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Seychelles GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Government: Between 1979 and 1993 governed under
single-party socialist system. New constitution approved
in
referendum June 1992; multiparty elections in July 1993 in
which
President René and Seychelles People's Progressive Front
(SPPF)
victorious. President selects cabinet. People's Assembly
has
twenty-two elected representatives from constituencies and
eleven
other members. SPPF holds twenty-seven seats, New
Democratic
Party of James Mancham five seats, and United Opposition
Party (a
coalition) one seat. Legal system consists of magistrates'
courts, Supreme (or trial) Court, and Court of Appeal.
Politics: Various political parties of which
government
party, SPPF, holds clear majority.
Foreign Relations: Member of Commonwealth of
Nations;
has pragmatic foreign policy of "positive nonalignment."
Member
of Organization of African Unity, Indian Ocean Commission,
and
Nonaligned Movement.
Data as of August 1994
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