Helon Fran­cis wrote his way to this year’s Ca­lyp­so Monarch ti­tle with a heart­felt let­ter to the coun­try’s next Prime Min­is­ter, whomev­er it may be.

While on­ly time will tell if Fran­cis’ plea on be­half of con­cerned cit­i­zens would be heed­ed by prospec­tive can­di­dates in the up­com­ing gen­er­al elec­tion and the even­tu­al win­ner, it was well re­ceived by the judges on the night, who re­spond­ed by award­ing him his sec­ond crown, a $700,000 cash prize and a KGM Tor­res SUV, val­ued at $300,000.

The judges served a sound de­feat on de­fend­ing monarch Machel Mon­tano, who placed fifth while seek­ing to add to his joint vic­to­ry in the Chut­ney So­ca Monarch com­pe­ti­tion on Sat­ur­day night.