Seychelles National Assembly Truth Commission etc., Committee

The National Assembly has approved a bill that will set up a commission to provide the public with the opportunity to settle past political divisions and grievances that began with the 1977 coup d’état.

The Committee on Truth, Reconciliation and National Unity bill was brought before the National Assembly on Wednesday by Vice-President Vincent Meriton, who said that the bill will help to bring reconciliation and national unity in Seychelles, a group of 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean.