Concerned citizens, teachers march in Victoria to make their voices heard |13 November 2017

A group of around 25 to 30 concerned citizens descended onto Victoria on Saturday to march against the lack of security and rise of break-ins in the country.

Their march started from Docklands all the way up to the post office on Independence Avenue.

Loréa Rassool, one of the organisers, said the march’s main objective is to show the authorities that Seychellois have had enough of these incidents and that something has to be done in the immediate to apprehend and stop these thieves.

“We cannot even sleep soundly because we do not feel safe in our homes. Nothing is being done to remediate this problem so the march is our way of making our voices heard,” Mrs Rassool clarified.

Mrs Rassool is one of many affected by break-ins whereby her place of work, Kreol Des Jeux (KDJ), was targeted four times in five weeks.

Indeed many people have voiced out their concerns on the lack of security in the country especially since the brutal death of Simon Esparon a few weeks ago.

According to Mrs Rassool a petition is circulating on the web and, once enough signatures are gathered, it will be brought to the attention of those concerned.

“If nothing is done ‒if our voice falls on deaf ears ‒ in two to three weeks’ time we will take to the streets once more,” she told the Seychelles NATION.

Meanwhile, teachers from various public schools also coordinated a march on the same day to demonstrate their support for two of their colleagues who were attacked at school last week.

Most of these teachers agree that not enough is being done if another teacher was physically assaulted a mere three days after Kevin Monthy of Mont Fleuri secondary was also assaulted.

They have also signed a petition to be brought forward to the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development and other invested parties.

Both groups met at the post office to shout out their slogans and bring their grievances to light.