At the launch of Albert Rene`s book and first biography
entitled “The father of modern Seychelles” by James Michel, he claims his party
brought justice, freedom, fraternity and equality to Seychelles. This is the first
full length biography analysing Rene’s early years, and his struggle against colonialism;
ironically the book was written by an individual that can be considered as
descending from the British Empire, Dr. Kevin Shillington.
It was SPUP under the control of Albert Rene that introduced
violence in Seychelles as a political tool. No other party has used violence as
a tool. People must not forget how they terrorised the Seychelles in the late
1960s and early 1970s with bombs exploding all over the place.
SPUP campaigned for Independence using the principles of “
Sesel Pou Seselwa”. However this could not win them a General election; in fact
they lost three in a row with the 1974 General Elections being the last. They
then decided to alter the game and cheat simply because they had no patience in
attempting to win an election; greed and yearning for power was gnawing at
them.
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| Seychelles Democratic Party wins 1970 general election and won 10 of the 15 seats for the Legislative Assembly. |
After the coup of 1977, Rene betrayed the principle of
“Sesel Pou Seselwa”. He acquired businesses and properties of Seychellois. He
even jailed some without trial. The allegations of torture and even murder will
persist until the end of time. The lucky 10,000 or more were exiled to foreign
lands. Most definitely not the act of a would be icon and certainly not an act
of freedom and justice as they claim. The attempted distortion of the truth and
history could be considered a crime in itself.
Albert Rene declared himself President and installed a
one-party state communist government and ruled by fear and force. Is this the
act of bringing freedom and justice to a nation? If not as surely must be the
case, what were the real reasons for the lust for power?
After
approximately 15 years of a failed socialist rule the regime was forced by no
choice of their own due to the collapse of the Soviet block to usher in a
multiple party system. James Michel claims in his book that it was their choice
as Seychelles was entering the road of progress; a lie of true narcissistic
nature.
The
same government remains in power to this day and the claims that they brought
freedom, justice, fraternity and equality to this nation is an exempliary
example of Orwellian doublespeak; the deliberate distorting and reversing of
the meaning of words. This is not the true nature of a real founding fathers.
The founding fathers were the first settlers on this shore and true founding
fathers do no distort history and the truth in their favour; only narcissts do
that.
The
blind must be educated and not fooled by the claims of the sitting President as
the current freedom denying Public order act is very fresh in ones memory.
Freedom is defined as the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice
or action. That type of real freedom James Michel was afforded before
Independence; the denial of the right to assembly by the Public Order act is
not freedom Mr President. Your government has failed its people and distorting
history and the truth will not hide that fact.
By A.Pierre
