The Jj Spirit Foundation has signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry of Indonesia for technical
assistance and support for small and medium industries development for the
young entrepreneurs of the foundation. This announcement was made following the
visit of an Indonesian delegation to Seychelles.
It is incomprehensible that a government ministry from Indonesia
signs an agreement with a supposedly non-governmental organization in
Seychelles when the same agreement could have been signed between the
government of Seychelles and the government of Indonesia to benefit all young
Seychellois rather than the members of the Jj Spirit Foundation only. This is
atrocious. The President and his executive Secretary General must be shamed for
this act. The patron of the Jj Spirit Foundation, President James Michel and
his Secretary General who is the chairperson of the Foundation has shown where
their loyalty lies. It is certainly not with the youth of this country unless, of
course, one is a member of the Jj Spirit Foundation. “En leker pou tou manm Jj
Spirit” is his new motto; “en leker pou tou Seselwa” were never genuine words
anyway.
Under the MoU the Jj Spirit Foundation will receive the following
benefits:
• Exchange of information about small and medium industry in
various fields such as handicraft, fashion, textile, agriculture and fishery;
• Technical assistance and capacity building activities;
• Exchanges and internship of officials and youth between Indonesia
and Seychelles;
• Provision of machinery, equipment and tools to expedite the
realisation of competitive and quality small and medium industry products;
• Encouraging and facilitating business-to-business cooperation
for small and medium industries.
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The Jj Spirit Foundation is slowly taking over the role of
government agencies. Here it replaces the Ministry of Health
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These are all benefits all young Seychellois must have
access to and not just a few. Rather than signing the agreement in a government
office, the Jj Spirit Foundation headquarters, Espace, was chosen. The reasons are obvious; the assistance under the
program will be used to woo young people towards Jj Spirit Foundation which is the
organization through which the ruling party recruit new members. Nonmembers
will not be able to benefit; the ‘ek nou, pa ek nou’ strategy. We are indeed fortunate
Michel hasn’t got enough time left to plant his destructive seed of elitism on Seychellois
soil and create a mini government out of his Foundation.
SOURCE:Seyweekly.com
