{"id":20274,"date":"2022-09-03T09:37:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T09:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/privy-council-general-elections"},"modified":"2022-09-03T09:59:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T09:59:46","slug":"privy-council-general-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/privy-council-general-elections","title":{"rendered":"Privy Council &amp; General Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Barely a few days after the Labour Party held a successful congress at Trianon Centre and laid down its premises for what it considers would make for a reasonable and workable alliance with the other mainstream parties for the next general elections, the Supreme Court issued a judgement in favour of the appeal lodged by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) against the ruling of the Nov 2019 Intermediate Court (IC) dismissing all the charges slapped on Navin Ramgoolam for having allegedly \u201cwilfully and unlawfully\u201d accepted payment in cash in excess of an amount of Rs 500,000 in breach of the Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2002 (FIAMLA).<\/p>\n<p>Although, in fine, the two SC judges sent the case back to the IC for a retrial, it must have come as something of a cold shower for the LP leadership, particularly so in light of the political context and timing in which the judgement has been delivered.<\/p>\n<p>Legal minds will dwell on the issues that the DPP saw fit to be addressed by the Supreme Court in this case, and it would seem that the option being envisaged by the LP would be an appeal of that retrial decision to the Privy Council, the ultimate court of appeal in our jurisdiction, in the hope of an early trial and a favourable judgement of the Law Lords for Navin Ramgoolam that would take the wind out of the sails of the MSM, which must have seen in the SC judgement an opportunity to finish off Navin Ramgoolam politically.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. 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