Tag: Second Republic

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

General elections can have long lasting consequences and in some cases overturning impacts. That is why electoral reform, which has a direct bearing on the long term, is

The question is whether Pravind Jugnauth will choose to stand on the wrong side of history by going along with Bérenger’s agenda? Or will he, like his father,

This is a new generation and new forces are upsetting many an apple cart. The tune, and the manner – and manners too – must adapt

left by the 2014 elections

Interview: Mrinal Roy

“Roving ambition helps many a man to good and many it falsely lures to light desires, till failure trips them unawares, and they fall on the fire that

Voters gave their verdict on December 10th. Surprising? To an extent, yes, especially because of the unexpected margins and numbers by which L’Alliance Lepep won – 47 against

Let us look

There can be no question that the people have spoken and given the MSM-PMSD-ML alliance a clear and unambiguous mandate to govern the country for the next five

The choice of an electoral system is one of the most important institutional decisions for any democracy because it will have a profound effect on the future political

Any proposal from any political party or alliance should be open to scrutiny and analysis. This exercise, to be worthy of consideration, should be based on a principled

Less than two weeks from today, a new government will be in place. The uncertainty of the electoral outcome has kept increasing as we near the last part

It is incumbent upon the Labour Party-MMM Alliance to convince the voters that they are in the game of “conviction” politics as opposed to opportunism The expectation is

10th December is only 20 days away, and most political analysts would shy away from volunteering a definite reading of the direction in which the political wind is