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La coutume a force de loi. P\u00e8lerinage, festival mis \u00e0 part, il est dans les habitudes, surtout celles des hommes et femmes politiques, des activistes et de certains proches de se recueillir sur la tombe des hommes de marque :<\/span> Au cimeti\u00e8re de St Jean o\u00f9 est enterr\u00e9 Ga\u00ebtan Duval, \u00e0 Vall\u00e9e des Pr\u00eatres o\u00f9 sont incin\u00e9r\u00e9s Renganaden Seeneevassen et Satcam Boolell, ou en d\u2019autres lieux pour r\u00e9veiller la m\u00e9moire sur les hauts faits d\u2019Emmanuel Anquetil ou du soldat inconnu. <\/span><\/p>\n Jeudi 15 d\u00e9cembre, beaucoup — sans compter ses enfants Sunita Joypaul et Navin Ramgoolam — se feront un devoir d\u2019aller aux Pamplemousses sur le samadhi du P\u00e8re de la Nation. Le nom de Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam est grav\u00e9 sur la pierre – h\u00f4pital dans le nord, a\u00e9roport de Plaisance, square pr\u00e8s du jardin de l\u2019Etat \u00e0 Saint Denis – dans l\u2019esprit de ceux qui s\u2019en souviennent et dans le c\u0153ur des vieux sentimentaux. L\u2019homme de son vivant \u00e9tait toujours sous les projecteurs, vu d\u2019un bon ou d\u2019un mauvais \u0153il selon sa ligne politique. Et les hommes et femmes politiques, d\u2019ici ou d\u2019ailleurs, quel regard posent-ils sur le combattant, le strat\u00e8ge, le visionnaire qui s\u2019est \u00e9teint le 15 d\u00e9cembre 1985 ? <\/span><\/p>\n Joseph Tsang Man Kin, dans la revue trilingue Indradhanush, donne \u00e0 l\u2019homme une dimension plurielle : \u2018We know SSR as a doctor, a man of culture, an educationist, a visionary, a philanthropist and a shrewd politician.\u2019 Ce fils du sol a toujours combattu en faveur du patrimoine culturel du temps m\u00eame qu\u2019il signait ses articles sous le nom de Thumb Mark II. <\/span><\/p>\n Sir Cassam Uteem, lors de la c\u00e9l\u00e9bration du centenaire de la naissance de SSR \u00e9crit : \u2018In this multi-religious and multi-cultural country, he was able to steer the ship of State safely, even in troubled waters, through what has been aptly described as the politics of accommodation of which he was an accomplished exponent.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n Paul Raymond B\u00e9renger, en lui rendant hommage, retrace sa carri\u00e8re politique, les valeurs du Fabian socialism dont il s\u2019impr\u00e8gne et reconna\u00eet que SSR \u2018avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 choisi la voie de la mod\u00e9ration et du pragmatisme.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n Dans son hommage \u00e0 L\u2019Assembl\u00e9e l\u00e9gislative le 24 d\u00e9cembre 1985, Sir Anerood Jugnauth cerne \u00e0 la fois l\u2019homme dans son humilit\u00e9, sa grandeur d\u2019\u00e2me, son d\u00e9vouement pour le bien-\u00eatre du peuple mauricien et ses convictions sans faille : \u00ab In his firmness\u2026 he never lost faith in the inherent good in man. He continued zealously to hope that those Mauritians, who in their misguided feelings, were gnawing at the foundation stone of our democratic system, would turn over a new leaf and join hands in a unified struggle for a happy, modern, united, and prosperous Mauritius. \u00bb <\/span><\/p>\n Un autre homme politique qui est rest\u00e9 dans le sillage des valeurs pr\u00f4n\u00e9es par le Labour Party est Sir Harold Walter. Dans le journal de Mauritius Times – 16 d\u00e9cembre 1985 – l\u2019ancien ministre \u00e9crit : \u201cHis sense of strategy and timing in all that he undertook can best be shown by his unique and remarkable achievements. Only one thing he abhorred: dictatorship. He was once asked why he did not have a legal coup d\u2019Etat himself to which he promptly and firmly replied: \u2018Democracy with all its unpalatable facets is still the best safeguard in a modern society\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Comme Harold Walter, Sir Satcam Boolell a suivi de pr\u00e8s et de loin les pas de SSR et a pu livrer ses impressions sur les alliances