Dr. Ramadoss "Dream Team" Attempt To Take Seychelles Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Ramadoss, the infamous doctor who came to Seychelles as an Army doctor in “savat mi dans pous” on a pittance salary of SCR. 3,000.00 per month, who became the doctor of Communist Presidents, then the gaming King of Seychelles, to juice and milk mogul, and opponent to bring down Joe Albert, crush Vijay, take over from James Michel, has launched his dream team to now hijack the Seychelles Chamber of Commerce from Seychellois once again.

Mr. Clifford Andre Chairman

The Ramadoss Dream Team is led by Clifford Andre, the EX- TREASURER of the SCCI who for two years, hardly ever turned up to check the books. The staff led by Secretary General Juliette Sicobo, had to make do with Quickbooks and manage the accounts themselves.

Mr. Andre has a COLOURFUL career. He was President James Michel legal consul for a time, until he was unceremoniously terminated. Reasons are not Public, but you can use your imagination.

For a while he was a SPPF –PL member of the National Assembly.

Then he ran an offshore company registration scheme and this year his company was struck by SIBA for not filing returns in 2014.

One begs to ask, if Mr. Andre is elected Chairman of SCCI, if he will turn up to the office over the next Two years or if SCCI will be struck from the Associations List.

Ahmed Afif Vice Chairman

The Ramadoss Dream Team is supported by Ahmed Afif, ex Principal Secretary of Ministry of Finance. Mr. Afif recently became CEO of Seychelles Airlines, and he is attempting to get the green light for his airline company to fly.

He was nudging the government on Pure FM before he was removed. The program was popular with the Public.  

Mr. Afif has a good grip on economics and the inner workings of the Seychelles government, but very bad rapport with the government, who he once served. He was in government when the Lehman Brothers Bonds were signed and became due. The default followed and negotiations with IMF ensued under Mr. Afif.

Peter Rosalie Treasurer

Peter Rosalie is the Treasurer of the Ramadoss Dream Team. One only wonders what made Rosalie join this “Dr. Ramadoss Dream Team”?

We wish him well.

Doctor, Doctor, Doctor

The Public will recall, the Doctor was Chairman for the SCCI for many years. During those years, full page photos (color) of him smiling, with his handle bar moustache made the papers almost every week it seemed.

On trips abroad the Doctor would accompany James Michel and one started to get the feeling that Seychelles belonged to the Doctor and we will all be lucky to become his patient. Under a consultancy, he was placed in charge of the hospital, and garnered the catering contract at one point. Nothing much improved.

 In Praslin, Doctor open another Casino: Casino Des Iles. It has gone bankrupt and the grounds are abandoned now. Grass is growing three feet high and it is rat infested. Drug addicts live inside, on and off. A new hotel is opening now in Grand Anse with 30 rooms. The property is already on sale for SCR. 100 Million. The FIU is watching him day and night, I was advised by a fisherman.

Doctor has had a bad run in even with  Joe Albert. He ran Praslin-Express Ferry. At one point, Joe, known for his solid boxing skills almost took him out in a cocktail at Ile Du Port. Doctor of course is hardly a boxer, but tends to rely on the charisma of his sole weapon: the extra long handle bar moustache that conceals his extra large puffy lips and takes the attention off the wallet packet. Praslin –Express never made it to operational stage, too many enemies were created for the ferry business.

Doctor from my view has had little respect for Seychellois and those businesses that built Seychelles yet to mention the small entrepreneur. He even open a grocery store in Mont Fleuri, called it” People’s Market” ( who are you kidding?)  and cut down the mango tree I and others use to play underneath as a child. Surely, someone else could have open a grocery store? I wonder if he replanted any mango trees? Doubt it.

FIU and SCCI

Since FIU is apparently hot on Doctor’s heels, he is now banking on a "Dream Team" at SCCI to save him and defend him and perhaps insulate him.

For this and this is enough to vote his Dream Team out of SCCI because they are asking for the Public’s trust for the wrong reason, they themselves, may not be aware of.

The above is an Opinion of Dr. Christopher Gill

( Hell- everyone is a Doctor around here).