SEYCHELLES SLOPPED PLAYING FIELD MEANS LESS FDI

SEYCHELLES SLOPPED PLAYING FIELD MEANS LESS FDI

For years now, under James Michel, we have witnessed a slopped economic playing field, that is tipped heavily in fovor of James Michel's close friends like Sheikh Khalifa Bin Al Zayed Al Nayan, the ruler of the UAE directly against other players like Qatar, Emirates, Dubai groups and even his own people the SESELWA RASIN.

President James A. Michel
Such gross favoritism in the market place creates insecurity for investors and encourages Seselwa Rasin investors to look for investments overseas, where they know they are more likely to be treated with an even and fair hand, more so, then in Seychelles James Michel's world. It is really Another World, and nothing can describe it better than that. That discouragement results in capital flight to Mauritius, Australia, even USA where many PL loyalists now have villas. All and all, it means capital outward flight from Seychelles. Mukesh sends money to Florida; Adam banks in California, Cyprus, Mauritius; Rajiv banks $20 Million cash in penthhouse in Singapore, others bank money in India, Bangalore and build towns. Add it up Mr Michel and you will know what does not work in Seychelles and why.

QATAR AIRWAYS PULLS OUT OF SEYCHELLES OVERNIGHT
After commencing operations in 2004, when Seychelles was desperate for additional carrier following the blow out of Air France and the departure of British Airways, Qatar Airways saved the day, started three Flights a week to Seychelles from dismal, pathetic, DOHA International Airport then.

We all relished the additional flights and the seats remained full because Qatar offered fine rates and decent food on board. No one cared if they did not over in Doha. It is a pathetic place and people generally unfriendly. They really need to plant some trees and orchids there with all that money from natural gas reserve and rent from the largest US military base in the world outside of the USA.

When Air Seychelles was going bankrupt last year, Qatar Airways popped an offer on the table to take over part interest in Air Seychelles, code share and get the line moving again in the right direction. This deal was near closure, and was shut down, along with the promise in year 2000 to the Qatari Royal Family, of a few hundred acres of land to build a hotel, which the Michel Administration never delivered since the land never belong to the Government of Seychelles legally. Shameful indeed that Michel Administration could not do a title search prior to promising a land deed.

When you deal with autocrats Mr Michel, you either give them what they want or they will pull out on a sneeze.

I have warned you about banking Seychelles economic future on autucrats before. Now you pay the price for ignoring my appeal. But we are not finished. We have just began on the issue of Mr Michel encouraging autocrats to invest in Seychelles to our own economic peril. Since Michel took State House in 2004 , salaries have gone up by 3% and inflation has compounded to 58%. That is not success Mr Michel. This is a recipe for failure, Sir.

EMIRATES CHIEF EXECUTIVE THREATENS TO PULL OUT OF SEYCHELLES OVERNIGHT.
In a meeting aired on SBC with Seychelles ministers present, which included Minister Alain St Ange (Tourism), Minister Christian Lionnet (Land and planning), Minister Joel Morgan (Internal Affairs and Transportation), Minister- His Right and Excellent Mr Pierre Laport (Minister of Finance), Chief Executive Director of Emirates His Excellency Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum replied when he was told his hotel project at Cap Ternay would be scaled down from 486 rooms to 180 rooms at a curbed investment of not less tha $300 million: "we have not build a hotel yet, we are not in the hotel business, we are an airline with movable assets......we can leave if the people do not want us here".

Well said you Excellency. You should stick to the airline business. Hotels in Seychelles lose money and are no longer functional with lack of infrastructure, nationwide.
Currently the Emirates Group Airlines runs 2 flights daily from Dubai. Seychellois love shopping in Dubai. We forget we are in a dessert there. The people are nice to us, unlike Doha and Abu Dhabi. We do not know why, but such is life, we preferDubai any day over Doha and Abu Dhabi. Emirates Chief should consider taking the $200 million he wants to put in a hotel on the edge of Mahe and invest in additional plane routes from Dubai to seal the market of what Emirates does best.

Diversification comes with a price at times: FAILURE.
I will tell you why, your hotel will never work in Seychelles, and it will be Your Excellency's Mea Culpa as a highly respected and great international level Chief CEO of the World's fastest growing airline company..........later.

