We pay our respects to the memory of my brave friend Gerard Hoarau

9th September 2024

By Lewis BetsyI hold very dear the memory of my close friend Gerard Hoarau, who was assassinated outside his London home in 1985.Gerard was a proud fighter for a democratic Seychelles and paid the ult... more...

Westminster Abbey National Day of Seychelles Evensong

National Day for Seychelles commemorated at Westminster Abbey

3rd July 2024

A Special Mass (Evensong) was held at Westminster Abbey to commemorate the National Day of Seychelles.I was privileged to be among the guests from the Seychellois Diaspora who were invited.It was an e... more...

Independence Day is here… and now is the time we should achieve unity and save Seychelles

25th June 2024

By Lewis BetsyWe celebrate 48 years of Independence for Seychelles this year. And what a journey it has been.I remember the great pride we felt as the British Union Flag was lowered on 29th June 1976 ... more...

Coup victims have their plight broadcast online, but was President Ramkalawan listening?

27th March 2024

By Lewis BetsyIt was good to have a meeting of the TRNUC Victims’ Association broadcast globally online and hear what was said. Indeed, I hope President Ramkalawan took note.Association official... more...

Cruise ships boost tourism in the Vanilla Islands

25th March 2024

Former Seychelles tourism minister Alain St.Ange has been promoting the merits of the Vanilla Islands.Now an independent tourism consultant, he was speaking in Mayotte, which he visited during a lectu... more...

Farewell to my good friend Elvis Dias

14th March 2024

By Lewis BetsyThis is such a sad time as I have lost another dear friend, Elvis Dias.He died four days after his 66th birthday and with family and friends, I attended his funeral at Our Lady of the Vi... more...

By Lewis Betsy The scandal of what is happening with the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission is an outrageous insult to the people of Seychelles. In his State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Ramkalawan referred to the TRNUC, but he never offered anything serious or concrete concerning what would happen to the victims. I had previously warned that the Commission looked doomed to fail. Yet it must not fail. The Government must not let the victims down. The truth is that the TRNUC has become a joke for the LDS Government. They are playing politics with it and applying a delaying tactics strategy with the victims. The time has come to say enough is enough. My case number is No 2 and I am sure by now the Government must have had an idea where mine and all the many other cases were heading. It is not that difficult. We simply want justice and compensation for all the hurt we have suffered since 1977. Naturally, we need answers to achieve closure. In the meantime, we are forced to wait and trauma continues to impact families. Those that decided to stay in Seychelles have also suffered, but it was their choice not to bring their cases to the TRNUC. It appears there is a blame culture going on: We are not children of Seychelles now because we brought our cases to the TRNUC. However, the suffering goes on for all.. For some victims it is too late. They have died with no answers forthcoming. So I ask: Where are the lists and names of the perpetrators? Why is the President keeping the lists from us? Is he protecting someone? Of the few perpetrators who came to the TRNUC, only five or six of them publicly said sorry for what they had done. And that was it. I note that many other known perpetrators are out and about in town, mixing freely with the public. It has become a sick joke and we, the victims, are suffering. The fact is I believe the TRNUC has become such a shambles that no one wants to deal with it. The LDS have the power they want and are cynically running the country without a care in the world. They have no sense of responsibility or duty. The LDS government is trying to wash its hands when it comes to paying the victims – though I see that they managed to find the money to pay all the Commissioners. Yet who set up this scenario in the first place? It was Ramkalawan and former President Danny Faure. Timing is all, of course, and there are elections next year. We’ve got to watch it, or LDS might use the victims again to get another term in office. The more you think about the issue the more it makes you sick. How on Earth are we ever going to achieve unity in Seychelles when this situation persists?

The TRNUC is a complete shambles… it is an outrage that Ramkalawan must fix

11th March 2024

By Lewis BetsyThe scandal of what is happening with the Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity Commission is an outrageous insult to the people of Seychelles.In his State of the Nation Address (SONA... more...

Hope: Lewis Betsy meets President Danny Faure at State House on 16th March 2017 to discuss unity.

We must pursue the idea of unity, the future of Seychelles depends on it

11th March 2024

By Lewis BetsyI write this with a great sense of loss and despair. For decades now I have campaigned for my beloved Seychelles to achieve unity.It is now March 2024 and there is nothing like it in sig... more...

Cruise ships boost tourism in the Vanilla Islands

25th March 2024

Musical welcome: A Maore cultural group

Former Seychelles tourism minister Alain St.Ange has been promoting the merits of the Vanilla Islands.

Now an independent tourism consultant, he was speaking in Mayotte, which he visited during a lecture tour on the luxury cruise ship The World.

A Maore cultural group in traditional light blue dresses sang and played their drums on his arrival at Mamoudzou.

Mr St.Ange was the founding president of the Vanilla Islands – the Indian Ocean organisation made up of Seychelles, Reunion, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros and Mayotte.

He said that the organisation remains as relevant today as it was when it was launched years ago and commended its success in cruise tourism. However, he added, that more needed to be done to ensure that all the islanders benefited directly from their tourism industry.

Lecture tour: Alain St.Ange visits Mayotte

His working trip also takes him to Mozambique, Mozambique Island, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Comoros and Kenya before returning to Seychelles.

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