France Bonte Bypasses Court Procedures in Seychelles Court

Mr. France Bonte continues to bypass court procedures in the Supreme Court as well as the Family Tribunal in the Seychelles in order to win his cases. Mr. Bonte was once the Chairman of the Constitutional Appointments Authority, and leader of several Central Committees of Electoral Districts during several presidential and MNA elections for the SPPF party. Mr. Bonte's continuing manipulation and abuse of the judicial system is the sort of conduct that has destroyed public trusts in the Seychelles broken legal system and contributed to the 2009 Human Rights Report slamming the country as having "an inefficient and politically influenced court system". Some judges, if not all, has entertained Mr. Bonte's false submissions in court, especially regarding service; typically what happens is that Mr. Bonte would bring a motion, on behalf of his client, pretending that the whereabouts of the other party is unknown OR that the other party was served, despite no evidence of service is provided to the court. The presiding judge would simply issue a court order by default based on these false submissions. It is a trajedy that this sort of activities has been going on in the Family Tribunal as well, lending to the destruction of families and children upbringing.

Mr. Bonte's influences on some judges, again if not all, is quite obvious whether or not he is on a case. If he is not, but has interest in the matter, he would sneak in the court room, often seated on the last bench and give the judge hearing the matter "the look".