{"id":21942,"date":"2023-01-06T15:25:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T15:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act"},"modified":"2023-01-06T16:52:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T16:52:21","slug":"mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act","title":{"rendered":"Mayor\u2019s Office deplores vandalism act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Mayor\u2019s Office has deplored an act of vandalism which occurred yesterday and targeted two statues located in the Peace Park in Victoria, namely Mahatma Ghandhi and Nelson Mandela statues.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of Victoria, David Andre, said he was alerted yesterday morning that papers brandishing \u201chateful and xenophobic words\u201d, had been placed onto the two statues, to which he alerted the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy office and I personally condemn such acts, as should any Seychellois. It is a wrongful act and is bad for our country\u2019s image. This is not what Seychelles stands for,\u201d stated Mr Andre.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Andre said there are security cameras installed in the area and hopefully they will be able to identify the person or persons responsible for the vandalism act.<\/p>\n<p>The bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, who is known as the father of the Indian nation, was unveiled in June last year, whereas that of former South African president, Nelson Mandela, was in July 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The statues are to commemorate the lives, achievements and contributions of both iconic world figures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1021\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21940 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/sites\/30\/2023\/01\/postMediaimg_51_1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/sites\/30\/2023\/01\/postMediaimg_51_1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/sites\/30\/2023\/01\/postMediaimg_51_1-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/sites\/30\/2023\/01\/postMediaimg_51_1-768x980.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/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. The Mayor\u2019s Office has deplored an act of vandalism which occurred yesterday and targeted two statues located in the Peace Park in Victoria, namely Mahatma Ghandhi and Nelson Mandela statues. The Mayor of Victoria, David Andre, said he was alerted yesterday morning that papers brandishing \u201chateful and xenophobic words\u201d, had been placed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":21941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,13],"tags":[234,268,233],"class_list":["post-21942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","category-social","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) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mayor\u2019s Office deplores vandalism act - Seychelles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Mayor\u2019s Office has deplored an act of vandalism which occurred yesterday and targeted two statues located in the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayor\u2019s Office deplores vandalism act\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mayor\u2019s Office has deplored an act of vandalism which occurred yesterday and targeted two statues located in the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Seychelles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-06T15:25:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-06T16:52:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/sites\/30\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673006221.99.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Mayor\u2019s Office deplores vandalism act\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-06T15:25:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-06T16:52:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act\"},\"wordCount\":193,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/sites\/30\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1673006221.99.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Seychelles\",\"Seychelles\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\",\"Social\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/mayors-office-deplores-vandalism-act\",\"name\":\"Mayor\u2019s Office deplores vandalism act - 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