{"id":1934,"date":"2012-10-12T09:12:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T09:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/2012\/10\/12\/nita-chicooree-mercier-7\/"},"modified":"2019-09-17T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T12:59:43","slug":"nita-chicooree-mercier-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/nita-chicooree-mercier-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Le mauvais exemple"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sur les blogs des lecteurs assidus de la presse, les r\u00e9f\u00e9rences r\u00e9currentes au mod\u00e8le qu\u2019est Singapour en mati\u00e8re de bonne gouvernance traduisent le d\u00e9sarroi et la col\u00e8re de nombreuses voix face au gaspillage des fonds publics, \u00e0 l\u2019incomp\u00e9tence et \u00e0 l\u2019irresponsabilit\u00e9 des nomin\u00e9s (\u00e0 qui sont confi\u00e9s des t\u00e2ches qui les d\u00e9passent), au train de vie ahurissant des dirigeants, au laxisme g\u00e9n\u00e9ral dans le maintien de l\u2019ordre public et \u00e0 une dette croissante inqui\u00e9tante. <\/span><\/p>\n

En effet, on a cru bon de suivre le mauvais exemple des grands pays d\u00e9velopp\u00e9s qui, des d\u00e9cennies durant, n\u2019ont cess\u00e9 d\u2019emprunter malgr\u00e9 la sonnette d\u2019alarme et bient\u00f4t, commencera le compte \u00e0 rebours. Il est d\u00e9j\u00e0 trop tard pour eux. Vivre au-dessus de leurs moyens et assurer les privil\u00e8ges d\u2019une clique, reproche constant qu\u2019on entend \u00e0 l\u2019encontre de ceux qui t\u00e9l\u00e9guident le destin du pays, coup\u00e9s des soucis quotidiens de la moyenne des gens. Belle Mare Tourist Village, un projet qui s\u2019est r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 un fiasco et qui, pourtant, porte la signature d\u2019un ancien ministre, expert r\u00e9put\u00e9 superstar de la Finance. Jin Fei, devenu p\u00e2turage pour cabris apr\u00e8s l\u2019expulsion des petits planteurs \u00e0 l\u2019heure o\u00f9 l\u2019autosuffisance alimentaire souffre d\u2019un d\u00e9ficit de vision \u00e0 long terme.<\/span><\/p>\n

