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More and more ridiculous
We can sit side by side in the majority of the National Assembly and side by side in the Council of Ministers and yet not look in the same direction! This week we learned on the official government information website GIS that the seedlings of the endangered species Cylindrocline lorencei were reintroduced into the wild by the current agro-industrial portfolio owner, Mahen Seeruttun, as part of the International Day for Biological Diversity, in the Petrine National Park. But many overlook, either due to lack of memory or triviality, that this plant was officially reintroduced into the wild on July 3, 2021, in the same Petrine Park by the former agro-industrial owner. And food security, Maneesh Gobin, in the presence of the then French Ambassador to Mauritius, Florence Caussé Tissier! Still part of the International Day for Biological Diversity. Multiple news articles, GIS and even MBC reports confirm this event. French TV channel TV5 also produced a documentary specifically to commemorate this “historic” event on behalf of the National Botanical Institute of Brest, France, thanks to the work of which the reconstruction and reintroduction of the Lorentzella cylindrica was made possible in July 2021.
Farmers’ fear
Like large sugarcane growers, small vegetable growers are also unhappy. They lamented the lack of consultation with them in the formulation of the Water Resources Bill, which was submitted to the National Assembly for first reading on Tuesday. In addition, they are worried that the excessive powers granted by the bill to the minister in charge may be used as a political tool against plantation owners who have poor relations with the government. For example, once this law is passed, the minister will be able to decide who has the right to use river water for irrigation and who cannot do so.
The Sulking Minister
Chasing nature, galloping back. This is the example of a minister in a rural constituency in the country. She had just refused to use the room of a socio-cultural association, which wanted to organize a lunch there for the elderly people in the constituency. The association had sent out an invitation, thinking that the minister would not create any difficulties, especially since Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth would be the chief guest. However, to her great surprise, the minister did not accede to her request. The president of the association had no choice but to report the matter to the head of the government. Was the minister being polite, knowing that she might not get a ticket for the next legislative elections, at least not in the constituency where she was elected?
Between labor
The then Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam vividly remembers Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to his office in November 2013. The latter was then the DPP. Navin Ramgoolam said this could only be good news for Mauritius as Starmer was a keen defender of human rights and “waters can only flow better” between the Labour Party.
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