National Assembly |08 July 2026

PNQ seeks answers on ‘Guardian of the Blue Horizon’ distinction

 The ‘Guardian of the Blue Horizon’ distinction awarded to Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi during his recent state visit to Seychelles took centre stage in the National Assembly yesterday.

Leader of the opposition, Hon. Bernard Georges, presented a Private Notice Question (PNQ) to the Minister for Foreign Affairs & the Diaspora, Barry Faure. He sought clarification on when the decision to create and confer the award was made, the legal authority under which it was established, and whether State House or Maison Quéau de Quinssy was responsible for the process leading to its presentation.

Hon. Georges also queried who drafted the official citation and how a version containing errors came to be published on the Bharatiya Janata Party platform on the same day the award was presented.

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