Voters gave their verdict on December 10th. Surprising? To an extent, yes, especially because of the unexpected margins and numbers by which L’Alliance Lepep won – 47 against
Any proposal from any political party or alliance should be open to scrutiny and analysis. This exercise, to be worthy of consideration, should be based on a principled
10th December is only 20 days away, and most political analysts would shy away from volunteering a definite reading of the direction in which the political wind is
Last week we mentioned how a number of unrestrained distractions, some blatantly and outright unpalatable, are being brought into the political discourse. Whereas, as was pointed out, the
It is really too bad that the visit of Shrimati Sushma Swaraj, Minister of External Affairs and Overseas Indians Affairs, Republic of India, came to a close so
Once again, on 2 November 2014, the 180th anniversary of the arrival of Indian indentured labourers will be commemorated. All those who made the trip from India braved
Whatever happened to the democratisation of the economy agenda of the Mauritius Labour Party (MLP)? We would like to think that this sensible and necessary agenda has not
The MMM leader Paul Bérenger has finally obtained what he had been bargaining for since 2012. Well almost. The Electoral Alliance Agreement between the MLP and the MMM,
Following the joint press conference held by the leaders of the Labour Party and MMM last Saturday, Paul Berenger met the press on his own last Tuesday to
Barring any last-minute disagreement between the leaders of the Labour Party and the MMM, we will hopefully take cognizance of what looks very much like a forceps-assisted ‘in
The latest that has come out from the series of discussions being held between the Labour and MMM leaders in view of a contemplated alliance between the two
l’express newspaper published in its edition of Saturday last a few photographs purporting to show the Prime Minister at a private reception that would have taken place in
Beekrumsing Ramlallah (BR) decided to start a newspaper, the Mauritius Times (MT), in 1954. It was a daunting task. Mrinal Roy recounts in his article in this edition
There have always been good economic – not at all epidermic — reasons to seek to achieve a diversification of the production base in the energy sector. Politicians
