Si les gens ne vont pas trop aux meetings de l’opposition, c’est parce qu’ils n’osent pas braver la répression. Ce ne sont pas des propos de semi-intellectuels qui noircissent le pouvoir en place sans vergogne. L’auteur de ce constat sévère sur l’état de notre démocratie est un membre du gouvernement. Il s’agit de la néo-Travailliste, Pratibha Bholah.
L’ex-députée du MSM explique dans l’interview qu’elle a accordée à l’express-samedi du 4 août, les raisons de l’échec relatif des réunions publiques organisées par les partis de l’opposition : «J’ai organisé une deuxième réunion pour que SAJ rencontre ses activistes. C’était extraordinaire, encore une fois. Mais, après cela, il y a eu des transferts punitifs, et cela a eu un effet néfaste sur la mobilisation. Les autres meetings n’ont pas eu l’effet escompté, justement parce que les gens avaient peur d’être vus.»
Il n’y a pas de raisons de croire que la PPS, qui vient d’être nommée par le Premier ministre, cherche à nuire au gouvernement. On peut donc déduire, à partir des faits qu’elle rapporte, que la majorité actuelle est prête à avoir recours à l’appareil d’Etat pour pénaliser des citoyens qui veulent écouter ce que l’opposition souhaite dire.
Dans la même interview, Pratibha Bholah révèle que «les partisans du MSM avaient peur qu’on les voit en train d’assister à nos réunions, mes mandants avaient peur de me rencontrer.
C’était devenu trop difficile». Si difficile qu’elle a préféré rallier le camp adverse.
Il est inimaginable que dans un Etat qui se proclame démocratique, les fonctionnaires ont peur d’assister aux meetings de l’opposition ou de parler à certains élus. Les légistes qui entendent faire respecter les droits fondamentaux des Mauriciens doivent nous dire s’il existe des lois qui protègent les fonctionnaires contre des représailles exercées dès qu’ils sont repérés à proximité de quelque membre de l’opposition. Ce que décrit la PPS porte atteinte à ces lois si tant est qu’elles existent.
Le problème est d’autant plus grave que le pays se dirige vers des municipales qui seront âprement contestées. Dans un environnement de frayeur, où les électeurs craignent d’être victimes des abus de pouvoir d’Etat, le scrutin sera-t-il libre et équitable ?
Commentaires
Power of the state
In her efforts to justify her extraordinary somersault in ideological terms,she has let the cat out of the bag.We have now damning and concrete evidence of the long arms of those who hold power.
Rpublique sucrire en devenir
Inquitant en effet si les dires de de Mme Bholah sont avrs. Aprs tout, la Chine est une Rpublique, certaines dictatures en Afrique sont des rpubliques... bananires. Mais ouf, heureusement l'le Maurice a choisi le sucre !
Ce qui est encore plus inquitant et grave, c'est la citation la fin de l'article "C'tait devenu trop difficile" ("Si difficile qu'elle a prfr rallier le camp adverse...") Les politiques ont-ils encore des convictions, des valeurs, un engagement idologique ou sont ils juste des chassres boutes, des tracres dan tas, des rodres boutes et des battres boules ?
WEAK ARGUMENTS!!!!
Her justifications hardly stand because her post as MP was not jeopardized in any way!!! If she comes into the labor camp, will those already transferred return back? Will people no longer be afraid to attend opposition meeting? Has she given up under unjust pressure? If so, then she is unfit to represent her electorate; the electorate elected her as member of MSM party. Once in parliament, she has betrayed her electorate by changing party! No amount of nonsense justification will prove otherwise. If she witnessed repressive means being used in our democracy, whereby opposition parties must exist, then it was her duty to protect democracy. Instead she preferred to desert her party to join the party that she allegedly taxed for using repressive means! Is she not shaking hands with ''devils"? Maybe her nomination as PPS provides some light into her ''loose justifications".
CRASS EXPLANATIONS
What Pratibka Bholah has proved that she is in Parliament just to sit ek manze pitas,guet sinema,while being paid a hefty salary by the tax payers.She also illustrates the weakness of the MSM that has recruited just anyone and get them elected through the strength of other parties!All the same Pratibha Bolah's expanation for her TRANSFIZING is just plain shameful!
Gagging public servants
Dont know enough about the member to pretend to know why she chose to cross the floor. One could take what morons call an educated guess and take a stab in the dark, but I wont while shes on the ground facing the gorgon and Im tapping on a keyboard anonymously. Nonetheless, a truth is a truth whether it comes out the mouth of Lucifer or mother Theresa. When the member says politically motivated punitive transfers occurred; I believe her. Yep, this old sceptic believes her absolutely. Why? Because I know this to be a fact. And I suspect most readers do too. Weve got a Public Gathering Act which effectively stymies the constitutional freedom of assembly guarantee. Are the unions screaming? No. Why the faark not? Ask yourself that. Scare the shit out of enough stupid people and you can pass any law you want, and theyll applaud too. Now, lets look at freedom of association. In most countries, after an election the blood-letting follows. That is, the politically appointed heads of department get shunted or paid out according to what contract they cut beforehand. Fair enough, live by the sword ... anyway you know how it goes. But when government starts to stand over the ordinary public servant with punitive transfers, thats something else altogether. Thats the quiet killing of that elusive system of governance they keep telling us is democracy. In reality, its not. It is rule by the biggest GANG. And as long as we continue to lull ourselves into thinking that that which happens to our brothers and sisters will never happen to us, the constitution will be but an illusion. I suppose for those with the means to mount a constitutional challenge in the higher courts, its better than nothing at all, But for the ordinary public servant, its nothing more than paper with writing on it. On the ground, it means even less.
What about the Opposition Leader's role??? Why doesn't he or...
What about the Opposition Leader's role??? Why doesn't he or his cronies investigate this seroius matter, punitive transfers, and collate datas, informations or even evidences to fight back. It would have been a proof the Purple House is by the side of the masses. Instead what we are seeing in this country; Moustass relentlessly doing flips and sommersaults, begging and crawling for electorals reforms.
@jacky
Perhaps the electoral reform is just a pretext to camouflage his begging for alliances ''gauche droite'' while elections are still far!