelles need to advertise is "affordable holidays" and "affordable flights", not the country's name.

It is arrogant to think that tourists will flock to Seychelles, if only they were made aware the place existed. In that respect the marketing budget is being wasted and there is no need to throw more money on that kind of useless marketing.

The jokers at SHTA need to realise that it is affordable holidays that will attract tourists, not hopeless wishes that tourists will develop a taste for overpriced holidays.

Over the next 10 years, the world will be tightening its belt. Where will that leave Seychelles expensive holidays ?

Anonymous said...

For too long our hypocritical leaders have preached one thing and done something else that suits them better. Alain St Ange falls in that category.

His hangers-on may ignore that as they lavish praise on him, in the same way that St Ange has spent his time lavishing praise on Michel, but right-thinking members of society know better.

Anonymous said...

I agree with a blogger who pointed out that price is one of the cause of the decrease tourists arrival.Of course the world crisis had contribute in the decrease of tourism around the world,so our country should adapt and there should be a revision of hotel prices in the country,Of course we do not want either to have massive tourism(which would result in environemnt destrcution,polution,waste increase etc but prices should revisited in order to atract more tourists.We must provide the best value for comparable service in the region.A decrease in price will mean longer stay for those visitors who would usually have come two weeks will probably cextent their stay .

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Since the industry is a deep crisis,i think governemnt should for sometimes,exempt or reduce taxes and custom duty for those in the industry.

Concetrate on small and medium establishemnt rather than five star hotels(most tourists are not mulit-millionaires and no multi-millionaires necessarily travel hundreds times to the same country or destination).

There is also a lack of night aminities for tourists.Tourists come to relax but also to enjoy.let us take Praslin for instance,It does not have amenities facilities where tourists in the evening can go thus spend thier money.On Praslin tourists sleep at six and most hotels closed at nine or you often see no tourists on bars at this time.Twenty years ago it was all the contary,Mr D'Offay knows something about for many times back then he must called Police to ask for extension of his opening hours of his bar and restaurants because touriits still wanted to enjoyed).Moreover, we must also not forget that room occupancy is not where most of a hotel,guesthose revenues come but namely from beverages and food(restaurant).

Contact with charter airlines such as Adelweiss(swiss) als ohold travel ofices and sell its own destinations:It travel twice a week to South Africa,Kenya ;maldives,Dominican replubic,Kenya,Sri lanka,Cuba Mexico etc.. always full.virgine,andall the rest.I mean important charter airlines which would really make a different in arrival here.Panorama for instance ,that Pp has searched to fly,must be said is not a known airline in EUROPE like vIRGIN,Edelwiess,BelAir(CH Airline).

Find the right partners St. Ange.


Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

I think everyone is entitled to feel disgusted by St Ange's dirty politics to become a minister.

A decent person would have looked Michel in the eye turned down the job. St Ange, on the other hand, said he was honoured. A dubious honour.

St Ange can't look the Seychellois people in the eye and I do not mean his hangers-on in the tourism trade looking for an opportunity to fleece tourists. He certainly can't look me in the eye.

Anonymous said...

The beverages and food are overpriced. Tourists have no choice but to cough up once in Seychelles. But word gets around.

Anonymous said...

Both Lionnet and Meriton at Les Mammelles yesterday. Let's hope it is not an indication of things to come -- 2 or 3 ministers at an event when 1 will do now that Michel has put them on light duties.

Anonymous said...

I have been lo0ok a bit around to see what other isalnd nations tourism industry was doing.Good example is BAHAMA;Dominican Republic,Even CuBa is doing much better than us.

St Ange is a slave at theservice of his master.

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

Beverages price is exhorbitance.Just imagine german tourists for instance ,coming from the country of beer,good beer indeed and come over here and need to pay for a bad quality beer 100 times than the worse beer you can find in germany costing about 0one Euro how they feel when they see how much they must pay .it is just too much.

Jennae D'Arc

Anonymous said...

