An update: follow me at http://twitter.com/AvinashMeetoo today! We will report from some constituencies.
Tomorrow, we, adults of the Republic of Mauritius, will have to cast our votes for those who will run the country during the next five years. Lately, a few people have been telling me that they won’t vote because they can’t decide whom to vote for. What I want to tell them is that they still have a few hours left to make up their minds.
Read the Alliance de l’Avenir manifesto as well as the one from l’Alliance …
Women, Communalism and Democracy: Ethics and The Need to Vote Differently
By Sheila Bunwaree (sheila_bun@yahoo.co.uk)
Politics in 21st century Mauritius is revolving around 2 male figures whose main art is the promotion of communalism. But they are not alone, they have their cronies, opponents turned into avowed supporters and some newly acquired ‘friends’. There is however a handful of relatively independent, competent people on both sides- will they last? The 2 leaders seem to be ‘en dephasage’ with the more enlightened people, the true Mauritians. The latter abhor and question the idea of …
En parcourant les programmes des deux principales alliances, je me suis rendu compte que, bien qu’étant assez vague sur la mise en oeuvre et le financement, elles soutiennent quelques propositions dignes d’être considérées. Par exemple, voici quelques propositions de l’Alliance du Coeur:
Création d’un Institut des Nouvelles Technologies pour la recherche et la diffusion de technologie pour améliorer l’efficience dans les différents secteurs économiques afin de favoriser une productivité accrue et la croissance. (pg 13)
Facilités pour les jeunes entrepreneurs et soutien pour les startups. (pg 42)
Un scheme subventionné à hauteur de …