in\u00e9vitables du Labour Party avec le Muslim Committee of Action \u00e0 un moment crucial du changement de la Constitution. Au sein de l\u2019ex\u00e9cutif du Labour, les points de d\u00e9saccord rendaient difficile la n\u00e9gociation. Aucun recul. \u00ab Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam took a much wider and long-term view of the whole issue. To him the Muslim elements were very important in any political deal with the British\u2026 By his tolerance and willingness to accommodate other people\u2019s views, SSR has made of this multi-racial island a haven of peace and harmonious co-existence, which many countries with pretension to a more advanced civilization have yet to achieve.\u201d Combien vrai que le dialogue interculturel au plan local est une r\u00e9alit\u00e9 !<\/span><\/p>\n Feu Beekrumsing Ramlallah va dans le m\u00eame sens en mettant en avant la mani\u00e8re dont le p\u00e8re de la Nation qu\u2019il connaissait depuis les ann\u00e9es 1940 \u00e9tait un fin strat\u00e8ge : \u00ab He had learnt how to stoop to conquer. When he could not beat his adversary in a straight fight, he would join him if forced by circumstances and out of necessity. One of the greatest traits of his character was to forgive and forget.\u201d Evidemment dans le monde politique o\u00f9 les coups bas sont courants, les trahisons sont monnaie courante, les d\u00e9faites sont \u00e0 pr\u00e9voir, il faut avoir le self-control et garder le sourire \u00e9ternel. Certains l\u2019ont appris et oublient la loi de talion – \u0153il pour \u0153il, dent pour dent. <\/span><\/p>\n Sir Veerasamy Ringadoo ne cache pas non plus son admiration pour ses actions remarquables : \u201cDuring the years 1950 to 1983, I have followed at close quarters, in many fields, his capacity for work, his love for the common man, his commitment to ideals of justice and fair play and they stood in good stead and to the social, political and economic life of the country a contribution of a unique character. No man before him had dared so much and had achieved so much. His work and achievements will stand forever as a rich heritage for generations of Mauritius.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n Il accomplit des actions d\u2019\u00e9clat sans claironner sur toutes les plateformes, in fact without blowing his trumpet. Que voit-on maintenant autour de nous ? Le politicien, c\u2019est moi, moi, moi au point de devenir une vraie caricature. Une des premi\u00e8res femmes en politique, Radha Poonnoosamy a su faire, avec justesse, le portrait de SSR : \u00ab He was a very refined man, not only in dress but in manners. He could communicate with different levels of society. He had that great gift, and he was approachable. He exerted a supreme self-confidence and was a charismatic person. He possessed great leadership qualities and skills. He was not a sentimental politician but a pragmatic politician.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Ce tour d\u2019horizon se veut une comparaison avec la figure du politicien qu\u2019on \u00e9coute, qu\u2019on rencontre et qu\u2019on juge. On en conclut que les grands mod\u00e8les s\u2019oublient trop vite. O\u00f9 peut-\u00eatre que le politicien du jour cultive plus de d\u00e9fauts que de qualit\u00e9s.<\/span><\/p>\n Shakuntala Boolell<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" La coutume a force de loi. P\u00e8lerinage, festival mis \u00e0 part, il est dans les habitudes, surtout celles des hommes et femmes politiques, des activistes et de certains proches de se recueillir sur la tombe des hommes de marque : Au cimeti\u00e8re de St Jean o\u00f9 est enterr\u00e9 Ga\u00ebtan Duval, \u00e0 Vall\u00e9e des Pr\u00eatres o\u00f9 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[36,88,62],"class_list":["post-4704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","tag-mauritius-times","tag-shakuntala-boolell","tag-sir-seewoosagur-ramgoolam"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8QzSF-1dS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}