Well at least for Navin Ramgoolam who was not able to find one on each of the two occasions he could have rewarded a loyal party servant. Indeed he used them to grant second terms to both Cassam Uteem and Aneerood Jugnauth.
And these have been surprising choices. I mean granted that you may have trouble remembering Cassam Uteem as the ultimate die-hard labour. But you are unlikely to forget an ex-President going back to partisan politics to save the country from an apparently impending dictatorship. That of course after attempting to broker an alliance with the same dictator-designate who had kindly allowed him to sleep 5 more years in a chateau and not before he told us that he had finally understood that a President should remain above soapbox theatrics.
SAJ getting a second mandate is even more comical if you recall the level of animosity between him and the PM-elect at the start of Ramgoolam's second mandate. But Navin had little choice given the dedication with which two university buddies had relentlessly screwed up the economy.
The history-making nomination of Monique Ohsan-Bellepeau as Vice-President is also kind of weird. As someone commented a few days ago nobody can understand why Ramgoolam did not try to find out first if the MMM would have voted an amendment to abolish the Vice-Presidency. Which would have allowed the PM to remain consistent with what he recently told us he wanted dearly.
He could also have appointed Bellepeau as President in 2008. Or the late Chettiar. Instead of SAJ. Maybe the guy is not a Real Labourite afterall.
And these have been surprising choices. I mean granted that you may have trouble remembering Cassam Uteem as the ultimate die-hard labour. But you are unlikely to forget an ex-President going back to partisan politics to save the country from an apparently impending dictatorship. That of course after attempting to broker an alliance with the same dictator-designate who had kindly allowed him to sleep 5 more years in a chateau and not before he told us that he had finally understood that a President should remain above soapbox theatrics.
SAJ getting a second mandate is even more comical if you recall the level of animosity between him and the PM-elect at the start of Ramgoolam's second mandate. But Navin had little choice given the dedication with which two university buddies had relentlessly screwed up the economy.
The history-making nomination of Monique Ohsan-Bellepeau as Vice-President is also kind of weird. As someone commented a few days ago nobody can understand why Ramgoolam did not try to find out first if the MMM would have voted an amendment to abolish the Vice-Presidency. Which would have allowed the PM to remain consistent with what he recently told us he wanted dearly.
He could also have appointed Bellepeau as President in 2008. Or the late Chettiar. Instead of SAJ. Maybe the guy is not a Real Labourite afterall.
You are wrong there..... someday a vibrant Labourite will be President, he will self nominate himself and congratulate himself and the labour party for the nomination. His name is Navinchandra Ramgoolam. Its just a question of time
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ReplyDeleteContre-pied de l'année: "Maybe the guy is not a Real Labourite afterall"
:-)
And, melord, if he's not "Real Labourite", what can he possibly be...?
"you are unlikely to forget an ex-President going back to partisan politics to save the country from an apparently impending dictatorship [PAF!]. That of course after attempting to broker an alliance with the same dictator [PAF!] who had allowed him to sleep 5 more years in a castle [PAF!] and not before he told us that he had finally understood that a President should remain above soapbox theatrics [PAF!]"
4 slaps in 2 sentences: somebody's ears must be ringing from all that flak!
@ Anonymous of November 15, 2010 11:15 AM
Zoli prediction ça. Fauder attann bann Jugnauth, Ramgoolam, Duval mort pou capave gagne renouveau la-hein?
Allez, faire enn vision (ou cauchemar, selon ki bord ou été): toiture l'assemblé nationale écrouler ek craz tou bann dépités pendant prochain bidzé: ki arriver? Ki sann-la ki pou capave émerge comme leader apré ha?
Are you planning a GunpowderPlot Mauritian style? lol
ReplyDeleteGuy Fawkes was on 5 Nov, lol
Ou ena raison. Ramgoolam ti pran 17 mois pu decider ki sanna entre ene eminent economiste travailliste et ene comptable MMM tre moyen besoin vine gouverner la banque centrale...
