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Number of voters in next elections at stake
Due to the constant changes - “crossing the floor”, allegations of bribery and personal feuds - that are taking place on the political scene these days, our democracy is being made a mockery. This, of course, has been discouraging for voters, as politics smells bad in this country. Intelligent voters are wondering whether or not it’s worth voting in future since they believe that their sacred civic duties as voters have been baffled.
Gone are the days when ideologies and self-respect used to be the real convictions of our MPs. Today, politics has taken a different dimension as long as status and financial means are concerned. Investitures are given to candidates according to the size of their purses and not because of their political convictions and ideology. For instance, let us discuss about the political situations between our main parties.
So far the MSM wants to play it solo in its campaign to get the maximum supporters. Whether or not its leader has in mind that the only way to achieve power is something that only time can tell! Besides, that party has the same electorate as the Labour party. The MSM is still a challenging force but could survive only if its leader gets rid of two or three of its active members that the electorate won’t even touch with a barge pole, leave alone the general election.
Majority members of the MSM politburo are praying for a new “Bleu Blanc Rouge” alliance. They strongly believe such an alliance will materialise again. And this has led to complacency. If ever it comes to that, the MSM would find itself gradually fading away on the political scene. Knowing Navin Ramgoolam, he would kill it softly and many of its stalwarts won’t be ticket-able as candidates.
In the eventuality that the MSM joins the Labour party, it is almost certain that it would have to renounce its major policies such as its opposition to the Gokhool reform. On the other hand, the immediate consequence of the MSM joining the Labour party would result in a vacuum in the majority community. It is a well-known fact that nature abhors vacuum; so it is a certainty that another political party will emerge to fill it up. It could be a new political party created by Ashock Jugnauth with other MSM dissidents.
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With this in mind, the MSM is advised to keep away from such an alliance. It needs to consolidate its strength on the field with a distinct identity. It should start making a massive recruitment among the young generation and even the older ones who may have more experience and wisdom. Otherwise, people would think of the MSM with nostalgia if it disappears from the political scene.
The MMM is more or less a practical political party that has perhaps contributed a lot in making other parties achieve power. What has gone wrong is entrenched in the mind of the majority community - that only a “vaish” is entitled to become prime minister. Bérenger also could never have become prime minister were it not for the deal between Sir Anerood Jugnauth and himself to pave the way for Pravind Jugnauth to become prime minister. Today the party has lost the true militancy of its heydays because the class distinction between workers is fading away. As it stands today, the MMM is only a marginal party. It is the five-cent party to make the rupee for other main parties.
The Social Alliance is in theory the strongest party but not in practice. Already there are signs of its impending explosion. A section of both Hindus and Muslims have taken their distance as the party strategy is not meeting their expectations socially, economically and structurally. Tension is gradually mounting among its members from one or two small parties, who have already contacted Ashock Jugnauth. The latter is organizing lots of meetings in his constituency in an effort to get as many supporters as possible. He wants to fortify the party he intends to create sooner or later.
What is happening to our main political parties today make us wonder if our country is gradually moving towards a banana republic where nepotism, dynasty, corruption, turn coats, and undesirable potential candidates are affecting our system.
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