James Michel panic about whether he would be able to repay its debts, hence the reason why he appointed Alain Saint Ange. JAM is hoping that Alain can make the debts desappear.I have no question what so ever that Alain is qualified for the job, but to crawl down to PL level this was a shock, to all of us in Europe.
After all the conversation we have had in the past guess who is shaking that blooded stains hands 'ALAIN SAINT ANGE'. Then again sa bann Saint Ange zot arazer larzen therefor will do anything for it!

Clearly, the choice of appointed ministers for Seychelles will immediately put Seychelles backward as they are all in for there own personnal gain.

Your qualification background doesn't mean anything AT ALL. James Michel doesn't give a flying Fidel whether we live or die, or who's blood you shed just for as long you make lots of money to retain his lavish life style.

In this rgime sytem you will never get promoted unless you support SPUP/SPPF/PL to its maximum , regardless of their wrong doing to the people of Seychelles.
Thousands of young Seychellois are left without a job because of their different views about this communist regime.

We hope to spread the word about everything that is happening in Seychelles worldwide.so hopefully some other countries somehow help deliver us from such evil regime.

Clair D'lune*

Anonymous said...

The Today newspaper is becoming more and more like the Nation, Michel, Michel and more Michel, will be cancelling my subscription.

Anonymous said...

This new cabinet seems to have come down on the country like a massive depression. The only people who are happy are the new ministers and their groupies. Even some of the "old" ministers who have hung on to their job look noticeably unhappy and their face and voice betray their attempts to remain loyal.

It is the biggest and most expensive cabinet in the country's history, but it is also the most derided. Michel has set this country up for more failure. He is out of touch with reality.

There was so much for Today in Seychelles to write about this new cabinet the day after it was announced. Instead it chose to regurgitate State House propaganda. Of course, by then the news was stale and depressing and there was no reason to reprint State House press release to compound matters. STAR published the names just after 6pm. Facebook was awash with the news. Needless to add, it was also on SBC radio and television news that evening.

State House made Today in Seychelles look like Yesterday in Seychelles and its fearful editor was reduced to complaining publicly in her own paper about the shabby treatment, with characteristic weasel words. By the time Today received the State House press release, the news had been on STAR for more than 30 minutes.

Today's coverage (a bland restatement of a government press release) was disappointing, as the news was yesterday's news by then. It could have chosen to do something different instead (because by then every reader knew the names of the new ministers and their photos and did not need a reminder) by explaining to its readers how bad this cabinet was. But that would have been too gutsy for Marc Hoareau and Nicole Tirant-Gherardi.

Today's coverage was even inaccurate in a key respect. It said that there were more women in the cabinet. The photos showed 2 women out of 6 new ministers. The fact is that the percentage of women in the cabinet stayed roughly at 25%. The additional woman (up from 2 to 3) was offset by the appointment of 3 men of dubious quality out of 4 new ministers in an enlarged cabinet. Today was wrong to repeat State House propaganda which wrongly implied that women would have a bigger influence in the enlarged cabinet. Sending Mitcy Larue to Seychelles Hospital may well make many people want that Ramadoss had been appointed Minister for Health instead.

What about Nichole's bleating that State House had treated her shabbily and lamentation that it is a poor reward for Today's "independence" ? The surprising thing is that she was surprised at such treatment. She seems to forget that Parti Lepep is still in one-party state dictatorship mode where the official media are everything. Non-official media are tolerated, provided they are not overtly too critical of the government, but are not taken seriously.

Today says that it received the press release at 6.38pm. SBC announced the new cabinet in its 6pm bulletin. This means it received the announcement a few hours earlier, as SBC's news preparation is notoriously sluggish. Seychelles Nation got the news in time for its Thursday edition. As Nation "goes to bed", as the hacks say when their day's work is done, shortly after mid-day, it must have received the news around noon.

