Editorial
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This is why this newspaper will not rest until all is revealed publicly. The President in his capacity as Minister for Internal Affairs, Marie-Ange Hoarau in her capacity as Principal Secretary in this Ministry and the Head of Immigration, Ronald Fock-Tave, are all accountable to the people. It is their ministerial portfolio and they have to take responsibility for everything that has happened to our citizenship over the years. They cannot hide behind a cloak of secrecy pretending that nothing has happened. Something happened and somebody of authority must answer to the public.
The suspending of a junior officer within the Ministry of Internal Affairs is small consolation in comparison to the seriousness of the matter. So far Ronald Fock-Tave and Marie-Ange Hoarau have refused all opportunities ‘Le Nouveau
The fate of EDA was also well publicised and helped tarnish the otherwise good image of our Country further in the eyes of the international community. The acquisition of a nationality should never be regarded as a means to generate funds. It is something far more superior than money. It is a lofty exercise, one which the SPPF government to the detriment of our reputation worldwide, fails to appreciate.
President Michel must take this matter up with Marie-Ange Hoarau and Ronald Fock-Tave, personally, if he himself did not have a hand in this affair. They cannot escape responsibility by pretending they had no idea of what was going on literally in their backyard. Heads, ultimately have to roll and it is no good picking on a junior officer and using him as a scapegoat to cover the dubious acts of more senior civil servants. An transparent inquiry would get to the bottom of this mystery once and for all and gain the government some much needed credibility. President Michel recently during the National Assembly Election was preaching about needing an assembly that is serious. How can the citizens take President Michel seriously when his actions in dealing with mediocrity, involving a Principal Secretary and a Head of Department within a Ministry, he holds the portfolio for, are tolerated regardless. “Judge me by my actions”.