VICTORIA, Seychelles — President Wavel Ramkalawan has questioned the location of the National Information Services Agency (Nisa), headquartered on a plot of land at Bois De Rose that it leases from the United Seychelles party, and has called for a delinking of the media and printing company from the political party. The President raised the matter during his second live press conference for the year at State House yesterday evening.
“The agreement has a political history,” the President said, in response to a question from a journalist on a Motion to be tabled in the National Assembly by Gervais Henrie of the Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS), asking the parastatal company to cease any business dealings with the United Seychelles (US). The Motion, which was on the National Assembly agenda this week, has been pushed to next week.
The President’s comments signal a deepening debate about the institutional separation between the state-owned printing company and the former ruling party, which remains the main opposition. The arrangement has been a long-standing point of contention, with critics arguing that the public broadcaster and printer should not be located on property owned by a political party. The debate is expected to intensify in the run-up to the National Assembly’s consideration of the Motion next week.
