{"id":13855,"date":"2022-04-23T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T10:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-political-class-is-short-of-breath"},"modified":"2022-04-23T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T11:14:34","slug":"the-political-class-is-short-of-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-political-class-is-short-of-breath","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Political Class is Short of Breath"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>\u201cCommunalism, casteism, money politics and an outdated electoral system and other historical issues have made politics what it is today.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard for me to accept that only two families should hold the monopoly of intelligence and the capacity to run the country; I\u2019m sure that there are many other potential leaders, irrespective of their community and caste belongings, who can aspire to lead this country\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBy and large Westminster democracy in Mauritius has slowly taken a back seat; we only have to watch parliamentary workings, the standard of parliamentary debates, the responses and non-responses to parliamentary questions, the timetabling of proposed legislations and debates, the critiques of the director of audit, the state of national strategic institutions, the obvious failure of the party system and the state of the public service\u2026 and we know that we are in for a bleak future\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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