The marina and hotel development project at Grand Police has
really angered the people of Seychelles and has awakened many from their long slumbers.
The Grand Police project is nothing else but a pack of discordant lies and
deception by the previous government of James Michel.
The land on which the hotel and marina is to be built
belonged to a Seychellois, specifically the Deltel family. It was acquired by
this same government during the one party state in the national interest. After
the army moved out, it seems Arabs
turned out to be the owners of the land and government made available a group
of SPDF personnel to secure the land so that no Seychellois could have access
to it. Our own people, own government had been denying us the right to what is ours
by birth; unimpeded access to the beach.
The government announced in 2007 that it had sold the land,
which is just under a million square metres, to Loomington Investments for a
hotel development project. This is about a quarter of La Digue. Nobody really
knows exactly who Loomington are, as the company’s real owners are hidden
behind an offshore company in British Virgin Islands. Ever since, there have been a lot of
speculations about what was really happening. The concerned citizens, wanting
to preserve the area, searched for information as best they could. Government found
it appropriate to play the game of cat and mouse.
T575 covers the area at the southernmost tip of Mahe where
two of the most beautiful beaches in Seychelles are situated; Petite Police and
Grand Police. It also has landmarks of extreme historical importance; the lighthouse,
the plantation house and associated edifices. With possibly the largest wetland
on the island with an immaculate ecosystem, the area is also a sanctuary for
sea turtle nesting. Say no to grand
police hotel!
AP
