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FITCH SOUNDS THE ALARM Spending up. Tourists down. Debt rising. And YOU will pay.Last year Fitch warned that wider budge...
06/10/2026

FITCH SOUNDS THE ALARM
Spending up. Tourists down. Debt rising. And YOU will pay.

Last year Fitch warned that wider budget deficits could hurt Seychelles' credit rating.

This year Fitch says the deficit will jump from 0.4% to 2.4% of GDP. That's six times wider in one year.

What does that mean for you?

It means the government is spending more than it collects. To fill the gap, it borrows. On 22 September it took another US$34 million loan.

Every rupee borrowed today must be repaid tomorrow, with interest, by you and I. It comes back through your taxes, your bills and your shopping basket.

And the worst may not have arrived yet.

Central Bank warned on 30 September that global fuel and food price rises haven't fully reached us.

Hard times are not a risk. They are a matter of time.

Families are already telling us they must choose between buying food and paying for electricity. In 2026 we are seeing Seychellois searching rubbish bins. This is Seychelles, not a story from somewhere else.

President Patrick Herminie and Vice President Sebastien Pillay, where is the financial discipline?

President France-Albert René, the founder of your own party, used to say one thing in hard times: "Ser sang." Tighten our belts.

So we ask the question every family is asking,

Are we going back to the days of "ser sang"? Is THIS the promise United Seychelles made to all of us?

Happy Teachers' DayTo every teacher, school leader, assistant, and education worker across Seychelles, thank you.Before ...
05/10/2026

Happy Teachers' Day

To every teacher, school leader, assistant, and education worker across Seychelles, thank you.

Before any of us became a doctor, a fisherman, an entrepreneur or a minister, someone stood at the front of a classroom and believed in us first. That someone was you. You did it on long days, with limited resources, often without the recognition you deserved. And you kept showing up.

We are the people who believe education is the foundation of a free and prosperous nation, so we must give those who carry it the respect, support and conditions they have earned. Not just today, but every day of the school year.

Imagine a morning where every child walks into a classroom feeling safe, curious and capable, and every teacher walks in feeling valued. That starts with all of us, parents, employers, community leaders and government, standing behind the people who shape our children.

To our educators, keep up the remarkable work. Your patience builds character, your lessons build futures, and your example builds the nation.

You do not stand alone. SUM and our people will continue to stand side by side with you.

With gratitude and respect,
Maarco Francis

SCR 9 MILLION TO WALK AWAY?A former Central Bank Governor has left office more than three years before the end of the si...
29/09/2026

SCR 9 MILLION TO WALK AWAY?

A former Central Bank Governor has left office more than three years before the end of the six-year mandate she was given in March 2024.

Caroline Abel was reappointed Governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles on 14 March 2024 for a third six-year term. Her mandate was therefore expected to run until 2030.

On 3 September 2026, however, the Central Bank announced that Abel had tendered her resignation to President Patrick Herminie, with her departure taking effect on 16 September.

Now comes the question that deserves an answer.

SUM has received information that a package worth approximately SCR 9 million was approved in connection with her early departure.

If that figure is correct, the public deserves to know exactly what it represents.

Is it compensation?

Is it an agreed settlement?

Does it include benefits, allowances or other payments?

And most importantly, why was it necessary?

This is public money.

A nurse does not get SCR 9 million for leaving a job early.
A police officer does not get SCR 9 million for leaving a job early.
A civil servant does not get SCR 9 million for leaving a job early.

So if SCR 9 million was paid or committed, Seychellois taxpayers have a legitimate right to understand the legal basis, the calculation and the circumstances.

There is another important question.

When Caroline Abel was reappointed in March 2024, the appointment was for six years.

Less than two and a half years later, that mandate has ended.

What changed?

The government should publish the agreement and the full breakdown of every payment connected to the departure.

Not rumours.

Not political statements.

The documents. The numbers. The explanation.

If SCR 9 million was not paid, say so.

If it was paid, tell the country exactly what we paid for.

Public money deserves public answers.

After the Holocaust, the world made a promise: never again. Not "never again for some." Never again.For decades, Israel ...
28/09/2026

After the Holocaust, the world made a promise: never again. Not "never again for some." Never again.

For decades, Israel carried the world's sympathy because of the horror done to the Jewish people.
That sympathy was earned in blood. But sympathy is not a blank cheque.

The ICJ has ordered Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, a UN inquiry has concluded genocide is taking place, and thousands of women and children are dead.

Condemning the Israeli government is not hatred of Jews. Many Jews stood outside the UN last week saying exactly what I'm saying.

On September 24, 77 delegations walked out or left their seats empty when Netanyahu spoke. Many of them told the world why.

The President has said Seychelles was not in the hall. We take him at his word. But being absent is not the same as taking a stand.

So we ask plainly, was Seychelles absence a protest? If so, why haven't we said it? And if not, where do we stand?