On Friday, rather than feeding us stale news and waxing widespread anger at these incredible ministerial appointments, Today should have led with the news that the new cabinet has been universally derided and sought explanation for these ministerial appointments. After all, we will pay for their salaries and perks and their incompetence. It is Today's job to ask difficult questions on our behalf. Perhaps, next time, State House would have made sure Today in Seychelles got its press releases at the same time as the state-run media to avoid adverse coverage by a vexed editor. What happened to a woman's scorned and all that ? Let Michel know that Today is not Parti Lepep's history book.

Anonymous said...

We were clamouring for a daily alternative to Nation. Today has not lived up to its promise. Not much will be lost if it folds due to lack of readership. Especially in the digital world where we have much better access to news as it happens. We need an alternative to Nation, not a me-too.

Anonymous said...

The problem with communist,they think only Seychelles have nice beaches and sea.communist you make your place 10 time expensive than other bestr destination around the world i go on holiday were is cheaper than Seychelles. fuck you.

Soleil Leve said...

Clair D'lune*
March 10, 2012 3:43 AM

E ou pe rod ou kamarad pe rabase...

Nek nek nek nek nek ou koz par ou boyo mem gran kouyon!

Anonymous said...

Well SHTA member, I am a member of the Executive Committee of SHTA , I along with others have confronted St. Ange with these issues. I have a clear conscious and habe served the TRADE loyally and with due deligence for years, sacrificing my time and effort tirelessly as Mr. D'offay our Chairman has as well and others.

But we are not St. Ange's shadow at the end of the day.

St. Ange is his own man, as you are or woman. It is St. Ange that has become a Minister, not SHTA or Mr. D'offfay or anyone else.

Seselwa Unite!

Sesel Pou Seselwa!

Christopher Gill
Leader
Seychelles Freedom Party

Anonymous said...

I would add, the SHTA is not STB.

Please clear this matter.

Anonymous said...

D'Offay has been encouraging St Angr, so he is just as guilty. God help us, with people like that in charge of tourism industry.

Anonymous said...

Just a day after complaining being snubbed by State House on press releases, Today puts Michel on its front page with an old flattering photo. It is not as if the news came from State House. It was gleaned from a Mauriian online newspaper for a Today "world exclusive" and stale news for many of us. Today wants to have one foot in the official media camp and another foot in the 'independent' media camp. It complains when the Parti Lepep government, no friend of the free press, is confused about its true intentions.

Anonymous said...

Just a day after complaining being snubbed by State House on press releases, Today puts Michel on its front page with an old flattering photo. It is not as if the news came from State House. It was gleaned from a Mauriian online newspaper for a Today "world exclusive" and stale news for many of us. Today wants to have one foot in the official media camp and another foot in the 'independent' media camp. It complains when the Parti Lepep government, no friend of the free press, is confused about its true intentions.

Anonymous said...

The SHTA member is probably Raymond St Ange.

Anonymous said...

The Manager/Coach has selected his 1st eleven to play on the field. We, looking from the outside are mere spectators; we are not in the squad, selected or not we are not affected.

The ones affected are those who are in the squad and train every day.
But, we need to look at the injury list and the age list. We have to admit there are past stars who have gone past their sell-by-dates and some can’t even train especially after drinking & eating too much before training. Some could have long-term injuries! We don’t know, so we need to give the manager/coach the benefit of the doubt!

For instance, who would you have selected for the post of Minister of Finance: R Tousaint, W Herminie, Mrs Gamatis, O Vidot, Julie, Mondon, R Clarisse, P Laporte? Ofcourse Pierre Laporte! Why? This guy can interpret a set of accounts and a spread sheet and above all he knows the difference between 10,000 and 10 million!

Who would you have selected for the post of Minister of Tourism & Culture: R Tousaint, W Herminie, Mrs Gamatis, O Vidot, Julie, Mondon, R Clarisse, A St Ange? Ofcourse Alain St Ange! Why? This guy is a pleasant, courteous, humble and compassionate guy. He has manners and skills to welcome friends from overseas and to communicate with them with charisma!

