19-519: SPPF may refer to: Seychelles People's Progressive Front , a political party in Seychelles Société des producteurs de phonogrammes en France ; see SourceForge Shared Packed Parse Forest, see Earley parser Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SPPF . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
38-696: Is a political party in Seychelles . It publishes a newspaper called The People . It was known as the Seychelles People's Progressive Front ( French : Front Progressiste du Peuple Seychellois ) from 1978/9 to June 2009, when it changed its name to the People's Party ( Seychellois Creole : Parti Lepep , PL ). The party changed its name again in November 2018, from the People's Party to United Seychelles. The party
57-554: The 1993 general elections . The combined party won 9% of the vote, enabling it to appoint one member (Ramkalawan) to the National Assembly . In 1998 , Ramkalawan led his party into the second multi-party general elections. The party polled 27% of the national vote and increased its National Assembly representation to three, beating the Democratic Party of former President James Mancham into third place. Ramkalawan became
76-478: The Seychelles National Party (SNP), into the National Assembly elections. The party increased its parliamentary representation from one directly elected member to seven and from two proportionally elected members to four. In 2005, Ramkalawan took a sabbatical from his clerical duties in order to devote himself fully to his political life; he considered this time to be a crucial and important point in
95-415: The parliamentary election in 2011 , the party won 88.56% of the popular vote and all 31 seats in the National Assembly . That fell to 49.22% and 14 seats in the national assembly after the parliamentary election in 2016 , leaving the party in parliamentary opposition for the first time. From 1993 (when opposition parties were legalised) to 2011, candidates from the party won all the presidential elections in
114-451: The presidential election , the country's first such victory for an opposition candidate since independence, marking its first successful peaceful transition of power . Wavel Ramkalawan was born in Mahé , the principal island of Seychelles. He was born into a modest family, the youngest of three children. His great-grandfather was from Bihar , India . His father was a tinsmith while his mother
133-522: The General Assembly elections and Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) held its clear majority in the parliament. After Vincent Meriton stepped down as party leader, Patrick Herminie was elected as the new leader in 2021. In October 2023, Herminie was charged by the Seychellois public prosecutor with witchcraft . He denied the charges and described them as politically motivated. In February 2024,
152-491: The country to multi-party democracy in 1992, Parti Seselwa was the first political party to register and join the ranks of others in opposition to the government. The party contested the 1992 constitutional commission elections ; they polled only 4% of the national vote, failing to qualify for representation on the commission. After the promulgation of the new constitution in 1993 , two other opposition parties joined Parti Seselwa to form The United Opposition (UO) and contest
171-459: The country's affairs. However, Ramkalawan lost to James Michel in the 2006 and 2011 presidential elections . Along with other major opposition parties, Ramakalawan and his party boycotted the 2011 parliamentary elections . In the 2015 election , Ramkalawan and Michel advanced to a runoff election, which was the first runoff presidential election in Seychelles. Ramkalawan lost with 49.85% of
190-550: The first directly elected member of the party in the Assembly, winning his home constituency of St Louis , which he has represented continuously since. In addition, he succeeded Mancham as Leader of the Opposition , a post he held from 1998 to 2011 and 2016-2020. In the 2001 presidential elections , Ramkalawan polled 45% of the vote, losing to the 54% vote won by President René . The next year , Ramkalawan led his party, now renamed
209-577: The first round, while in 2016 they won in the second round, and in 2020 they lost for the first time. The party also held a majority in the National Assembly independence until 2016. Seychelles opposition candidate Wavel Ramkalawan won in the 2020 Seychellois general election with 54.9 percent of valid votes cast, upsetting incumbent President Danny Faure of United Seychelles. The party lost its first presidential poll in over 40 years since Seychelles gained independence. United Seychellois lost also in
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#1733125001819228-486: The government. At the time, the Catholic and Anglican churches were the only institutions that could speak on social issues, mainly in sermons during weekly services. In 1991, while still a priest, he joined fellow dissidents Roger Mancienne and Jean-François Ferrari to form the underground Parti Seselwa. Ramkalawan became its first leader. When the government, facing both domestic and international pressure, returned
247-404: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SPPF&oldid=1135950117 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Seychelles People%27s Progressive Front United Seychelles
266-588: The opposition and wrote an autobiography). Former Vice president of Seychelles Vincent Meriton has been the leader of the party since June 2017 (party president). He is the third president of the party since its creation in 1964. Meriton was preceded by former President of Seychelles James Michel. During the era of one-party rule, the party was funded by dues paid by its members and from foreign governments including Tanzania , Algeria , Libya and East Germany . The party maintains branches in each electoral district and utilizes an extensive system of patronage. At
285-408: The parish of The Holy Saviour. In 1990, Ramkalawan came to prominence when he preached a sermon, broadcast on the national radio station , in which he questioned the practices of the one-party government and advocated for greater freedom, respect for human rights, and observance of the rule of law in the country. Although his broadcast was cut, Ramkalawan distributed copies of sermons criticizing
304-616: The witchcraft accusations were lifted by the Victoria public prosecutor's office. Wavel Ramkalawan Wavel Ramkalawan (born 15 March 1959) is a Seychellois politician and Anglican priest who has been serving as the President of Seychelles since 26 October 2020. Ramkalawan was an opposition MP from 1993 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. He also served as the Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2011 and 2016 to 2020. On 25 October 2020, Ramkalawan won
323-450: The years have been René, James Michel (formerly the chief of staff of the armed forces, information minister, finance minister and vice president from 1996 to 2004; he was the President of Seychelles from 2004 to 2016), Guy Sinon , Jacques Hodoul (a former foreign minister who was regarded as the party's chief ideologue), Joseph Belmont (former Vice president of Seychelles), and Maxime Ferrari (a former René loyalist who later supported
342-440: Was a teacher . Ramkalawan's primary and secondary education were at Seychelles College, the elite boys' school of the country. Ramkalawan was ordained as a priest in 1985 following theological studies at St Paul's Theological College, Mauritius , and thereafter followed further studies in theology at Birmingham University . Returning to Seychelles, he worked in several parishes in Seychelles, rising to become priest-in-charge of
361-407: Was founded in 1964 by France-Albert René , under the name Seychelles People's United Party , and it was led by him from its inception. The party was the ruling party from 1977 to 2020 and was the sole legal party in the country from 1979 to 1991 (this period is referred to retrospectively as the "Second Republic"). The party is led by a Central Executive Committee. Leading members of the party over
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