Mauritian Politics:
Navin Ramgoolam: l'homme aux millions....et scandales.
On the 10th December 2014 general elections the people f Mauritius clearly and loudly voted against Navin Ramgoolam and Paul Berenger's alliance. It was clear that they did not want continuity of Navin Ramgoolam's reign over Mauritius with or without the connivance of PRB. The reason was that they were sick of the outright corruptions, cover up. copinage, dictatorship, cronyism, immorality prevailing under the Labour Party. Navin Ramggolam was governing Mauritius as his own property doing whatever he wanted regardless of the legality or immorality of his actions.
People of Mauritius knew a lot of his scandals and cover up but they were more discussed in the house rather than in the streets for fear of reprisals under a disguised dictatorship. Mauritians do not have a culture of going down in the streets as we saw for the "printemps arabe" or like manifestaions in Thailand, Korea, USA or Australia. They are patient, they believe in democracy and exercise their civic rights and the votes when the time comes.
So at the last general elections they voted overwhelmingly to throw out Navin Ramgoolam and his corrupt government. Since the change the facts are proving that the people of Mauritius made the right choice. Nearly everyday the Mauritian press uncovers a new scandal and some of magnitude beyond belief. How comes that Navin Ramgoolam could have some Rs220 millions rupees in his house? Where does this money come from and why is it there? Then comes his association with Mr Dawood Rawat and how he apparently helped the latter to build an empire in a not honest way. Navin Ramgoolam is also allegedly accused of helping Rawat to create a ponzi scheme to rob Mauritians of their insurance money. Navin is now facing many accusations of money laundering, abuse of power, and forgery, etc...the latest is his involvement in the purchase of air planes and commissions received.
This ex-prime minister, according to what the people now know about him, and confirmed, is a shame for Mauritius.. He was using his power and authority to do doggy business with his friends and his mistress and pumped in as much as he could from the state coffins. He was endlessly travelling around the world at the expense of poor taxpayers and offered himself the best hotels and restaurants and claimed millions in per diem.
Today, Navin Ramgoolam is facing justice and is being called by the police nearly every day for a new criminal case. He has already spend few nights in custody but is now out on bail. If proved guilty on all the charges against him (there are so many) it is said that he could be spending some ten years in jail.
But he has already been judged by the people and the press and probably in the minds of many Mauritian he has joined the ranks of the many African, Arabs and Asian corrupt dictators. This is how history will remember him.
To Jean Millais: Your commenst are posted below.
If you can't see it please contact me.
Thanks for your different views.
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ReplyDeleteMy dear friend your comments are published. I have no reason to hide them as this is the purpose of a blog.
DeleteNCR has not been tried and your posts here are libellous and swallow all the lies and propaganda of the current government. Anyone now looking at our poor country can plainly see the nature of this new government in its abuse of institutions. God help us.
ReplyDeleteThanks jean for your participaion in the debate, different views are always enriching.
ReplyDeleteYes I am follwing the events closely in mauritius and much has already been written that the country id drifting towars totalarism/dictatorship, which can even happen in a democracy and especially in the absence of a credible opposition.