I certain the manager/coach knows what he’s doing!

To dump the communists for the West, I salute him! Yes Chief!

Anonymous said...

Soleil Leve, get to the point pathetic fool,this blog is for people with intelligent and who has something concrete to share, get back to the bush with the rest of the monkeys.

Anonymous said...

But can he develop the tourism industry ? Is bonhomie enough ?

Anonymous said...

The intelligent anonymous who insulted Soleil Leve; 3:14 pm

If Soleil Leve or anyone against your views you call them "pathetic" or monkeys.
Is that the kind of society you want to create IF SFP comes to power? Just to listen what you want to preach!!You better wake up because we and Soleil Leve woke up since lesenkzenmilnefsenswazenndiset-
The real pathetics you bunch of fools and loosers who are always hiding behind a computer,take the street as you all promised several time!

And you pathetic anonymous:
Coming together is the beginning...
Staying together is progress...
And working together is success...

Guess what?
PP will always rule this country!
Si ou pa kontan al sot dan kennal and ofcorse avek lakord den ou likou avan vann swet i traverse.

Anonymous said...

@ Clair D’lune, which planet do you live on? Seychelles has been backward since coup deta. one step forward six step backward.

@ Soleil leve, get your finger out from troufess arab and take a sniff, then get your fact straight.After we are given our right to vote, people like you and Pissedoff will be hiding inside a barrel together with your communists rats.

Sooner or later PL will hide in barrel like rats, just like it happens to all communist. It won't last Sleil, and it is not a threat it's a promise. IT WILL NOT LAST PL WILL SOON COME DOWN.
Mark my word and amke no mistake about that.

Anonymous said...

What would you expect Mr. D'offay to say?

The Tourism Trade is not SNP.Tourism Trade is made up of all types of people of different political positions.

I have not heard SNP pronounce itself on the matter.

If anyone should pronounce itself, it is SNP, since St. Ange, last time I checked, was still SNP member.

Anonymous said...

It is of knowledge that mrs nathalie michel intends and is moving for a divorce from president james alix michel.

The loose tounge of allain butler payet after some whiskey said that mrs michel the first lady has had a nother man in her life from the day she was escorted out of catiolo by army officers from her husbands orders.

Mrs michel which was suppose to change her ways and learn to actually love her husband and chief only clustered her feelings till today where she is asking for a peaceful divorce in fear of her life, seychelles will support you mrs michel to move on and commends you for your bravery.

soon after we expect to here lize bastienne's divorce....

Anonymous said...

Seychelles will support Natalie and we will not allow her to be bullied.

Anonymous said...

lekel ki pe atak louis doffay pou tir latansyon lo son bann demagozi si pa lot ki bann snp ridikil e enkonpetan koman en lopozisyon.

Louis doffay pann ganny apwente minis st ange kinn vinn minis!

D'offay lo son kote zot per li e zot pa nin menn deside pou koz ek li lo pran pozisyon kot stb pou vreman aranz keksoz, bononm doffay i ekzanpler dan trade kot shta akoz inn tal bokou kart dan figir st ange ki st ange ti dir li pa per ou mon ankor lopozisyon ver mwan ma met presyon.

Ozordi nou ti a kontan konen ki i pou dior ton louis letan i dan son biro ministeryel "pa per mon pa minis rouz mwan mon ankor minis ver mwan, what a laugh".

Anonymous said...

It was interesting that Liz Bastienne was not made minister. Is it because she will be first lady soon ?

Anonymous said...

St Ange at STB was a Louis d'Offay creation which has backfired. Michel has split the opposition and the new STB CEO is from Parti Lepep. He was quick to congratulate St Ange. He is slow to realise what damage this is doing to the tourism industry. The tourism industry is being badly served by Parti Lepep, STB and SHTA. They are all guilty.

Anonymous said...

