Seychelles - Government and Politics

Government and politics

Between 1979 and 1993, Seychelles was governed under a single-party socialist system. President Ren�, who had assumed power in a military coup d'�tat in 1977, had been the sole candidate in the presidential elections of 1979, 1984, and 1989, each time winning an affirmative vote of more than 90 percent.

The SPPF agreed to relinquish its monopoly of power in December 1991 when a party congress approved Ren�'s proposal to allow other political groups to be registered. Groups receiving sufficient popular support were permitted to take part in revising the constitution. A first effort to produce a new constitution failed in a referendum in November 1992, but after further negotiations constitutional changes were approved the following June. Multiparty elections followed in July 1993 in which Ren� and the SPPF were again victorious.

For more information about the government, see Facts about Seychelles.

Governmental System, 1977-93
Return to a Multiparty System
Opposition Movements and Interest Groups
Media
Legal System and Civil Rights
FOREIGN RELATIONS

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