IS THIS WHY GAPPY IS REFUSING TO HAND OVER AN ELECTRONIC
COPY?
The Seychelles population stood at 93,419 at the end of June
this year, according to new figures released by the Seychelles National Bureau
of Statistics (NBS) last week. Demographic statistics including births, deaths,
marriages, divorces and migration data, which are collected by the Civil Status
and the Immigration Division, are published bi-annually.
The latest population increase is due to two main factors;
an increase in both the number of births and migration figure. According to the
NBS, the first six months of this year recorded 810 births and 829 migrants in
Seychelles.
"The number of migrants recorded do not specify whether
they are foreigners who have come to work in Seychelles, or if they are
Seychellois who have returned to the country, after being away," the
Director of the Geographic Information System at the National Bureau of
Statistics Teresa Gopal, told SNA in an interview.
According to the published figures there are 69,959 people
between 18 and 90+. Incidentally almost five years ago for the 2011
Presidential Election, the number of registered voters was 69,480.
This creates a big problem as the number of registered
voters certified by Hendrick Gappy on the 31/3/2015 for the 25 districts totals
72,200. There is a staggering difference of more than 2241 for the registered
voters as compared to the just released NBS statistics of the population over
18! Even more staggering is the fact that the NBS figure DOES NOT SEPARATE
NON-SEYCHELLOIS FROM THE FIGURES. In the 2010 Census 8.6%(7798) of the total
population were non-Seychellois. In 2013 over 16,000 residents permit were issued. The non-Seychellois is the fastest growing component of the total population equation. So the problem for Mr Gappy is magnified even
more.
The result of a more detailed and in depth analysis will be
announced shortly.
It is a known fact that Parti Lepep has always had access to
a soft copy that Mr Gappy is fighting for his life not to give other Political
parties; although ordered by the Supreme Court. This is most odd in itself and
leaves many questions. The massive discrepancies between the NBS population
data and the voters register suggest phantom voters have been included on the
voters register. Were the phantom voters added to the voters register to make
SPPF/Parti Lepep win past elections? And will these phantom voters make Parti
Lepep win this time? Is Mr Gappy the “ace in the hand” that President James
Michel arrogantly bragged about?
A demand to Mr Gappy for an immediate recall of the
Electoral register and amended to reflect the real numbers with the names of
the phantom voters deleted for both the soft and hard copy of the voters
register. It is an impossibility to have more registered voters than people.
The situation is massively alarming for Democracy in Seychelles.
By A.Pierre
