Africa-Press – Mauritius. Few expected the MSM round-trip of the various regions, which did include the urban areas after the rural tour, to go astray in its final meetings and keep its ammunition dry or bring its attacks to a level worthy of a ruling regime.
At least it has given notice to the “traditional” parties and leaders how far it would go in the quest to retain power with a probable amplification of its well-tested formula of 2019.
The only element of some amazement was the series of questions levelled against Sherry Singh about business deals and companies the latter and his wife controlled and, even more surprisingly, over bank accounts they might be holding overseas.
It was a curious venue for public questioning from a soapbox, if only because most lawyers will avoid questions to which they do not already have the answers.
The PM may therefore have digged for the relevant financial information unless, of course, the answers were – or should have been — pretty much known to him.
Querying the overseas accounts of Mr Singh also brings back to mind the heady days sometime in 2016 when Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, then Minister of Finance under SAJ, only saved his skin (and a ministerial posting to Foreign Affairs) by stating that he did not have an overseas bank account in Hong Kong.
That warning allusion served its purpose then. Those throwing stones at other houses should tread cautiously unless they would be prepared to stand the same test of transparency.
Meantime we read in the press that all the country’s financial watchdogs (MRA, FIU, FSC, with ICAC sniffing around) are hot on the Singh couple’s trails while a US firm of consultant auditors are reviewing in depth Mr Singh’s activities as CEO of Mauritius Telecom where, we may recall, MrNayenBallah as Chairman and some of our administrative top guns were Board members appointed by the PM himself.
Be that as it may, the PM wrapped up the series of ‘congrès’ and confided at the MSM politburo Saturday last his satisfaction and that he felt confident of completing his mandate.
Some might have been relieved that government could get back to running the country’s affairs and the state of duress facing consumers and taxpayers and an internationally downrated economy with more poise and less noise.
On the Opposition front much was awaited on the Labour Party (LP)exercise in the rejuvenation of its executive cadres and leadership structure, postponed due to the Covid pandemic last year, at the party’s Congress held Sunday last.
The first part of the exercise was expected to hear key messages from its leader Navin Ramgoolam on at least two fronts: the political alliances in the offing with the parliamentary opposition parties and other forces, and the relevance of the values and principles that should guide the LP itself and that future alliance for a credible assault on what looks like an MSM fortress.
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