Siddick Chady
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Dr Siddick Chady MP | |
|---|---|
| Best Loser (Constituency No. 19) | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| 2nd Member for Constituency No. 19 | |
| In office 1995–2000 | |
| 2nd Member for Constituency No. 3 | |
| In office 2000 – 2004 (resigned) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 May 1951 |
| Died | 23 June 2024 (aged 73) |
| Party | Front Solidarité Mauricien Parti Travailliste MMM |
Mohummud Siddick Chady (born in 1951), most commonly known as Siddick Chady was a Mauritian physician, politician, and former minister. He served jail time after making news headlines for several years for his involvement in L'Affaire Boskalis, a bribery and political scandal.[1][2]
Family life
Siddick Chady was married to Naserah Bibi Vavra, also known as La Reine de Plaine Verte and Lady Di who has been married four times, her first marriage occurring when she was 14 years of age. In 2006 Vavra married drug trafficker Siddick Islam, also known as Ti Nerf. The latter was convicted and is serving a 30 year sentence at the Beau Bassin prison. In 2021 Naserah Bibi Vavra pleaded guilty to 10 charges of money laundering connected to drug trafficking and she was fined nearly Rs 1 Million by the Financial Crimes Division of the Intermediary Court.[5][6][7][8]
Siddick was also married to Hannah Bibi Chady and she was a director of Blockbuster Video Network.[9]
Political career
Chady's political career started at the 1991 General Elections as a candidate of Alliance Parti Travailliste/PMSD in Constituency No. 19 - Stanley and Rose Hill. He was defeated in that constituency by Jayen Cuttaree, Paul Bérenger, and Jean Claude De L'Estrac of Alliance MSM/MMM. However after the elections he was nominated into the Legislative Assembly as a Best Loser.
At the 1995 General Elections he was elected as a candidate of Alliance Parti Travailliste/MMM in Constituency No. 19, alongside Jayen Cuttaree, and Paul Bérenger. Until 2000 Chady served as Minister Environment, Human Resource Development and Employment.[10]
At the 2000 General Elections Siddick Chady changed constituencies and was candidate of Alliance Parti Travailliste-PMXD in Constituency No. 3 - Port Louis Maritime and Port Louis East. He was elected, along with Samioullah Lauthan (MSM-MMM) and Mohammad Nanhuck (MSM-MMM). Chady's election as a member of the Parti Travailliste in Constituency No. 3 was regarded as unusual as it had been a stronghold of rival party MMM.[11] However, Siddick Chady did not complete his 5-year-term as he resigned from the National Assembly in 2004 in order to resolve problems arising in his private business ventures. Chady's resignation did not trigger by-elections.[12][13][14]
At the July 2005 General Elections Chady was a candidate of Alliance Sociale in Constituency No. 3 but was he neither elected nor nominated Best Loser this time. As he was still a friend of Navin Ramgoolam, the latter nominated him as president of the Mauritius Ports Authority (MPA).[15][16][17]
In April 2012 Cehl Meeah, leader of the Front Solidarité Mauricienne, introduced Siddick Chady as ancien travailliste and his special guest at FSM's press conference. Chady stated that the FSM could challenge the traditional parties (MSM, MMM, PTr and PMSD), and that the existing political system was in urgent need of reform. He also called for protection of the Best Loser System, and he stated that Mauritians living abroad should be able to vote at Mauritian elections. The following month the FSM confirmed that Siddick Chady had joined them as they planned to form an alliance with L.Ramsahok's Parti Action Libérale et Eliézer François' party Mouvement Authentique Mauricien (MAM).[18][19]