Once again, in the case of Emirates, Mr Michel banked government land on an autocrat investor, and we have the threats rolling in of a "pull out Emirates Airlines", on the national table.
Fine, we have been there before, and we survived just fine as one Boss at SCAA said. Well said.

STAND UP MR MICHEL!
Mr Michel, stand up for Seychelles; stand up for the Environment, stand up for Cap Trnay Reserve: "tell Emirates to put their money where their mouth is: leave." We will find another airline next year to fill in the blank slots, right?

We have to be brave and face the challenges of the new age, as you said recently when you joined Etihad and Joel Morgan in a buffet over Air Seychelles assets, flight routes, and staff redundancies which suicide "Flying the Creole Spirit".
Show H.E. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum that pirate free spirit found in that fake "La Buse" painting done by that leaf drawer Italian artist from Malta that does free work for you, so you do not have to commission SESELWA RASIN artist to do State House works that sre intricately tied to our National Heritage.

PL NO SHOW FOR RAFFLES REAL INVESTOR IN SEYCHELLES
Last week Prince Talal Alaweed of Savvy and sharp businessman educated at Menlo College in Silicone Valley who is Saudi (Father) and Lebanese (Mother), politely turned up in Seychelles in his 747 private jet to open an executive housing development in Praslin ($137 million) under the Fairmont and Raffles brand (his brands earned the hard way). This investment comes on the heel of a $450 million investment in Raffles Hotel- Praslin. It is noteworthy that this single hotel has been named Indian Ocean Hotel of the Year for Two years running.
Not a single PL official turned up for this opening. I was, truly amazed.

In total Prince Talal who owns a significant interest in Citi Bank, just invested $300 million in Twitter has invested $650 million in Praslin. PL: $650 nillion in Praslin, remember Praslin?
Is James Michel and the PL clan telling us that investments in Seychelles will be recognized by his government only if they are Sheikh Khalifa Bin Nayan Al Zayed investments and no ther investors, no matter how much they invest?

Only last month the Minister of Employment trekked to Raffles to unfairly reprimand them on employment issues, that the entire country was facing. If we have no workers locally you blame Raffles, when you should be blaming yourselves PL? Is this blame game suppose to seriously increase bona fide FDI in Seychelles such as Raffles?

SHEIKH KHALIFA FDI YES! ALL OTHERS GO HOME!
After all, Mr Michel has doled out a handsome piece of frontage to Sheikh Khalifa to house his workers and equipment, right next to our international airport, where we could be expanding the same to keep up with Mauritius mega expansion in the region worth $400 million.

Is it not Mr Michel that handed deeds of SCR 1.0 to Sheikh Khalifa? Is it not Mr Michel that gave $450 million in tax free credits to build his house at La Misere? Now Grand Police Bay for how much Mr Michel?

This June 5th, has everyone forgotten about the terror of the Delo Kaka era, that made its way to Wall Street Journal, only to be silenced by Mr Michel as he rolled over Bernard Georges, his De Facto attorney in a meeting with the victims at State House?

Is this not the same Sheikh Khalifa who wants to turn a Zone "A" enviromental area at Grand Police Bay into a marina and luxury huts project?
This projectn is defended by Dr. Rolf Payet, a now an apparent rouge environmentalist, who did his doctorate on Coastal Erosion. This project will destroy marsh, orchid, birds, turtles, fish, fuana and we call on the international environmentalists to help us take a stand to stop the abuse of our Patrimony and National Heritage by Sheikh Khalifa, who is hell bent on expanding his UAE empire to the Seychelles Archipelago.
We Seychellois are not for sale, right Mr Michel? We Seychellois are not for sale, right "Dr." Payet? We Seychellois must face our realities and be strong to deal with them like the rest of Africa, right Mr Michel (sorry Miss Sarjanna Jenosovec).

STOP BABYING THE AUTOCRATS, IT KILLS FDI
It is the pampering of autocrats like Sheikh Khalifa which will make us 100% dependent on him and kill off all other bona fide FDI-PL. You are enslaving yourselves and Seychelles and you strategy of milking only Khalifa, will make us all more poor. What ou need is serious investment plan that is even handed for all Seychellois and all non Seychellois. Stop playing the "kiss the autocrat game" to garner investments. When you do this, you hurt Seychellois bottom line.

