{"id":33354,"date":"2023-08-05T18:14:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T18:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/cabinet-refutes-claims-of-minister-radegondes-possible-link-to-gerard-hoaraus-death"},"modified":"2023-08-05T19:03:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T19:03:18","slug":"cabinet-refutes-claims-of-minister-radegondes-possible-link-to-gerard-hoaraus-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/cabinet-refutes-claims-of-minister-radegondes-possible-link-to-gerard-hoaraus-death","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet refutes claims of Minister Radegonde\u2019s possible link to Gerard Hoarau\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span><b>Cabinet has condemned and deplored what it has described as \u201cthe baseless suggestion\u201d in a local newspaper that Minister Sylvestre Radegonde might be linked to the death of Gerard Hoarau.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This was during the scheduled cabinet briefing chaired by President Wavel Ramkalawan on Wednesday this week, at which a number of policy memoranda were approved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCabinet confirmed the request from the Scotland Yard to interview some Seychellois citizens in relation to the death of Gerard Hoarau, but that Minister Radegonde was not one of those citizens,\u201d says a press release from the Office of the President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCabinet considers such baseless innuendo as a personal attack on the integrity of a member of cabinet,\u201d adds the press release.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet reiterated that the Seychelles authorities will cooperate with Scotland Yard in the said investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Ge\u0301rard Hoarau (December 7, 1950 \u2013 November 29, 1985) was an exiled opposition leader and was head of the Mouvement Pour La Resistance (MPR) that sought the overthrow of the France Albert Rene\u0301 regime which had come to power on June 5, 1977 in a coup d&#8217;e\u0301tat.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition was based in London.<\/p>\n<p>Hoarau was assassinated on November 29, 1985 by an unidentified gunman, on the doorstep of his home in Edgware, in North London. He was 34 years old then.<\/p>\n<p>The British police have never solved his murder, but it is claimed that the Rene\u0301 government was highly implicated.<\/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. Cabinet has condemned and deplored what it has described as \u201cthe baseless suggestion\u201d in a local newspaper that Minister Sylvestre Radegonde might be linked to the death of Gerard Hoarau. 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