Rt Hon David Cameron MP - UK Parliament
10 Downing Street,
London, SW1A 2AA
Dear Prime Minister,
It is with regret that I have read that you have recently
sent a message to congratulate James Michel on his election victory as the
President of the Seychelles.
As you are well aware, the last presidential elections that
were held on the 18th of December 2015 in the Seychelles have been contentious
and are disputed. Following allegations of widespread vote rigging, bribing of
voters and intimidation of opposition voters, the opposition parties have
referred this matter to the courts in the Seychelles. The case is ongoing. The
government of the United States of America has raised serious questions about
the validity of those election results and has called on the regime to address
the concerns raised by the opposition.
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| James Michel; the illegal President |
My family is of Seychellois descent and my husband was exiled
from Seychelles by this very regime that has held an iron grip in the
Seychelles since they usurped power in the Seychelles on the 5th of June 1977.
His brother, Gerard Hoarau, who was the leader of the exiled opposition was
gunned down in the streets of London on the 29th of November 1985. This case
has yet to be solved by Scotland Yard. Previous to that agents of that regime
had illegally bugged his house on British soil. The current regime in the
Seychelles has changed very little from the one that usurped power in 1977.
James Michel was one of the ringleaders in that coup that eventually led to the
imprisonment, forced exile and disappearances of many political opponents.
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| James Michel; the terrorist |
Frankly we are deeply dismayed by your congratulatory
message to James Michel and his regime especially as those election results are
still being contested in the courts. While I applaud the stand of the US
government in this regard, we feel that your message, which is tantamount to
one of support and recognition for such a regime was ill timed and is a
complete betrayal of the conservative values of democratic, responsible and
accountable governance that is the very essence why we vote Conservative. This
regime and its supporters are now using your message, pasting it all over social
media as a ringing endorsement of them and their methods.
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| US Ambassador Vilarosa with Linyon Sanzman leaders |
We wish to express our disappointment and urge you as both a
Conservative and Prime Minister of Britain, one of the world’s oldest
democracies to be more critical of that regime so as to help in the ongoing
struggle to establish real democracy and transparent governance in the
Seychelles.
Yours sincerely,
Josette Hoarau
Source:Seychelles Hero: Gerard Hoarau Group
