The Seychelles National Party (SNP) has called on Cable & Wireless to maintain its traditional independence of local party politics, during the current election campaign period.
The SNP’s caution came following the publication of a middle section insert bought by the company in the ruling party’s newspaper, The People to advertise its mobile services.
The party’s Secretary General, Roger Mancienne said it is not fair to the company’s staff to be seen so closely associated with a particular political party.
An open letter addressed to Cable & Wireless’ CEO Charles Hammond, published in the latest Regar newspaper, Mr Mancienne, nonetheless wrote “we respect the decision of the company to advertise in whichever newspaper and in whatever manner it wishes.”
However, he said “we have decided to call this matter to your attention because only two weeks ago, all Cable & Wireless’ employees were, for the first time since Seychelles returned to a multi-party political system, officially cautioned not to publicly display their political affiliation during the election campaign period.”
So far there has been no public statement about the issue from Cable & Wireless.
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