What is the SNP position on the appointment of one of its members and ex Treasurer as Minister to Parti Lepep?

Anonymous said...

What is it with people who become turncoats for money and yet pretend they are the opposition ? Michel did not appoint St Ange because he is opposition.

Anonymous said...

St. Ange last time I checked, was a member of SNP.

Anonymous said...

So, Danny Faure was absent at the IMF press conference today. Is he brooding somewhere ? What happened to "travay dir pour Sesel" ? He is still Minister for Finance until the National Assembly has rubber-stamped his replacement on Tuesday and his replacement has sworn in after Michel returns from another overseas jaunt.

At least he should have shown some maturity, put on a brave face and do the job that he is still getting paid to do before he goes on to prepare himself for his imminent "depar volonter".

As the Parti Lepep's infighting intensifies, the country's IMF-reform program is taking second place. Principal Secretary Ahmed Afif walked out on the government, without working his notice "to join the private sector". Danny Faure is now boycotting his successor and not supporting him.

What will IMF make of all of this ? Le Dem will probably keep quiet, knowing that he is dealing with a dictatorship that does not like criticisms. Had it been Europe, IMF would have no problems criticising the political instability created by James Michel and the lack of firm political leadership at the Ministry for Finance. The lack of political suppoprt from the Vice President and supposedly president-in-waiting (unless Michel gives him his 'depar volonter' before that) is bound to unsettle the new Minister for Finance and the whole ministry. If, as Michel apparently lied to the nation in his state of the nation address, Danny Faure was in full agreement with the ministerial changes, Faure should have had no problems attending this IMF/Ministry for Finance press conference in a display of cabinet solidarity. Instead, cracks in the cabinet and Parti Lepep were laid bare. This cabinet reshuffle is a bigger disaster than I first thought.

Anonymous said...

If Parti Lepep wants a better cabinet to run the country -- both president and ministers -- it should check out the opposition.

Anonymous said...

SNP making up Michel's cabinet, what a joke.

Anonymous said...

Hissene Habre: Belgian extradition case opens at ICJ

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17337668


Belgium wants to try Hissen Habre for crimes between 1982 and 1990 in Chad.


Alleged victims filed complaints under Belgium's universal jurisdiction law, which allows the country's judges to prosecute human rights offences committed anywhere in the world.

Soleil Leve said...

I will be writing to them as well asking that they charge Gill ek ti koson a.k.a. Isaaq for murdering Seychellois' inteligence!

Anonymous said...

Why you ask them to charge Michel and co, you cock maron.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Gill, you mentioned something about Mitzy's son, do you have problems with people who are gay?

Soleil Leve said...

To comment of March 13, 2012 12:12 PM

You're supposed to be doing that.
Moi mon pou fer bez ou ek Gill pou pli gran l'ofans l'imanite that of insulting the Seychellois nation's intelligence!
The day will come - soon - when a mob of hundreds will march to your office, drag you and Gill out and teach you a lesson you will never forget for the rest of your lives!

Solda Rene

Anonymous said...

Metsy son is suppling all heroin on Praslin starting from
Anse Bodin all the way to Baie st Anne.

Johnny

Anonymous said...

Is he outselling and taking over Gill's turf?

Anonymous said...

Gill; if it's true please write another letter.

Anonymous said...

Isn't Gill doing a marvellous job?

Anonymous said...

SOLDA RENE
That is in fact what you afraid to experience.FAR and the butcher brain-washed you and brought you to beleive they were going to rule forever,but now you have come to release that your dear leaders are liars and the wind of change will reach our shores like in N Africa and elsewhere.

I will say the day those mud walls around Pp palace of illusion then the butcher will fall like dead leaves into the unknown.

Be careful of those olive branches!

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

correction:the people circled these mud walls

Anonymous said...

