{"id":967,"date":"2011-04-29T13:42:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/2011\/04\/29\/krj-yash-36\/"},"modified":"2020-03-22T21:58:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T17:58:39","slug":"krj-yash-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/krj-yash-36\/","title":{"rendered":"Remaniement intellectuel"},"content":{"rendered":"

By KRJ Yash<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ce qui compte vraiment\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Premi\u00e8rement<\/span><\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s des mois d’atermoiements marqu\u00e9s par de fortes querelles intestines, voil\u00e0 que des rumeurs de remaniement minist\u00e9riel se font de plus en plus persistantes. Il ne faut pas oublier que nous sommes \u00e0 la veille des rassemblements du 1er Mai et que le 5 mai marquera la premi\u00e8re ann\u00e9e du retour au pouvoir du MSM. Quand on y r\u00e9fl\u00e9chit, une ann\u00e9e c\u2019est peu, mais celle qui s\u2019est \u00e9coul\u00e9e fut tellement riche en rebondissements que certains ont l\u2019impression que le retour du MSM aux affaires date d\u2019au moins cinq ans. C\u2019est dire comment les dirigeants de ce parti ont su \u00eatre au four et au moulin pour occuper le devant de la sc\u00e8ne politico-m\u00e9diatique. Aux \u00e9lections l\u00e9gislatives du 5 mai 2010, le Premier ministre Navin Ramgoolam a fait \u00e9lire 41 d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale alors que le Leader de l’Opposition Paul B\u00e9renger et son Alliance du C\u0153ur, n\u2019ont obtenu que 18 si\u00e8ges, malgr\u00e9 la campagne tr\u00e8s controvers\u00e9e du P\u00e8re Gr\u00e9goire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cette cassure n\u2019interviendra pas. Tout au plus, le Premier ministre pourrait d\u00e9cider de remanier le Conseil des ministres. De toutes les fa\u00e7ons, un \u00e9ventuel remaniement s\u2019ins\u00e8rera dans une logique de continuit\u00e9 de la vision actuelle du gouvernement. Remanier sans changer de cap, je n\u2019en vois pas la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 imm\u00e9diate. Le gouvernement ne montre aucun signe d\u2019essoufflement, il fait face aux palabres st\u00e9riles et \u00e0 la d\u00e9magogie de l\u2019opposition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Le seul reproche que je fais \u00e0 ce gouvernement, c\u2019est d\u2019\u00eatre trop \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9coute pour diriger le pays convenablement. A l\u2019\u00e9coute des associations socioculturelles, des syndicalistes, des fonctionnaires, des \u00ab malheureux \u00bb qui peuvent quand m\u00eame se payer leurs appels t\u00e9l\u00e9phoniques aux radios priv\u00e9es et de la presse dite \u00ab nationale \u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n

Si des ministres avancent d\u2019un pas pour ensuite reculer de deux pas, sont-ils en train de gouverner ? Nous sommes \u00e0 quatre ans des prochaines \u00e9lections g\u00e9n\u00e9rales, je pense que ce n\u2019est pas le moment d\u2019avoir peur de devenir impopulaire.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00abLe meilleur temps pour r\u00e9parer sa toiture, c’est lorsque le soleil brille, \u00bb, disait John Fitzgerald Kennedy\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Deuxi\u00e8mement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From bankruptcy to billions…<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Transport Corporation (NTC) is again in the red. Whose fault is it? Of course, it\u2019s the government\u2019s! The government has to bail out the company as it is imposing the operation of loss-making routes on the Corporation! On the contrary, if the situation were reversed such that the NTC were to make a huge profit, it would have been thanks to the management of the Corporation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do people find it difficult to own up to their mistakes?<\/span><\/p>\n

It would have been much easier and more professional on the part of the management to admit that there is a serious problem and to start finding solutions to the problem. The government probably has its share of responsibility in this state of affairs, but the problem is not solely the government\u2019s! I was reading some comments in the press \u2013 some people claim that this is what happens when you have political nominees at the top. However, political nominees are paid to do their job, aren’t they? It would only be ethical for the nominees to resign if they are not able to deliver, whatever the reasons. But who wants to speak of ethics?<\/span><\/p>\n

When was the last time that the NTC came up with some innovative services? The last one I remember happened years ago. It was the Blue Line Services which, unfortunately, is no longer as reliable as it used to be. Why do we not have daily\/weekly\/week-end travel cards yet? What about the quality of the service? Why is it that other bus companies are not queuing up for public money? If one were to listen to the management of the NTC, one would think that they are the only ones operating loss-making routes in the country. Have they tried to find out the reasons behind the loss? Can the frequency of operations be modulated? What about the vehicles being deployed on those routes? Are these efficient? What about having the driver collect the bus fares from the passengers? I have seen buses equipped to enable the drivers to collect fares but these are not being used…<\/span><\/p>\n

The Bihari Lalu Prasad Yadav has succeeded in pulling Indian Railways from bankruptcy back into profitability. Indian Railways is one of the world\u2019s largest state-owned enterprises. It employs 1.4 million people, has over 63,000 kms of network and runs around 13,000 trains daily.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Lalu took over, there was concern that he would turn Rail Bhavan into Bihar Bhavan\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

However, from a situation of near-bankruptcy, Indian Railways moved towards a USD 6 billion cash surplus situation. I would like to recommend the following book to all those political nominees failing to deliver the basics: Bankruptcy to Billions: How the Indian Railways transformed itself, by Sudhir Kumar and Shagun Mehrotra. Who knows? It might inspire them\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Published in print edition on 29 April 2011<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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