Africa-Press – Mauritius. Predictably, Labor and its ally, the Muslim Action Committee, won a resounding victory. Under the impulsive leadership of its executive, the Labor Party held high the red flag which Emmanuel Anquetil, Guy Rozemont and Renganaden Seeneevassen had waved proudly and courageously in the painful struggle against the exploitation of the masses.
The electoral battle is over and victory has been won in perfect order. This eloquently proves the enlightened civic-mindedness of the electorate, which it was said, somewhere, on the very day of the elections, that it contained, “thousands of illiterates”.
“an immense electoral force incapable of being controlled.
” The fight was tough.
Against the natural force of the proletariat which wants to rid itself of the capitalist yoke, the most rigorous efforts of the capitalists and their more or less camouflaged allies have been unleashed.
The people fought hard and – to repeat the words of the likeable and fearless Changkye on Sunday night – “a Labor wave gave the shoppers of conscience a very cruel lesson.
” The defeat of Messrs. Bhujoharry and Chadien deserves to be highlighted. Indeed, these two candidates of the Mauritian Party had not thought it necessary to decline the patronage of Mr.
Bissoondoyal and they had entered the running with the support of all the combined anti-labor forces. The correction was severe. Despite an impressive display of others, Mr.
Bhujoharry was beaten by two hundred votes. The voters of Dr. Dupré, those workers who could not forget the “I would rather not” of Renganaden Seeneevassen, came to fulfill their civic duty on foot.
They disconcerted those who had believed that the white rooster on a blue background would float victoriously in Ward IV of Port Louis – this borough associated with the glorious memory of Rémy Ollier.
And what did Mr. Chadien’s sponsors not do to block Guy Forget’s way? There, again, the blow was brutal. . . We do not play with the popular reaction and Dr Millien who had given himself up to a more enlightened electorate (sic) has just had the cruel experience of it.
I salute, with emotion, the re-election of Dr. Ramgoolam whose political end we had wanted by all means. Dr. Ramgoolam has a past associated with the glorious memory of Rozemont and Seeneevassen.
His personal victory is a violent blow to the enemies of the proletariat. No less beautiful is the victory of Dr. Dupré who, after the defection of Dr. Millien, threw himself wholeheartedly into battle against an adversary who had had plenty of time to prepare his battlefield.
I welcome the election of young Labor members, such as Messrs Walter, Delaitre, Ramlallah, Napal, Jagatsingh – and of Eddy Changkye who pioneered the party’s campaign in constituencies two and three, a tireless collaborator of our friends in the ‘Muslim Action in Port Louis. From this group, the re-election of Mr. Mohamed and the victory of MM. Issac and Ramjan are worth highlighting. May I not mention Mr.
Osman’s victory in Phoenix which clearly demonstrated that the Hindu electorate is not so extremist or even indisputable: since he got a Muslim candidate elected with sincerity and ardor? I would also like to welcome the election of MM Moignac and Lacaze – the two Labor-Syndicalists.
Augustin Moignac, this humble son of the people, who started from nothing, is today at the height of glory by his own means. Moignac was the architect of the tandem’s victory and this victory highlights his very brilliant personal qualities.
The working class has ITS values: after Rozemont, Moignac is the proof. The Labor Party and its ally, the Muslim Action Committee won twenty-nine seats.
To this figure must be added the two seats won by the Labour-Syndicalists while the capitalists will only have three seats and the Bissoondoyalistes six seats.
The Opposition will therefore have nine seats out of the forty elected by universal suffrage. Now that the victory has been won so brilliantly, it is important that Labor elected officials and their allies get to work resolutely.
Their task will not be easy: the difficulties will be great. But they must not disappoint the people, this proletarian mass which trusted them so eloquently.
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