Soleil Leve said...
To comment of March 13, 2012 12:12 PM

You're supposed to be doing that.
Moi mon pou fer bez ou ek Gill pou pli gran l'ofans l'imanite that of insulting the Seychellois nation's intelligence!
The day will come - soon - when a mob of hundreds will march to your office, drag you and Gill out and teach you a lesson you will never forget for the rest of your lives!

Solda Rene

March 13, 2012 1:25 PM

I have copied the trait that this above looser have made to Seychelles Freedom Party.

the act of violence prove an adequate government, where communist spread fear to stop our nation from developing into a prosperous nation.
human rights has been taken for granted since 1997.

Furthermore, the communist party are still trying to continue enlisting the help of volunteers such as the looser above with the name Sleil leve.

After a long period of economic strive and still striving, SEYCHELLES FREEDOM PARTY like most of us civilised Seychellois wants security and peace, not for just a small group but for all of us loving & understanding seychellois.

We the supporters of SFP want economic stability, human right and proper health care for all.

The 1977 coup were dominated by blood thirsty, money greed communists who undermined the people of Seychelles. (Taking us for fools; thanks God for SFP).
We have been bombarded by idiots rats who have been brained wash by communist propaganda; threatening SFP. (We shall not be fool by your threat) Because it proves that you are so very afraid that SFP is getting stronger by each threat you fools make. Your pathetic threat is making us more determined to bring change. AND CHANGE WE WILL, not today; not tomorrow but it will happen, meanwhile count your crumbs.

Soleil Leve be a good boy, print this out and take it to your Mr Excellency, Doctor Alex James Michel.
Communism Is Portrayed As Diseases; THE RED SCUMS spreading fear and determined to destroy our Seychellois way of life.
Seychellois has become wiser from the help of SFP. The stories of communist plots are slowly becoming infertile.


Find your barrel early because communist is coming to an end.

Clair D'lune *

Anonymous said...

Losers like soleil leve & co., will soon run out of barrels.

Clair D’lune *

Anonymous said...

If their tech our leader Gill A lesson, we will teach them also a lesson putt in mind Pissoff aka clair d'lune.What their have done in the past will not be repeated Pissoff.

Soleil Leve said...

Gill/Clair/Jeanne D'arc; You are pissedoff because on the night of the coup d'etat Peter Gill was left out.
The fact remains that if our liberation of Le Senk Zen Mille nef San Swasantdiset was a crime then your father was just as guilty with intent and by association kouyon!


Solda Rene

Anonymous said...

I am not pissedoff at all,but determine to get back the country to its legitimate owner namely the people of Seychelles, and bring back the freedom they wanted in 1975 when they dicided to be independence. But they were forced into communism by Lucifer( FAR) and his assistant Michel the buthcer.

Jeanne D'Arc

Soleil Leve said...

And if Peter Gill was made a minister in FAR's coup d'etat government what would Totof and Francis be today? Would Totof still be saying Gerard was his hero? Would he still be saying that the coup d'etat was illegal?
Guilty of intent and by association!

Gill cannot stand rejection that is why he is pissedoff with FAR.

Solda Rene

Anonymous said...

MESAZ POU TETER ALBER!

Are you saying that the 5th June coup d'Etat was a peaceful transition of power between friends of the higher Order?

In the case of Gill's father, he would have been guilty only if he had committed the act for nobody is guilty on mens rea without actus rea

Soleil Leve said...

If the coup d’etat was a crime as you are claiming then Gill’s father stands guilty of “modes of culpability” and also of treason for the knowledge of it but not preventing it thus guilty by intent and association!

Solda Rene

Anonymous said...

I want to excuse me to Clair D'lune a comment i post today, that was not direct to he or she,my comment was direct to Solda Rene aka pissoff who want to teach peoples lesson.
Solda!all those solda Rene gren i fini pas disan.

Anonymous said...

I want to excuse me to Claire D'lune....so sorry I meant SOLDA MICHEL.

S.R.

Anonymous said...

