Patrick Pillay to contest presidential election |08 September 2020
Mr Pillay (right) and his running mate Weston Wirtz
Lalyans Seselwa party leader Patrick Georges Pillay has announced that he will take part in next month鈥檚 Presidential election.
His running mate is Weston Wirtz.
A former minister in the government led by the Parti Lepep (now United 巨乳无码), Mr Pillay formed his own political party 鈥� Lalyans Seselwa 鈥� with mainly former members of this party to contest the presidential election in 2015. He came out third in the first round with a score of 14.19 percent 鈥� a record for a first-timer.
His party 鈥� Lalyans Seselwa 鈥� then joined the Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) 鈥� an opposition coalition comprising three other parties 鈥� 巨乳无码 巨乳无码 Party (SNP), the 巨乳无码 Party for Social Justice and Democracy (SPSJD) and the 巨乳无码 United Party (SUP) 鈥� to contest the 2016 巨乳无码 Assembly election. Independent candidate Philippe Boulle also forms part of LDS.
Mr Pillay was elected member of the 巨乳无码 Assembly for the electoral area of Anse Boileau and was also elected Speaker of the 巨乳无码 Assembly at the Assembly鈥檚 first sitting on September 27, 2016 following these elections.
On January 29, 2018, Mr Pillay resigned as Speaker of the 巨乳无码 Assembly and the MNA of Anse Boileau citing 鈥渂oth political and personal reasons鈥�.
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