June 5 no longer a public holiday |04 January 2017

• Easter Monday to be declared a public holiday

President Danny Faure has proposed an amendment to the law that governs public holidays so that the Monday following Easter Sunday will be a public holiday and June 5, which had been a public holiday for the past 38 years, will henceforth be a normal working day.

“I believe that all of us, including myself, we need to work harder to bring unity to our country. So I've decided to propose an amendment to the law that governs public holidays. Firstly, the Monday following Easter Sunday will be a public holiday, a day where we continue to celebrate that which is greater than all of us: our Creator. Secondly, the 5th of June will be a normal working day, reinforcing the unity of our people,” said President Faure in his New Year message.