Category: Editorials

2018 risks becoming another year of irrelevancies. But if we engage convincingly well with the outside world, it could bring a lot of benefits to the country – By

2017 has proved to be a tumultuous year. It succeeded in spinning off more negatives than positives — By M.K.

This by-election will give the much-needed clarity about the respective weights of the contending major players, and this will matter crucially for their future – By TP Saran

Irrespective of which party or alliance comes to power, the hope is that it will be a ‘for’ rather than an ‘against’ win — By M.K.

While we may feel a certain pride that the Mauritius has been given an ‘honourable’ ranking, we must nevertheless not bask in self-complacency

It now seems that the days of dictators who go to great lengths to hold on to power through various devices are numbered — By MK

It is those with money and who are adept at lobbying or whose voices are heard more loudly that get policy decisions that suit their interests

The latest gaffe in the series: Showkutally Soodhun who would have uttered disparaging words about a section of the Mauritian community — Editorial by M.K.

Is it time for the people to really take their destiny in their own hands and find alternative pathways?

One may conveniently seek refuge in a legalistic approach, but that would however amount to a government abdicating its role and responsibility as arbiter

The opposition went up in arms against the huge MCB financial scandal when the matter broke out. But there was no follow-up to this open outcry

All in all, what is being projected on the national scene is a picture of a country bereft of a firm hand at the top, and becoming more

One of the weaknesses of any political system is that no criteria are laid down as regards qualities or competencies required of anyone aspiring to become MPs

Can a journalist blindly trust any whistleblower? Journalists are expected never to accept what they are told without scrutinizing the information

What should we make out of the continuing mess that’s being inflicted on the population by the habitual defaulters within the Alliance Lepep?