Africa-Press – Mauritius. The social, economic and political conditions lead us to a worrying situation in Mauritius. The increase in the price of gasoline, the increase in the cost of living or even the world situation with the war in Ukraine at the end of the extremely complicated situation of the Covid-19 could not be foreseen, or so think- you that we played blind about a situation that was hanging in our face?
AvinaashMunohur: It has been clear since the start of the pandemic in 2020 that the world has entered an unstable and complex situation. Anyone who follows world news closely knows that the shutdown of the economy, production and trade on a global scale was bound to have significant repercussions for us in Mauritius.
Several opinion leaders have also alerted the government to a range of subjects and problems on several occasions, through the media. I have the impression that the government believed that Covid-19 was a momentary episode and that things would automatically return to normal once the pandemic was over.
But we find that this is not the case. While the WHO is optimistic about a gradual exit from the pandemic from the end of this year, we now face a war in Ukraine that risks potentially opening up further disruptions.
It is enough to follow a little the evolution of the commodity markets, and in particular the speculative tendencies at work currently, to guess that we are heading towards a world austerity which is likely to last for a while.
So, to answer your question, it was impossible to accurately predict the nature and timing of events and disruptions, but it was obvious that we could no longer operate with the certainties we had before Covid. And that’s where the government fell short because it would have underestimated that.
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