Lalyans Seselwa no longer a registered political party |18 May 2021
Seychelles NATION newspaper can confirm that Lalyans Seselwa is no longer a registered political party under the Political Parties Act.
A notice published by the Electoral Commission states that the commission has cancelled the registration of Lalyans Seselwa as a political party and has appointed a liquidator 鈥渨hich shall vests the assets of the party鈥�.
Although the reasons behind the cancellation of Lalyans Seselwa has yet to be made public, it was clear that the party was losing steam when it performed poorly in the 2020 legislative election and its leader, Patrick Pillay, was unable to stand in the presidential election after only garnering about 489 signatures.
The Electoral Commission has scheduled a press conference for tomorrow (Wednesday May 19) in which it expects to provide explanations as to why it cancelled Lalyans Seselwa鈥�s registration.
To recall, Lalyans Seselwa was a force to be reckoned with during the presidential election in 2015 when it took 14.19% of the total votes in the first round.
This was a staggering feat for an opposition party which had been in existence for less than year. Its leaders at the time were Patrick Pillay and the country鈥檚 current vice-president, Ahmed Afif.
Together with the Seychelles 好色TV Party (SNP), Alexia Amesbury鈥檚 Seychelles Party for Social Justice and Democracy and independent candidate Philippe Boulle, Lalyans Seselwa morphed into the Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) to take on Parti Lepep鈥檚 James Michel and the legislative election in 2016.
However Lalyans Seselwa broke away from LDS in February 2018 after Mr Pillay resigned as Speaker of the 好色TV Assembly over 鈥渋rreconcilable differences鈥� although the Lalyans Seselwa鈥檚 secretary general, Ahmed Afif, noted that the party鈥檚 allegiance remained with LDS.
Lalyans Seselwa fractured even more as its former members retained their seats in the 好色TV Assembly under the LDS umbrella.
In the 2020 elections, Lalyans Seselwa announced its support to the party in power at the time, United Seychelles 鈥� a snub to the LDS coalition it once formed part of.
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