Africa-Press – Mauritius. This morning, at the corner store, discussions about the cost of living suggest that the need to count every penny has become an essential rule for any consumer wishing to balance spending and savings at the end of the month.
The portfolio imposes stricter discipline in difficult times than the highway code, responsible for too many lost lives. We can even compare this to the discipline required to respect the environment, often neglected by city dwellers, leading to clogged pipes and buried waste coming to the surface. It remains to be verified whether the villages are indeed more disciplined, as claimed. The widespread closure of schools is not unanimous.
If one region of the island is affected by the rains, why should all the children on the island suffer the same measure? Perhaps this is due to too much influence from television on the neighboring island, where the public strongly criticizes the authorities in the absence of instructions to close schools during bad weather leading to accidents.
Thus, it seems that in Mauritius, the authorities are seeking to protect themselves from popular anger, amplified by private radios. However, the people prefer that the authorities adopt Anglo-American common sense rather than assume the role of the French nanny state, coddling infantilized adults.
Both are skeptical about the cost of freight, which constantly pushes prices up. First Covid, then the war in Ukraine, and now the rhythm of missiles launched by the Houthis, playing vigilante in the Red Sea, destabilizing world trade.
The reduction of three rupees on gasoline? Not cause for celebration, they say, given the sharp increase over the last three years. Some anticipate a sharp drop in the price of oil just before the next elections.
We are betting here and there that, with a whim, the guns will fall silent in Ukraine and that the Houthi rebels will lay down their arms, provided that the standoff between Iran and the United States takes a break for the many peaceful Mauritians.
The self-satisfaction, relayed by the MBC, reaches its height with the announcement of the ranking of Mauritius at the top of the list of countries where security and peace are a reality, allowing tourists to circulate in complete tranquility across the island .
A wink from the government to opponents and the public, we’re here, right? Message relayed by national television with supporting evidence, showing retired French tourists more inclined to be satisfied and polite.
. The MBC cameraman does not lack humor in showing happy tourists strolling on the potholed roads in the capital.
Yesterday we were greeted by the foul odors of sewage flowing in parts of the capital, where savvy pedestrians keep a watchful eye on the pavement cobblestones to avoid tripping.
As for the security enjoyed by holidaymakers, it is true that it is not good to be French in France these days, as they are not safe from disgruntled immigrants walking around with a knife in the bag.
Some people complain that there are too many Finns in Finland, Swedes in Sweden and Germans in Germany. At this rate, the distant islands seem to be paradises preserved from the ideological currents which ravage the big countries. Here, a leaden screed stifles any desire to sow trouble by warlike elements.
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