Letter to the Editor - First sitting of the 6th National Assembly: A personal point of view |03 October 2016

It was indeed with great enthusiasm and excitement that I was looking forward to the first sitting of the new National Assembly with the majority of Opposition MNAs. Indeed it struck home a variety of analysis….yet one foremost is the appointment of the deputy Speaker.

Honestly speaking, I have nothing against Mr Préa (I personally consider him the serene and simplest individual among his clan and I duly respect him).

Considering the all-along-Cosmos of the Opposition with their strong allegiance to peace, working together for all Seychellois, Reconciliation, Unity, and doing away with the so-called “Ek Nou Pa Ek Nou” regime, why on Earth didn’t the LDS majority vote in a Parti Lepep MNA (which now represents the minority in the Assembly) as deputy Speaker instead of one of themselves???  Wouldn’t that have been an attestation to what they formulated and believed in, together with their supporters, all along during campaigning!!?? It was 18 votes against 14 for Honorable Préa and William respectively, (the latter being a respectable and experienced individual himself). It would have been 19 too, should the Speaker be allowed to vote. And what about the “Forgiveness” issue that the new Speaker voiced out?  Yet, NO-ONE dared voted otherwise!

Am I to categorise such action as:  “Po Fler”?, “Ek Nou Pa Ek Nou”?  Selfish? Fear? Yes Men? Loyal to their Party LDS? or controlled by their Party? Alas, all of them in the campaigns claimed they are not and would never be!!!

Behold! Neither the priests, the bishops, the whole clergy, or the Pope not even Jesus Christ will perfection this New National Assembly of Seychelles … Only individual change and perfectionism will! That is to “Walk the Talk”!

I, along with others, will be here to bear witnesses to those avalanches of UNPREDICTABLE CHANGES….

God Bless Seychelles!

Noëmie Woodcock