Presidential election 2015 |19 November 2015

Campaign programmes start tonight on SBC radio and TV

Campaign programmes in the run-up to the December 3-5 presidential election start today on Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) radio and television.

The programmes, which have been divided into three units of 26 minutes each, will begin at 7.30pm on SBC’s Radyo Sesel while on SBC TV they will be on as from 9pm.

This evening David Pierre of the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) will be first to speak, followed by independent candidate Philippe Boullé.

Wavel Ramkalawan of the Seychelles National Party (SNP) and Patrick Pillay of Lalyans Seselwa (LS) will present their programmes tomorrow Friday November 20, and Alexia Amesbury of the Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy (SPSJD), and James Michel of Parti Lepep (PL) on Saturday November 21.

The other dates of campaign broadcasts are as follows: Monday November 23 (Mr Boulle and Mrs Amesbury), Tuesday November 24 (Mr Pierre and Mr Pillay), Wednesday November 25 (Mr Michel and Mr Ramkalawan).

The last segment of the 26-minute campaign programmes will take place as follows:  Friday November 27 (Mr Pierre and Mr Boulle), Saturday November 28 (Mr Ramkalawan and Mrs Amesbury) and Sunday November 29 (Mr Michel and Mr Pillay).

The campaign on radio and television will close on Tuesday December 1 with a 13-minute party political broadcast (PPB) by each candidate. Mr Michel will start first in the closing 13-minute PPB, followed by Mr Pillay, Mrs Amesbury, Mr Ramkalawan, Mr Pierre and Mr Boullé in that order.

Campaigning in general for the upcoming presidential election will be allowed up to 24 hours before the election is set to begin on December 3, 2015.

The candidates who will speak tonight in the first segment of the campaign programmes: David Pierre of PDM and independent candidate Philippe Boulle