Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Gaël Rangain
Published on 2024-04-05 08:00:29
Navin Ramgoolam convened the red elected officials of the capital yesterday to review the latest demands of the PMSD, namely an investment at No. 3.
Adrien Duval persists and signs about his discontent with the number of tickets allocated to the blues.
The deal between the Labor Party (PTR), the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM), and the Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD) for the electoral alliance seems to be at an impasse after the developments that have occurred since Wednesday afternoon. Obviously, the distribution of investments, with the opposition leader and leader of the PMSD, Xavier-Luc Duval, demanding a ticket at Port-Louis Maritime/Port Louis-East (No. 3), is proving difficult in the current situation. This constituency is represented in Parliament by Shakeel Mohamed (PTr), Aadil Ameer Meea (MMM), and Eshan Juman (PTr).
This latest demand from the leader of the PMSD forced former Prime Minister and Labor leader Navin Ramgoolam to convene an emergency meeting at his office in Port Louis yesterday at noon with the Labor parliamentarians from the capital as well as the party president, Patrick Assirvaden. The discussions within the Labor party resulted in a deadlock, according to well-informed sources last night.
Information gathered by Le Mauricien from reliable sources indicates that Navin Ramgoolam clearly stated that the negotiations with the leader of the MMM, Paul Bérenger, and XLD had reached a crucial phase, with difficult choices to be made.
The PTR leader reportedly tried to ease tensions by stating that he would do his best to retain control over constituencies No. 2 (Port-Louis South/Port-Louis Central) and No. 3 as much as possible. He also informed his capital team that he did not want to jeopardize the potential electoral alliance between PTr-MMM-PMSD. Since Wednesday, the PMSD has been demanding an investment for their party at No. 3. Xavier-Luc Duval pointed out that in 2014, Salim Abbas Mamode, who joined the ranks of the MSM in 2021, was elected as Best Loser in this constituency and in 2019 he came in second place.
Xavier-Luc Duval thus mentioned the possibility of granting an investment to the secretary-general of the PMSD and former lord mayor, Mahmad Kodabaccus, putting Eshan Juman in a delicate situation, as his presence in the field in No. 3 is very visible. Navin Ramgoolam reportedly concluded yesterday’s meeting without indicating what he intended to do in his upcoming discussions with Paul Bérenger and Xavier-Luc Duval.
Well-informed sources believe that the negotiations between the three parties have reached a critical point this weekend, unable to reach a consensus on a fair distribution of investments between urban and rural constituencies. With the PTR securing 35 tickets, some of which include a Labor trio in certain constituencies, such as Pamplemousses/Triolet (No. 5) and Savanne/Rivière-Noire (No. 14), the MMM and the PMSD are trying to focus on urban regions.
At this stage, the information suggests that the disputes are not limited to the four constituencies of the capital but also extend to No. 19 (Stanley/Rose-Hill) and No. 20 (Beau-Bassin-Petite Rivière), where the PTR risks having no representation. Another sensitive situation is the possible investment of Adrien Duval, the son of Xavier-Luc Duval. The former Deputy Speaker, in the event of the realization of the PTr-MMM-PMSD alliance, could move from Curepipe/Midlands (No. 17) to Port-Louis North/Montagne-Longue (No. 4). As negotiations become increasingly difficult, the leaders of the three parties are trying to reach an agreement internally before returning to the table for another round of negotiations. As of today, Navin Ramgoolam had announced a new meeting between him, Paul Bérenger, and Xavier-Luc Duval for the end of the week. However, there was no confirmation of this next meeting available as of yesterday afternoon, which has repercussions on the joint organization of the May 1st meeting.
To be continued…
Adrien Duval not satisfied with the 35-17-8 formula
Adrien Duval, son of the opposition leader and PMSD leader, persists in expressing his discontent about the number of tickets allocated to his party in the PTR-MMM-PMSD electoral deal, namely the 35-17-8 formula.
For the past 48 hours, the former MP from Curepipe/Midlands (No. 17) remains extremely vocal about this. “The formula presented is unacceptable for the PMSD. We have a duty towards voters who have placed their trust in us in each constituency to represent them. We have spent many years in successive governments where in some constituencies where we did not have MPs, we had an electorate who felt left out,” he declared yesterday afternoon on Teleplus.
“As we count those who made sacrifices in 2016 for the love of the country have accepted resignations, have shown that they are not for sale, that they deserve the party’s trust, how can Malini Sewocksing not be able to be represented today,” he said. “If in 2016 we did not have 12 MPs, would we be able to prevent the Prosecution Commission, the recognized political class commission, from recognizing actions in the country?”
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