OCTOBER 3RD INQUIRY SNOOKERED AND DISCREDITED BY THE SPPF
The public inquiry that once was, is now being conducted behind closed doors under “lock and key”. This latest move has destroyed any confidence the public had in it. It has now become the most secretive public inquiry ever, in the whole wide world, another first for little
What a load of manure! What has national security got to do with hammering Wavel Ramkalawan and Jean-Francois Ferrari and their supporters on the head with truncheons, the indiscriminate firing of rubber bullets and tear gas in the centre of
Judge Reilly and his team might as well pack their bags and take the next available flight out of here. The people of this country are being treated like apes, which we are certainly not; Judge Reilly by remaining silent and behaving as if nothing is wrong is endorsing the decision to shut the people out. There is absolutely nothing about this inquiry or in the evidence that will emerge which is capable of endangering national security.
This newspaper has a duty to defend the rights of the people of Seychelles and that we will do even if it means going to prison for it. We avail of this opportunity to ask a few questions to Judge Reilly himself as he promised so much at the start of this inquiry.
When was the first time you knew that the inquiry will be going into closed door sessions? Why did you leave it so late before this information was communicated to the public? Who demanded that this part of your inquiry be conducted in secrecy? Did you, Judge Reilly, at any stage question the motives behind holding this part of the inquiry behind closed doors? These are a sample of the numerous questions being asked on the streets of
This newspaper warned on more than one occasion of the risks Judge Reilly was taking dealing with the SPPF’s government and in trusting their integrity. He gambled and lost. His reputation locally and internationally is now seriously jeopardised. That is unless he can come up with the best excuses he can muster to convince the world, that, this situation has come about because there was really a need to protect national security! We believe that there is absolutely no justification at all for the inquiry to go into closed door sessions.
The inquiry is well and truly snookered but the game is far from over – Alex Higgins, an Irishman, a former World Champion at snooker, is famous for getting out of tight situations on the snooker table. Maybe, just maybe, his countryman Judge Reilly will surprise us all by getting out of the tight spot the SPPF has firmly pushed him into.