AUTOCRATS MEAN NATIONAL POVERTY AROUND THE WORLD
Banking on autocrats rulers is a dead end PL. The moment these autocrats sense they are not wanted, they pull out. Then you are left with nothing but broken pieces od a decade of fruitless effort.
Sheikh Al Maktoum showed you this on SBC and warned you of how he will react if he does not get what he wants. He is autocratic in mindset and is about to pull the plug on you.
Qatar Group has showed you this and they even gave you a September deadline to stop breathing, because they did not get what they want, irrespective of the single issue of weather or not they are entitled to what they want fairly.

Sheikh Khalifa will do the same PL. When he does, it will be very painful for you PL and very painful for Seychelles.
End the misery while you are not in too much pain.

Rebuild Seychelles with solid traditional partners, whose business culture is built on solid respect for human rights, democratic process, and respect for all citizens of Seychelles; yes PL, you must do the same.

Acting like an autocrat, sidelines all Seychellois in the investment equation. This will only hurt Seychelles and her people. wake up PL your FDI experiment with autocrats is about to expire.

Seselwa Unite!

Sesel Pou Seselwa!


May God Bless All Freedom Loving Seychellois and Our Beloved Seychelles!

Written by Christopher Gill, Leader of Seychelles Freedom Party.

http://seychellesrealitytoday.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/seychelles-slopped-playing-field-means.html

Comment:

Dear Mr Christopher Gill,

Your analysis and evaluation of the current situation in reasonably objective - Particularly dealing with Autocratic entities, multinationals whatever nationalities. These are issues when researching about a first Indian Ocean Industrial Investment Promotion Center in 1978 on ward we came across time and time again, the respective views and comments of senior UNIDO executives - beside then COMECON, then Warsaw Pact then USSR.

We have addressed the issues of those who made big fortunes in $ trillions and Billions on the back of that Liberation changes of the COMECON economic system - be they USA, British, German French, Italian or Arabs and Russian - After those who had been stupid daft to liberate the Communist system - those that move to take control of the economy and exert their influences.

What you as a young politicians from the South and Developing nation need to be clear and focus this terrible practice is deep rooted and the very Nation that preach democracy are the one who are the biggest abuser. Take the time to research properly the setting of of the EU and International Terrorist Legislation - what the issues were all about to stop the greater European public from talking and protesting about the mega abuse and working of their governments and politicians - that Legislation was meant shut them up. Do you recall the utter evil and criminal way the big bankers were working until 2008 - something totally awful had to happen to stop them those who know and have the capacity to work such discipline and mechanism .

Leading up to this situation the many years those individuals like my person who have mad important input in mega global economic and development issues and Banking.

We have been involved with Airbus since 1987, the many political process and strategy - the very big finance, the acquisitions and mergers, the Military and scientific side. Having work for so long that EU and International Terrorist legislation was designed and meant to shut somebody like our person for good in the name of National and international Security.

We have been equally involved with Boeing and both entities developing strategic corporate plans - airline and engine development. In the case of Airbus the President Mitterrand era and his European Heads of State Associates - Policy and big politic. The greater corporate strategy of be it Airbus -EADS and Boeing and others.

Until 2008 we can make a list of many complex international Airline take overs and mergers - when President FA Rene was in Office I/we shared a great deal of such/those information with his Office and in turn how he used it be it for the natin or his Associates.

Try and study the Gulf Region Airline development until 2008 - Airbus and Boeing have to make air planes and we have been involved taken part and contributed - particularly the child project of Air bus - we are not supposed/meant to make all the details public. Those who work on such project the make projection of which countries and Arline will be able to afford, the banking and financial background and very many other complexes issues, political strategy and partnership.

As a person who was importantly involved in the core development of the future EU enlargement economy and the COMECON change as such had to work on issues of what would take place after the COMECON and USSR changes, the Arab world and Gulf Region these were not accident an progressive issues they were planned and formulated in advance.

The economic boom which followed the COMECON change and the need for Oil and energy fuel gave the Arabs the means to acquire their important wealth base - we have also been involved and work on these issues importantly for the past 30 years.

They began to acquire stake in USA and European entities aggressively - part of the Middle East conflict and Indian Ocean is to manage the Gulf region appetite for aggressive acquisition of very big stake in European, USA economic and financial entities.

