Excerpts of an interview published in the Romanian political science journal Sfera Politicii (No. 141, November 2009):
Over recent months I have often been asked to save “paradise” from its troubled waters, hence my repeated calls for us to focus our attention in a mood of reconstruction and reconciliation. Our country is today one of the most indebted nations of the world. Seychellois are not only disappointed but frustrated in the way things are developing. They are saying that a majority of the people would vote for a change, if there was unity behind a credible leadership on the side of the opposition forces....
My priority remains the emergence of a Government of National Development and Reconstruction. It is not that important who leads that government provided, it is a government which is sincerely committed to national reconciliation and committed to pursue a Seychelles First policy in a transparent way. I want to see a Seychelles where the Seychellois feel proud and dignified again....
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