National Assembly: “Collect the Phokeer”!

The speaker’s arrogance, partiality and violence are tiresome even to most people. Indeed, a possible political alliance with the Mauritius Social Democratic Party (PMSD) is a perfect opportunity to get rid of him.

Sooroojdev Phokeer has recently made a habit of making news comments at the beginning of every parliamentary session. Any opposition MPs or even journalists who criticize him become targets of attack. announcement For his part, when Phokeer did not refer the matter to the Attorney General’s Office, he ended up reprimanding, threatening, and demanding an apology or expulsion.

However, following the publication of an article in the Express on July 12 questioning whether Adrien Duval would replace Phokeer, we were not entitled to any statement from Sooroojdev Phokeer when Parliament met that afternoon in an unusual move. Private Notification Issuesone MP said: “Keep up the good work. Adrian will b** To plas. ”* Xavier-Luc Duval replied: “Hey, Daddy met Maupiti Ratan.” Before hearing your own answer: “It’s public knowledge. It’s in the morning paper too… anyway, Adrian didn’t deny it.”

The silence on Sooroojdev Phokeer is all the more deafening because the article does not predict his possible succession in the next legislature, but this week “If the proposal is agreed by both parties”Mayonnaise began to rise on July 10 when Xavier-Luc Duval, emerging from parliamentary silence – who had hardly asked the government any questions since the PMSD split from the opposition coalition – attacked the same Forkel, accusing him of being impetuous. Surprisingly, the Blues leader sided with the opposition, adding: “Opposition MPs feel oppressed and find the democratic space in parliament shrinking with each term”. And hopefully, in a way that now seems to be a foreboding, he “We absolutely have to find a solution”.

The silent majority

What we don’t know is that protests, although not loud, have recently begun to be heard even among the majority. The slightly later timing may indicate that these protests are aimed at making room for Adrian Duval while satisfying one of the immediate demands made by Xavier-Luke Duval to change the speaker. However, we have long received feedback even from some ministers. Senior Minister They were reserved, not to mention hostile, towards Speaker Fokker. One of the ministers even declared “The government could lose the election because of the latter.”

How many times have we heard ministers declare in Parliament that they are willing to answer additional questions from the opposition after the Speaker has stopped them? In short, Sooroojdev Phokeer has sometimes been overprotective, to the detriment of the government. Certain ministers appear to have tried to reason with the Speaker privately on many occasions, asking him to be more democratic. While other ministers are very apprehensive about addressing the Speaker, preferring to let him tamp down the opposition. We wonder if Leader of the HousePravind Jugnauth agrees or condemns Phokeer’s attitude.

It is certain that Sooroojdev Phokeer would never be brought back to his senses by his teacher Pravind Jugnauth, but he eventually came to believe that he was the wisest of all. General commands He would sometimes quote Erskine May selectively, and his last words would serve to convince him that he was always right. This circumstance, combined with his arrogant character, did the rest. One of his former teaching colleagues – when Fokker was in this profession – remembered the latter as a difficult person to get along with. “He always wanted to be right. Even when everyone knew he was wrong, we had to give in.”

Instructor

Several reporters who interviewed the spokesman sensed his arrogance. “When he wanted to be friendly, he would invite me to meet him so he could give me advice on how to do journalism.”a colleague told us with a smile. “It’s incredible that this man should have such a high opinion of himself. He is not, by any means, a speaker who demands our attention.”

Sooroojdev Phokeer also advises the parliament. In the past few weeks, he has been thinking “guide” and assisting opposition members in raising questions. He even did this to veteran Awen Burrell. This did not work for Ehsan Juman, who responded on June 25: “I don’t need your guidance!” The person who was speaking felt offended and insisted on giving him advice. “Let me guide you this time. Right now, you need my guidance.” When Ehsan Juman pointed out to him that his guidance was worthless because he had wrongly claimed that Sunil Bholah was not the minister in charge Financial Services CommitteePhokeer still wants to have the final say: “what are you saying?” While accusing Zhuman: “You always want to have the last word.” And use his authority to decide. “There is no question for you! Let’s move on to the next one!”

To be a difficult person to get along with, Sooroojdev Phokeer is one of them. We just learned that his new technical advisor is Broadcasting Matters Shyam Persand, a member of parliament, just resigned from his position, despite a generous salary, because of Fokir’s character. His other advisers have also thrown in the towel. One lawyer lamented: “Maybe Falk wants to give some advice to the advisors!”

In fact, our lawyer interlocutor knew Phokeer well, having studied law with him. “In fact, Falk almost never pleads guilty in court. But that doesn’t stop him from pretending to be a ‘misie konn tou’. With such an arrogant attitude, there is no way he can face a real lawyer in court. I am not talking to you about some magistrates and judges who will quickly restore it to its true size. It will hurt Sooroojdev’s inflated ego.” The lawyer also wondered how such a person was appointed to the top post.

Police stationed at the National Assembly were also reportedly fed up with Sooroojdev Phokeer. He shouted orders “collect” Opposition MPs eventually pissed off these civil servants who were humiliated in public. But most importantly, this is an almost weekly order “Kick elected representatives out of parliament” Disturbingly, one of the officials even declared: “We are not hired to go after the honest people, but to go after the lawbreakers.” And targeting speakers who violate the rules?