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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Grand Bassin Affair:<\/b>
\n\u2018The public cannot \u201cpresume\u201d anyone guilty.<\/b>
\nThis can be done only by a court\u2019
\n* \u2018One scandal in this country is pushing the other out.<\/b>
\nThis is because we are in same carousel as Panama\u2019<\/p>\n

Me Ruchpaul has practised at the Mauritian Bar for nearly 40 years, and has been adviser to trade unions as well as been Chairman of the Industrial relations Commission.<\/b>
\nIn this interview he shares his thoughts about the current spate of corruptive practices that are headlining in the media. He also comments on the stand taken by the Prime Minister on the judiciary, on the weaknesses and failings of ICAC, and on the prevailing perception that the judiciary is no longer as robust a bulwark against injustice as before.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mauritius<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. Grand Bassin Affair: \u2018The public cannot \u201cpresume\u201d anyone guilty. This can be done only by a court\u2019 * \u2018One scandal in this country is pushing the other out. This is because we are in same carousel as Panama\u2019 Me Ruchpaul has practised at the Mauritian Bar for nearly 40 years, and has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,245,262,241],"class_list":["post-28555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mauritius","tag-icac","tag-mauritius"],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018The Mauritian judiciary may not be as blameless as it appears to be\u2019 - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grand Bassin Affair:\u2018The public cannot \u201cpresume\u201d anyone guilty.This can be done only by a court\u2019* \u2018O ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-mauritian-judiciary-may-not-be-as-blameless-as-it-appears-to-be\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018The Mauritian judiciary may not be as blameless as it appears to be\u2019\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grand Bassin Affair:\u2018The public cannot \u201cpresume\u201d anyone guilty.This can be done only by a court\u2019* \u2018O ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-mauritian-judiciary-may-not-be-as-blameless-as-it-appears-to-be\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mauritius\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-18T09:11:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-18T10:35:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681792990.68.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-mauritian-judiciary-may-not-be-as-blameless-as-it-appears-to-be#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-mauritian-judiciary-may-not-be-as-blameless-as-it-appears-to-be\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"\u2018The Mauritian judiciary may not be as blameless as it appears to be\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-18T09:11:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-18T10:35:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-mauritian-judiciary-may-not-be-as-blameless-as-it-appears-to-be\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-mauritian-judiciary-may-not-be-as-blameless-as-it-appears-to-be#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/sites\/61\/2023\/04\/postQueueImg_1681792990.68.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Mauritius\",\"ICAC\",\"Mauritius\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-mauritian-judiciary-may-not-be-as-blameless-as-it-appears-to-be#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-mauritian-judiciary-may-not-be-as-blameless-as-it-appears-to-be\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/the-mauritian-judiciary-may-not-be-as-blameless-as-it-appears-to-be\",\"name\":\"\u2018The Mauritian judiciary may not be as blameless as it appears to be\u2019 - 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