One cannot work in such field ans issues without being know and notice those leading Arab nations head of state they had not met our person their officials and experts had acquired sufficient knowledge and information about our abilities to work and manage such issues.

Before the Gulf mega reclamation and construction came into place - the Economic Indian Ocean RIM association project was on the table and all its complexities. These information were acquired by the Arab/Gulf region heads of state and their governments in instance those so call European consultants including Sir James Mancham who sold such information for cheap - unlike the Cold War era.

From the prospective of that SIROP program we put that Indian ocean Association economic entity - then followed the Dubai mega building and Housing project then the Arline. emirate and Ethiad came to Seychelles and that Tracking Station was sold for $1.

In such workings and negotiation President FA Rene had greater skill , abilities and knowledge as President JA Michel - President FA Rene was ruthless when it cake to such issues. He would let the Arab party know bluntly you are using my discipline, you are on my Turf - even if yo come with highly paid executive - I can veto your offers and much more.

Over the past 21 years we have spent a great deal of tine explaining and writing about these issue and managing them.

The complexities does not stop there - it is linked to the new global currency that is being put together again we have been involved importantly an d those who know the issues and those who made cause a very great deal of problem that this does not go forward.

We will be brief - Sechelles Seychelles does not have gold, very little oil or other economic riches - because of the uniqueness of that SIROP PROGRAM - those Arabs nations who have done their homework, the issues of Saddam Hussein., Kuwait, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and the impact of that program in EU and the USSR, the USA, Africa and China - that is one of the bigger reason the Arabs/those Arabs are being both aggressive and sweet towards the Seychelles - not its people. The daft approach of President JA Michel to get an observe seat on the security council; - he needs to get some more education form President FA Rene. Having written what we have above.

Just as you did a reasonable Job with that "di leau kaka - lamiser issues" it is not what we have learn at University an d the such - to explain bluntly to those Arab big multinational - the new strategy of the Indian ocean partnership in all its aspect. We the Seychellois nation laid the foundation, that SIROP program. that COI, the IOR Rim project and the change of OAU to African Union and those in Britain, at EU and USA level who know who were those involved to trigger the so cal North African Spring and why they were above to trigger this - the destruction of North African and Gulf Region mega economic progress.

As such the threats by Qatar, Ethiad, Emirate and the other to pull out of Seychelles unless they are allowed to do what they want will not work. If anything they are sleep walking into another Regional and global conflict and the scenario is not good. We have been there several times.

There is great undercurrent here , before we use do deal quasi directly with those Head of state and some of the most important corporate executives. President JA Michel played "the putin the Tart", he collected information form our person and then sold then cheap to those Arab entities for a little favor here and there - the Arabs High authority have become aware and hence their attitude and approach.

Do you and the Seychellois people know the cost of the Iraq war, the Kuwait war and other regional conflicts which has and is costing the Arab nation not a few $millions but $billions, President FA Rene was very aware of this - so much money they 100,000 Seychellois need never work again. Those involved in greater management know this position.

Those Arab know that certain aspect of the greater Seychelles working have got the capacity to influence their mega Financial, Markets working and combine total of the region and Gulf nations in $trillions - this Mr Christopher Gill is the stark reality. These Arabs want control and they are coming by the back door and window to try and gain control,and take control and you lot in Seychelles are not doing a good job to stop this.

By the way this will take is to the issues of the so call Pirate/Somali. One of the big challenge of President JA Michel is that they are still using Communist/Socialist discipline to solve ruthless Western workings - they need to reappraise their position - this is why we have been stating that that SENATE parliament ought to have long been in place that way the politic and democratic posture and position of negotiating and addressing the issue of Seychelles would have been very different.

On a light note - President J A Michel watches to many cheap Seychelles Spanish soap - it is going to his head.

The issues we have presented here is jut the tip of the iceberg. Endeavor to add what we have presented to you argument and present it to the greater public - see and watch their reaction. Including the Arabs and European.

Please try and note Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is also celebrating 60 years coronation our prospective if any of you in Seychelles can grasp it/them. Our parents and teacher use to say in come in one ear and goes out the other with all the doctorates and diplomas.

{There are such things as Cloud collaboration and the many female in Seychelles who will scream and yell when they loose their jobs ans in the past instead of helping with editing and such input}