{"id":1902,"date":"2022-01-31T07:47:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T07:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/united-seychelles-mourns-passing-of-former-vp-joseph-belmont"},"modified":"2022-01-31T08:25:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T08:25:49","slug":"united-seychelles-mourns-passing-of-former-vp-joseph-belmont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/united-seychelles-mourns-passing-of-former-vp-joseph-belmont","title":{"rendered":"United Seychelles mourns passing of former VP Joseph Belmont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span><b>&#8216;A golden heart has stopped beating&#8217; says party leader Patrick Hermimie.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United Seychelles mourns the passing away of one of its prominent members, former Vice-President Joseph Belmont.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVP Belmont, as he was affectionately called by party cadres, was a man of great humility, a patriot and a humanitarian at heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is best remembered for the avant-garde role he played in the fight for social justice and the elimination of poverty in our beloved country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVP Belmont\u2019s political career predated our independence. His political astuteness, exceptional emotional intelligence and academic aptitude ensured that he rose through the ranks of the party and government to eventually become the Vice-President of his country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeychelles has indeed lost a great son who will be recognised by history as a man of resilience, fairness and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn my own behalf and on behalf of the United Seychelles, I send healing prayers and comforting thoughts to the families and friends of VP Belmont.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA golden heart has stopped beating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay his soul rest in eternal peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\">Seychelles<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Seychelles. &#8216;A golden heart has stopped beating&#8217; says party leader Patrick Hermimie. \u201cThe United Seychelles mourns the passing away of one of its prominent members, former Vice-President Joseph Belmont. \u201cVP Belmont, as he was affectionately called by party cadres, was a man of great humility, a patriot and a humanitarian at heart. \u201cHe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,12,16],"tags":[234,268,233],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-seychelles","tag-seychelles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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