We are a small nation that knows what it means to have our voice ignored, so we must never let silence speak for us when the powerless need it most.

Like you, we at SUM want a Seychelles that stands on principle, which is why we refuse to accept "we weren't there" as a foreign policy.

Where should Seychelles stand? Tell us below.

27/09/2026

ONE YEAR OF UNITED SEYCHELLES

One year ago, Seychellois voted for change.

We were promised a new United Seychelles.

New leadership.
New ideas.
New people.
A new way of governing.

The slogan was simple:

“For the many, not the few.”

So after one year, it is fair to ask one simple question:

What has actually changed?

Because for many Seychellois, the answer is becoming harder to see.

The cost of living remains one of the biggest concerns facing families. Government itself has acknowledged that Seychelles is dealing with exceptionally high living costs, while promising that essential commodity prices would come down during 2026.

Electricity prices have also become a major issue. Government introduced a new fuel cost adjustment, increasing charges on consumption above 400 kWh on commercial and government consumers, the cost is passed on the the people.

And then there is government spending.

The 2026 budget amounts to SCR 11.84 billion.

The government says it is committed to fiscal responsibility.

But at the same time, five commissions of inquiry are now projected to cost SCR 14.83 million, compared with the SCR 5.85 million originally allocated, leaving another SCR 8.98 million to be sought through supplementary funding.

These are not abstract numbers.

Every rupee ultimately comes from the people of Seychelles.

And this is where we have to ask:

Where is the new politics we were promised?

Where is the new way of doing things?

Where is the government that promised to put the many before the few?

Because when ordinary families are being told to manage rising costs, while government commitments and expenditure continue to expand, people are entitled to ask whether the priorities are right.

One year is not the end of a government.

There is still time to deliver on promises.

There is still time to change course.

There is still time to prove that “For the many, not the few” means something more than a campaign slogan.

SUM will continue to watch, question and scrutinise.

Not because we want to see Seychelles fail.

Quite the opposite.

We want Seychelles to succeed.

And after one year, Seychellois deserve more than promises.

They deserve results.

Forget the Process. Fix the Country.

While the President flew to New York this week to sell the world a "digital Seychelles," hardworking families back home ...
22/09/2026

While the President flew to New York this week to sell the world a "digital Seychelles," hardworking families back home were left rationing every gigabyte they can barely afford and STILL waiting for a single promise to load.

On a stage in New York, telling an audience of dignitaries about our glorious digital future. Connectivity. Innovation. Payment systems. The big words rolled out one after another, polished and rehearsed.

Now come home, Mr President. Come home to the mother in Anse Boileau checking her phone balance before she lets her child watch one more video. Come home to the guesthouse owner on La Digue whose signal drops in the middle of a booking. Come home to the young Seychellois who was promised the "jobs of the future" and is still waiting for the training that never arrives.

Because here is what they will not put on a stage in New York.

The plan has no plan. They tell us Seychelles will be a fully digital government "by 2030." Convenient, isn't it? A date far enough away that nobody in office today ever has to answer for it. So we ask the simple question a serious government would already have answered. WHERE ARE THE NUMBERS? Not one published deadline. Not one benchmark you can check. Not one target the President is willing to be judged against before the next election. A promise you are not allowed to measure is not a promise. It is a performance.

The bills keep climbing. They talk about "affordable, high-quality internet" while ordinary households still pay hundreds of rupees a month for a fistful of gigabytes on the same networks that have squeezed this country for years. Their big answer? A licence for Elon Musk's satellites premium internet, priced for those who can already afford it, while everyone else counts their data like coins. Tell us plainly, Mr President, has the bill for a working family gone DOWN this year? Yes or no?

Our young people are being left behind. The World Bank warns foreign workers already make up around a THIRD of our labour force and up to 39% of private-sector jobs. The government's own paperwork admits our local workforce is shrinking and must be "upskilled." Admits it! And what is the plan? Slogans about AI in schools, while the adult Seychellois looking for a better job today gets nothing but a speech. If you will not train our own people, do not act surprised when the jobs go to those you fly in.

We are the people who built a nation on three small rocks in the ocean with grit and nothing else. We do not need to be told about the future by men who cannot deliver the present.

Imagine a morning where you renew a licence on your phone in five minutes, where your child learns online without rationing data, where a small business files everything without a single trip to Victoria. That morning does not begin with a speech in New York. It begins with three honest numbers this government refuses to give you, a real deadline, a training count, and a data price that finally falls.

Until then, we will keep asking the question they flew four thousand miles to avoid.

Is this a digital revolution or just the same old government, buffering?

PAID TWICE. ANSWERABLE TO ONLY HERMINIE & PILLAY'S That is what the nation learned this week, serving judges sitting on ...
17/09/2026

PAID TWICE. ANSWERABLE TO ONLY HERMINIE & PILLAY'S

That is what the nation learned this week, serving judges sitting on President Herminie's commissions of inquiry are pocketing commission pay on top of their full judicial salaries. Paid twice while ordinary Seychellois are told to tighten their belts.