Loin de l\u2019\u00e9talage du tout b\u00e9ton, ce qui inspire le plus dans le mod\u00e8le singapourien, c\u2019est la rigueur et un sens de discipline qui fait cruellement d\u00e9faut ici. Et \u00e7a ne s\u2019invente pas. <\/span>Kan<\/em> la<\/em> tet<\/em> la<\/em> pa<\/em> bon<\/em>, <\/span>nanyen<\/em> pa<\/em> pou<\/em> bon<\/em>, d\u00e9clare un tel, r\u00e9volt\u00e9 par la soif du pouvoir et des avantages financiers qui priment dans les consid\u00e9rations de ceux qui s\u2019\u00e9ternisent dans les fonctions qu\u2019ils occupent alors que le bon peuple gagnerait \u00e0 s\u2019imposer des exigences dignes d\u2019une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 moderne et \u00e9volu\u00e9e si tant est qu\u2019il re\u00e7oive l\u2019exemple venant d\u2019en haut. Et quant aux actions men\u00e9es par l\u2019ICAC pour assainir les pratiques illicites et douteuses de quelques individus, une amorce des r\u00e9sultats concrets se fait toujours attendre.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Qui conna\u00eet l\u2019importance de bien g\u00e9rer le budget familial – et le r\u00e9gime du pain sec qu\u2019il risque d\u2019imposer \u00e0 sa famille s\u2019il s\u2019aventure \u00e0 prendre des libert\u00e9s irr\u00e9fl\u00e9chies dans les priorit\u00e9s de ses d\u00e9penses – s\u2019attend \u00e0 ce que le m\u00eame principe s\u2019applique dans la gestion des fonds publics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Or, nombreux sont-ils \u00e0 s\u2019exasp\u00e9rer de l’ind\u00e9cence des sommes gaspill\u00e9es pour de bien pi\u00e8tres r\u00e9sultats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Par ailleurs on contribue \u00e0 la prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 en travaillant. Dans les pays o\u00f9 la d\u00e9mocratie \u00e0 la mode occidentale n’est pas de mise \u00e0 100% tels que la Chine et Singapour, il n’est quasiment pas autoris\u00e9 au premier quidam de tra\u00eener \u00e0 longueur de journ\u00e9e et voler les biens d’autrui sans scrupules. Dans certains quartiers, villages et villes, on gagnerait \u00e0 contraindre les oisifs et fain\u00e9ants \u00e0 prendre le travail disponible sur le march\u00e9 au lieu de s\u2019en prendre aux \u00e9trangers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lorsqu’on voit une personne d’un certain \u00e2ge se lever dans un autobus en stationnement et sommer \u00e0 qui veut l’entendre de <\/span>‘fou sa ene bat\u00e9’, <\/em>pour calmer un excit\u00e9 qui se met \u00e0 gesticuler tout en mena\u00e7ant de bloquer la voie publique, on se dit que manifestement le laxisme et l’inefficacit\u00e9 du minist\u00e8re de l’Ordre int\u00e9rieur finit par exasp\u00e9rer le commun des citoyens.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Et que dire des salaires que se sont attribu\u00e9s gouvernants et d\u00e9put\u00e9s d’un petit pays d’un peu plus d’un million d’habitants o\u00f9 le salaire pr\u00e9sidentiel est largement sup\u00e9rieur au salaire du Pr\u00e9sident d’un pays de plus d’un milliard d’habitants qu’est l’Inde. L’app\u00e2t du gain que repr\u00e9sentent l’ultralib\u00e9ralisme et les diverses commissions illicites dont certains b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient sans \u00e9tat d’\u00e2me sont autant de tentations qui enlisent la classe dirigeante dans une gourmandise sans borne. C’est avec \u00ab\u00a0une bougie rouge\u00a0\u00bb qu’il faut esp\u00e9rer un quelconque changement de mentalit\u00e9 et un d\u00e9but de sagesse que semble avoir emprunt\u00e9 des dirigeants d’autres pays.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Domestic violence<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

An umpteenth case of alcohol-related domestic violence with the exception that a drunk husband was killed before he could deal a fatal blow to his wife should raise a serious debate on the consumption of alcohol in the country. How many women have to put up with verbal abuse and physical violence after their husbands come back home after a few alcoholic drinks is quite distressing. It is a nerve-racking daily show of patience and concession which is psychologically devastating for any human being.<\/span><\/p>\n

In India, a young Dalit lawyer fought to regulate opening hours of shops selling alcohol after so many women in the village complained about alcohol-related domestic violence. Some women hid in the fields and dared not face their drunk husbands every afternoon. In some places, alcohol was simply banned. Last year, Swami Ramdev asked for an outright ban on alcohol in several states. <\/span><\/p>\n

Total ban on rhum which most men in poorer social categories consume may sound inconvenient. And yet, sooner or later, this issue has to be given due attention. The authorities cannot be expected to take all decisions relating to the welfare of citizens. Socio-cultural organizations should be more committed in issues of major public concern and sensitize their members on healthy food and drink consumption. Apart from organizing religious festivals and cultural events, there can be closer guidance on marital relationships. Is there any regular group meeting which anyone seeking counselling can attend?<\/span><\/p>\n

The Court will deliver its judgment on the fate of Selvina Seeneevassen in due time. We hope that the young woman will be acquitted so that des her children would grow up with their mother and not be dispatched among relatives or other host families. Spare them the fate of the hapless Rukminee who was made to live with other people after her parents’ divorce. Psychological instability and the need for affection and love led her to set up unstable relationship with all sorts of shady characters and she ended up in the underworld of drugs in <\/span>Grand Bay where she was slain like an animal. By punishing Selvina at the expense of society, we may run the risk of transforming her children as future anti-social elements to be fed off public funds. She had better be given the chance to work and look after her own family.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gambling in casinos is another seed of discord in quite a number of families. It whets the appetite of gamblers who hope to inflate their bank accounts by a stroke of luck. Unfortunately, this does not happen everyday and addiction to gambling is another major source of worry and dispute in families. Betting on a proliferation of casinos across the country to fill state coffers is questionable.<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Published in print edition on 12 October 2012<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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