Sifco’s reaction to nomination of councillors on Regional Councils |01 August 2018

‘Every citizen has the right to participate in local or regional government’

“In reference to the Regional Councils Administrative Framework of 2018 and the Local Government Act 7 of 2015, and in order to promote national unity and peace, the Seychelles Interfaith Council urges the three arms of government namely the legislature, judiciary and executive, to consider the right of every citizen to participate in local or regional government.”

This comes in the wake of the setting up of the Regional Councils whereby it was announced that the councillors on the council have been nominated by the two main political parties in the country – Parti Lepep and the Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS)

Sifco is composed of members from the following churches and religious groupings: Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Church, Orthodox Church, Seychelles Evangelical Alliance, Baha’i Faith, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrian Faith, Brahmakumaris.