And that is only where the questions begin.

The President set up five commissions. The bill so far, SCR14.83 million and rising. Only SCR5.85 million was ever budgeted. Now the government is quietly coming back for another SCR8.98 million through a supplementary vote.

Inquiries that were supposed to last six months have been handed something no taxpayer ever agreed to, now no end date at all. No date means no limit. No limit means your money, indefinitely.

Then there is the pay. Parliament was told chairpersons take SCR118,034 a month and commissioners SCR59,017. But one of those commissioners has told us, in plain words, that he actually receives around SCR80,000 a month. So which is it? Is it the SCR59,000 the government read into the record or the SCR80,000? One of those numbers is not the truth. Mr President, Mr Vice-President which one?

Is the figure gross or net? Does it include allowances? Sitting fees?

Nobody in State House will say. There is one honest answer, and it fits on a single page, publish every rupee paid to every commissioner, fee, allowances, tax, total. If there is nothing to hide, hide nothing.

These commissions were established by the President and are run and funded from his own office. The scope, the runaway cost, the clock with no off-switch they belong to Patrick Herminie and Sebastien Pillay.

Like every Seychellois, we were promised a government that counts every rupee. Instead we have judges paid twice, a bill with no ceiling, and a State House that won't answer a simple question. We are the people who pay for all of it so we are the people entitled to the truth.

SCR14.83 million and counting. Six months that became forever. When does it end and who is really cashing the cheques?

Our thoughts and prayers are with the men and women of the Seychelles Defence Forces and the Coast Guard following the t...
16/09/2026

Our thoughts and prayers are with the men and women of the Seychelles Defence Forces and the Coast Guard following the tragic incident aboard Patrol Ship Andromache.

To the crew member who has been rescued, we are deeply relieved that you are safe.

To the two sailors who remain missing, and to their families and loved ones who are waiting anxiously for news, our hearts are with you.

We stand with the search and rescue teams who are out at sea, working tirelessly in the hope of bringing our missing sailors home.

May they be found safe. May their families find strength. And may every person involved in the search return safely.

Seychelles is with you. 🇸🇨

Seychelles United Movement (SUM)

11/09/2026

🚨 PORT VICTORIA: WHAT ARE THEY NOT TELLING YOU?

Something is happening around Port Victoria, and Seychellois deserve to understand exactly what is being proposed.

The country's most important gateway. One of our most strategic national assets. The port that handles our trade, our imports, our exports and a huge part of our economy.

And now we are being told that the Port is being offered to a private company.

But what exactly does that mean?

Who is behind the deal?

What is being offered?

For how long?

What does Seychelles get in return?

What happens to our national interests?

And most importantly, what has been discussed behind closed doors that the public has not yet been told?

These are not small questions.

When politicians make decisions involving strategic national assets, the people have a right to know what is being negotiated in their name.

Maarco Francis breaks down what is happening and asks the questions that those in power may not want you asking.

No slogans.

No political theatre.

Just the questions that matter.

Who benefits?

What is Seychelles giving away?

And what will Seychellois actually get in return?

Watch Maarco's video and decide for yourself.

🇸🇨 Port Victoria belongs to Seychelles. Its future belongs to the Seychellois people.

The politicians may keep talking. We will keep asking questions.

Forget the Process. Fix the Country.

06/09/2026

ONE BUGGY. TOO MANY QUESTIONS.

A brand-new buggy, with air conditioning, photographed being shipped from Mahé to La Digue.

On an island where you cannot import a buggy unless you are a resident and have a business there. On an island where Cabinet suspended all new buggy and electric vehicle approvals on 7 August, until further notice. On an island Government itself declared at capacity back in 2022.

So who is this one for?

Government now says it was a gift to President Patrick Herminie. It also confirms the buggy was first registered in his personal name, not State House, and that this is "being corrected."

Fine. Then tell the people:

Who donated it? Where did it come from? What was it worth? Who approved the importation? Who approved the registration?

And here is the part nobody can explain away: when the State receives a donation, there is a handover. A photo. A press release on the State House website. This time, nothing. Silence, until the paperwork leaked.

Because it did leak. The Principal Secretary for Land Transport is now away from the office while an investigation runs. Not into how a restricted vehicle reached La Digue. Into how the public found out.

Read that again. The leak is being investigated. The privilege is not.

We are not declaring anyone guilty. We are asking for the file. The documents. The approvals. The registration records. The donor.

Because a government cannot tell ordinary people the rules exist, then leave the country wondering whether those rules bend at the top. And no public servant should ever be put in a position where following the law and keeping his job are two different things.

Tonight, Maarco Francis asks the difficult questions.

Watch the full story.

In a democracy, the President is not above the rules. Neither is anyone else.

Forget the Process. Fix the Country.

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