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The Monstrosity of Soleil D'Or Another eyesore that has been scarring the beautiful North East Point landscape at Soleil D'Or, Mahe, Seychelles, is this mostrosity that has been sticking out like a sore thumb for more than 10 years now! How did this white elephant get planning permission? It belongs to a wealthy Ukranian mafiosi who has acquired the land (our patrimony), most likely bribed a high government official and got a passport and 'carte blanche' to erect this edifice that is tarnishing our image as a prime eco and environmentally conscious destination.

There is no doubt that the minister responsible for Planning (whoever it was at the time of construction) must have had a nice cut to allow this idiot to build such an eyesore. Or was it sanctioned by the Cabinet of Ministers, Mr. Dugasse? Well if that's the case then the whole cabinet should be fired!

We call upon the authorities to force the owner to tear down this atrocity as pretty soon the "Seselwa" will start chipping at it like the Berlin Wall. This horror is more like a bunker with no aesthetics. How could planning permission be granted? Unless of course some well connected hands were greased and some bank accounts fattened.

Shame on you SPPF / Parti Lepep for allowing so called 'investors' to destroy our pristine environment with impunity. We can no longer tolerate such arrogance! We cannot allow our patrimony to be prostituted for a few pieces of silver. Government needs to take a tough stance. All property speculators who are snapping up prime real estate just to leave it to waste or resell for a massive fortune should be BOOTED out of this country. We welcome investors yes, but we cannot stomach leeches and vampires who want to profit from James Michel's 'Sell Baby Sell' policy designed to rob the Seselwa of what is rightfully theirs.

Can anyone tell us what this Ukrainian mystery man has contributed to Seychelles as an investor apart from erecting this monstrosity to blot our landscape and tarnish our reputation? Perhaps those who have benefitted from his largesse can step forward and own up. Shame on you James Michel and your team of dodos. Ill gotten gains (bribes or otherwise) should go towards paying for our crumbling infrastructure instead of gallivanting the world with your begging bowl in hand.
Posted by STAR - Seychelles Truth And Reality at 9:29 AM 
What is that?Is it a Military fortress or a light house,or another example of PP collection of failures?

Jeanne D'Arc

May 14, 2010 at 9:42 AM 
Did the President over ride Planning Authority on this one as well?

Or did we recieve a scanner for it?

May 14, 2010 at 10:00 AM 
That monstrocity has been around for more than 10 years, I can tell you that. The 'fortress' has been erected in several phases and was supposed to be a hotel. That piece of concrete was however started already in Rene's time and naturally a part of the white-washed money ended up in one of his numerous accounts.

Hotels like these were built for a sole purpose: White-washing dirty money.

It would be interesting to see who gave the initial permission to build that. I'm sure planning's tranparent policy would allow public access into this.

Come on Tiklor, tell us all how Seychelles has benefitted from this one. Go on, I dare you.

Patrick X

May 14, 2010 at 1:58 PM 
After ten years in this derelict state, the MNA of Anse Etoile that happens to be Wavel Ramkalawan should make it his business in the House of the People to have this un-finished "monstrocity" bulldozed. TIKLOR.

May 14, 2010 at 6:11 PM 
Good point, but unfortunately a poor attempt on your behalf to divert the attention away from the ones who gave building permission for the monstrosity in the first place. No which idiot was that Tikolor and what role did Ramkalawan have in the process at the time the permit was given?


May 14, 2010 at 9:36 PM 
It would make a good prison.

May 15, 2010 at 9:17 AM 
This look like banger of Hitler during th second world war.


May 15, 2010 at 12:40 PM 
Montaign Posse prison is overcrowed, why not use this fortress as a new prison for Somali pirates and PP crooks?


May 15, 2010 at 5:46 PM Missy47 said... 
Any way me I will give my vote to SNP in the next election.Just to get reed of PP.

May 17, 2010 at 7:00 PM Patrick X said...

Miss 47,

I have previously said that the PL is the better option(without counting a new coming party till it's official), but now I am starting to share your opinion as the PL have sunk below the level of the SNP with all the Khalifa crap + other cock-ups they've done recently.

I support you completely in you decision to give the SNP your vote, but I hope that by the time the leection comes there will officially be other options that are better.


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