Question Time on La PoudrierreALLOW me a moment to thank the many, many members of the Public that have written to me on various subjects which we, together, have brought to the forefront of our affairs, in a readable manner, issues facing our Nation and our People and the few sleaze balls that live off the sweat and toil of the People of Seychelles. While we do tend to have a go at SPPF and criticise their lack of initiatives, they need to start taking up these issues in a serious manner instead of sulking in depression and basking in the shame of failure, which they have resigned themselves to presently. We write to make you wake up and work SPPF. You are not supposed to sleep on a mandate.
One member of the Public, name withheld for fear of retribution of course, has written to me, which I now re-dedicate to her and all the other women in Seychelles who have been exploited and have had to compromise their dignity to survive over the last 34 years under SPPF since June 5th 1977. There are many victims; my thoughts are with them all. I have omitted the green ink of the letter as not to embarrass anyone who may have decided to cover things up lately out of false hope of one day becoming a Prime Minister in a SPPF-led coalition Government.
When one deeply reflects and analyzes the current state of affairs in our Country, be it our economy, our finances, our social problems, family life, grassroots problems, politics, etc..., it is pertinent that we look at the different steps and process from a historical point to see where we are today and what is happening to
The first and biggest blow to our country and society which had the greatest influence on all of us till today has been the Coup d'Etat of June 5th 1977. Those men that took part in the Coup altered and changed the course of
Those guilty Coup participants were a band of thieves, out to get whatever they could from a peaceful non-violent people, some participants were fooled into believing that it was all for a good cause. They looted the National Emblems and National symbols and the status of Nationhood. It is the Coup and the thinking behind it that has awoken the violence in us Seychellois as a people. Today, young Seychellois men go to the beach and town sporting daggers under their shirts. The "Coup Clique", a small group of men, set out to destroy Freedom, Peace Prosperity, a Free Market, and the aspirations of a People yearning to open up to the World. Instead, they made our World a world wherein Terror and Intimidation reign. Disappearances were part of the normal conduct of civic affairs for government and Human Rights abuses were a tool to be used to crush the will of the Seychellois. These men were a band of thieves, not a band of brothers! Since then, many of them have fallen in dispute and played the blame game on each other. Many of them have feasted off acquired properties given to them from Rene for a pittance and a cent. They drive in nice cars with tinted windows to hide their criminal intents. They hope their children can shake off their legacy. Today, they attempt to intimidate voices of Freedom to deny Seychellois a voice because they have nothing to say and nothing to defend.
When our fellow Seychellois were strong and resisted Rene's nightmare, they were detained, jailed without charge and then sent off into exile. Once gone, their properties were acquired by the same Dictator. Rene would arrogantly even suggest if Seychellois did not like the system he was imposing on them, they could leave
The One Party State Dictatorship was hell bent on maintaining a powerful military presence to intimidate simple Seychellois into knee-bent submission. (Read on Momma, soak it in!) Rene created armed State Terror Squads, and other State Para Military Units and apparatus to "defend the Revolution a la Fidel Castro Cuban-tyle. We all remember the Militia, where our mothers and fathers and uncles and aunties would work every night on every corner of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue to defend the Revolution with Chinese made AK- 47 in hand. Terror Squads still exist in
What a Revolution it has turned out to be? Fancy motor yachts bigger than Khassogi's dock at
Evil destroys Evil so sit tight everyone, as maintaining the supply of rice becomes a major challenge for the tin of beans. When oil prices hit $120.00 a barrel next week, I hate to say it, "but I told you so again!" Now evacuate your prawns from Coetivy since they are DOOMED, in your BOOM as the implosion of failure sets in for all of us!
We must not forget about the Young Pioneers, The Youth League and NYS, all ICONS of Rene's failures which he gifted to us when we faced a barrel of a gun down our throats or other sensitive bodily parts. These communist structures of state were introduced by Rene himself and along with his side kick James Michel, who is now the President of Seychelles. It is these communist structures of state that were the embryo's of what was to become our social failures today in "2000 and Beyond" under SPPF. Make no mistake about this assertion. Today,
While Momma was out on Militia duty, baby sister was at home getting pregnant under age. Papa was out making babies with neighbor, Mommas best friend, and brother was out smoking, sniffing and peddling drugs since it made more sense to him than to walk up and down a beach all night carrying an AK- 47 and all you would ever see was a bunch of ghost crabs in the sand. Socially, communicable diseases spread as did AIDS under SPPF. Because SPPF was irresponsible in handling our Nationhood, it was all down hill thereafter. (Read on Charlie Oh, how the Truth hurts!)
Today, as a stop gap, Ministry of Health hands out condoms to fight AIDS, without trying to alter the behavior and instilling some moral values in people's perception of what is right and what is wrong. What has SPPF done to the role of the Church in our lives?
Now we find TRUST Condoms on all our beaches, "Anba Sed", behind school rooms, behind alleys and car parks, behind offices. Trust condoms and packets are even more prolific than take away boxes as a source of pollution in
The seeds of failure were sowed early. Who sent our young girls to become Young Pioneers? Who sent them out to
Who brought Tanzanian troops to
These mothers have had to join social welfare lines to live. They have had no choice but to become wards of SPPF, since there was no other structure or safety net to fall back on. Today, a new generation of women actively prostitutes themselves on the main streets of Victoria, SPPF say very little about it, and allow it to continue.
What has SPPF done to protect these women who are at the end of the day victims of SPPF social decay? It's not nice to blame, but if the shoe fits, start wearing it, and start walking. Help our women.
Today as SPPF reports news of rape and violence against women, what about those cases during the Youth League and Young Pioneers and NYS cases? Has SPPF forgotten about those cases? Would it like a reminder of those cases? Maybe a registry can be formed to document all these cases of abuse under the