Top financial consultant Dr. Peter Larose is on his way, booked first class through London, on the airline our President has been avoiding of late. Dr. Larose is going to take up a senior position with the World Bank. Dr. Larose had to outsmart 21 other candidates from other African countries to land the job. Despite the demagogies on The People and The Seychelles Nation and elsewhere in the government controlled media since the announcement was made, everyone in this country knows exactly why we are losing a special talent to the World Bank. They did not want Dr. Larose at the Central Bank because he wanted to play by the rules. This publication believes that Dr. Larose could have made a fine Governor of our Central Bank. He is definitely more academically qualified than the present Governor, Francis Chang-Leng, whom the World Bank would not touch with a barge pole. He was not politically inclined, therefore they saw him as a threat. What we do not want, the World Bank welcomes with open arms. On behalf on all our patrons we wish Dr. Peter Larose the best of luck. You deserve the accolade that is being bestowed upon you. You make