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ReplyDeleteeconomiste la Bheenick.
comptable la kisanela ti eter sa?
dir nu ene coup
Mo pense Deva Virahsawmy ena raison quand li ti dire Uteem bizin ran tou so ban privilege comme ancien president.
ReplyDeleteAla discour sa grand dimunn la
I still cannot understand how the Ptr mouthpiece people have not said anything about/against this blog. Are they scared that the rebuttals?
ReplyDeleteOne of the Ptr Mouthpieces gave an interview in l'express the other day. Responding to a question regarding the abolition of the vice Presidency she said ....ok so what if tommorrow we say ' lets abolish the PM post'. How erudite? Some peole just don't undestand that instead of spending millions on the vice president we badly need equipement in the our hospitals. Do people realise how badly equipped is our sole eye hospital? Not until you are ill and need treatment!
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime we have know-it-all big-mouth Ptr Mouthpeices who ought to know better. PLEASE DONT JUSTIFY WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY, WASTE IS WASTE!
@ Anonymous of November 15, 2010 2:58 PM:
ReplyDeleteThank you for the reference to Guy Fawkes, but it was unintentional. I had in mind something like what an Argentinian dictator had hinted to during the world cup of 1976, when he said something like the danger of a bomb in a chock-full stadium attending a world-cup final, with all the political leaders together at that same moment in the stands.
@ Anonymous of November 18, 2010 8:08 AM
"How erudite? "
Abé ha-mem ki appel enn non-argument ha: li couma dire ou demann moi: 'Kiferr lé-ciel blé?', ek moi, mo essaye ridiculise ou pou ou kestion ki demann connaissance du sujet mais drom vide couma mo été, mo reponn ou: 'Parski li pas vert!'. The "big-mouth Ptr Mouthpeices" should have sought the help of Raouf Bhundhun for justifying the relevance of the post...
"Some peole just don't undestand that instead of spending millions on the vice president we badly need equipement in the our hospitals. Do people realise how badly equipped is our sole eye hospital?"
Ahem, equipment is there Ma'am/Sir, no problem. Hi-tech they call it. But the absence of budget for the maintenance (in terms of servicing, spares and upgrades, which can cost as much as or more than the thing itself) is what brings the great intention down to a shame. The same story applies everywhere in the civil service - no forecast of future costs. Why do you have to pay for a CT scan in the private clinics, when an CT scan can be made in two of hospitals? Because you can safely they are out of service on the day you would be examined with it. Just imagine this: why are all the luxury cars purchased for use of State representatives parked at the garage of ministry of public infrastructure after only some years of operation? The ones who purchased them forgot that only specifically trained people can take apart these technological beasts and the local dealers will not hand out the maintenance manuals. Waste is waste, yes, and it is encouraged everywhere...
Listening to many people refering to the parti, le parti, parti et parti ...when the vice president was nominated I got the impression we were in China or other communist country. Ramgoolam tends to forget that once elections are over all that counts is the govt, or maybe the man isn't mature enough to be a PM. Yesterday I saw him on TV being rude to journalists....can't someone tell him he looks ridiculous this way.Anyone in the parti, Hello, 'cette grande parti' as the new vice president said on TV when she was nominated
ReplyDeleteSa ki pli triste WIN p felicite decision parski c ene fam, sa ban extremist la p fair bkp ditort pays, ki fam zot p cozer, cot meritocratie, competence,vaue added ene job pareil, etc apres tt bien rare ena the right (wo)man in the right place dan sa pays la, moricien p aret reflesi car zot p tap la main r sa ban decision ek commentaires la ...
ReplyDeleteUnfair post in my opinion. The PM surrounds himself only with true reds who helped hatch the smart reforms that PJ is busy undoing and who marketed the medicine of the good doctor.
ReplyDeleteInteresting statement made by the PM in parliament on Tuesday: Uteem threatened to resigned as President if Ramgoolam had gone ahead with the nomination of Arianga Pillay as Chief Justice back in 1996 instead of Sik Yuen. But a year later Ramgoolam gives... Uteem another mandate as President. See, I told you the guy is not a real labourite.
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