It is a common communist mentality to portraited victims as culprits.They commit the crimes but it is always someone else who did it.Just as the butcher did,he bankrutped us then he put the blame squarely on Int. financial crisis.He destroyed the environemnt then he put the blame on climat change.......etc..etc

Jeanne D'Arc

Anonymous said...

Zot foutou aret lis fes dan La lune Clair....sa i fer onte!

Anonymous said...

OK! First go ahead and prove that the coup d'Etat was an act of treason then we can discuss the mental element of the crime.

Soleil Leve said...

Hey; I'm not saying it was an act of treason.
I'm saying IF you say it WAS a crime THEN your father as a NON participating accomplice committed an act of treason by NOT reporting it and that made him as guilty as the participants!

Solda Rene

Anonymous said...

SO! Are you saying that it was not an act of treason?

What about if his life and the life of his family was at risk?

What about if he did not believe that Rene would go along with this stupid idea?

What about if the police officers were Rene's informants and have been feeding him on who were reporting on him and people were disappearing in Rene's entourage?

Soleil Leve said...

The only act of treason was committed by him to FAR and the rest of the liberators and like the saying goes; like father like son you ended up betraying not just your uncle but your party and your constituents. One day your son will end up betraying Isaaq’s son as well and so it will keep on going like a rolling stone akoz zot en famiy malediksyon!
Because of your father’s past association you believe that FAR and party Lepep owes you something hence the reason you are pissedoff with FAR and you keep harping on about your father having created the slogan “Sesel Pou Seselwa” and that he dressed FAR up and financed SPUP yet now you are trying to disassociate him from SPUP bez ou manman maudit lalang!
You also have a personal vendetta against JAM and hate him vehemently because when you crossed the floor it was him that saw through you and ejected you from SPPF! I know these things first hand because I am always here!
The only informant that SPUP had was Gill so if we are responsible for any disappearance then he must have set them up!
Like someone once told you. Don’t try to re-write history. Most of us are still alive and have lived these times so you will only pull wool over the new generation’s eyes and only the naïve ones whom I’m sure you won’t find many akoz si zot kouyon laba Guam contrary to your notion, nou bann Seselwa pann zanmen kouyon e pa ni en batar Gill/Mancham ki pou vinn fer nou kouyon!

And if you think this is a personal attack I haven't even started yet!

Solda Rene

Anonymous said...

Finally we have somebody who was always there who can clear up a few doubts in our history.

Where you there when they shot Son? Who pulled the trigger? Why did you kill Hasan? Was David Antat killed by friendly fire?

Anonymous said...

Fuck off with you same recycled crap idiot!

Anonymous said...

The day we stop recycling we would stop life itself for everything on this earth is meant to recycle. As for letan pase, "100 pou le voler en zour pou son met". Still in denial?

Anonymous said...

Wasn't Mr Rene the prime minister of the government he overthrew?

Anonymous said...

Dr Morgan tells us three times a week to Dubia is going to solve our tourism deficit.The startegy adopted by AIRSEY is just not sustainable and without direct flights to Europe _seychelles our tourism industry is doomed to suffer.

Just compaer for instance CHARTER flights to Maldives and Seychelles.There are 14 flights from Europe by different charter airlines weekly:First Chioce UK.Malev RUSSIA,Blue Panorama ITALY,My Travel UK;Edelweiss Switzerland:Monarc Airlines UK,nEOS spa iitaly,tHOMSAN FLY uk;tRANSEARO russia,aIR iTALY italy,vOLARE italy,xl AIRLINES france.

It shows us how far behind compare to Maldives and how having genuine strategy is improtant to success,It also proves that it is not three time wekly from DUBAI that will save our tourism industry but direct flights from EUrope the world largest providers of toursists even now in this fiancail crisis.

It shows that Pp olicies cannot holds and without long -term strategy we about to suffer more in ther coming years than any other island NaTIONS DEPENDING ON TOURISM SIMPLY BECUASE WE DO NOT HAVE COMPETENT GOVERNEMNT.

jEANNE d'aRC

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