Against communalism of the best-loser system - Lalit Mauritius

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si bann sirkonskripsyon ase tipti, tu diferan “kominote” pu reprezante otomatikman apre eleksyon. An mem tan A.R.Mohamed, ki asterla finn pran so distans depi Parti Morisyen pu form “Central Committee for Action” ki plitar pu vinn CAM (Comité Action Musulman), insiste pu syez rezerve ek lalist elektoral separe pu sak “kominote”. Finalman ladministrasyon kolonyal Britanik truv enn konpromi ek inpoz enn sistem “First Past The Post” ek enn depite pu sak 40 sirkonskripsyon, plis enn serten nomb nomini (ki ti apel “bestluzer”) parmi kandida ki finn gayn buku vot me pa finn eli, pu retablir lekilib ant parti ek “kominote”. Eleksyon 1959 fer dapre sa sistem la, ek pu premye fwa, fer lor baz sifraz iniversel. Parti Morisyen sort gran perdan: li nek fer eli 3 depite lor 40. Me prosesis nominasyon par ladministrasyon kolonyal Britanik donn li ankor inpe syez. Me apartir la, Parti Morisyen deklans enn kanpayn kominal pu sey rekiper enn proporsyon sa baz de klas ki Travayis ti ankor ena parmi travayer. Sa kanpayn kominal la morde dan enn serten mezir, an parti parski Parti Travayis ti finn devye depi so platform de klas, ek malgre lefet ki gran burzwazi uvertman sutenir ek finans Parti Morisyen. Dan prosen Eleksyon Zeneral an 1963, Parti Morisyen ki aster la su linflians politik popilist G. Duval, fer elir 8 depite. An reaksyon a kanpayn kominal Parti Morisyen pu eleksyon 1963, enn grup dimunn otur P. Dabee, D. Varma, ek Aneerood Jugnauth met dibut enn parti kominal ki ti apel All Mauritius Hindu Congress (AMHC). Sa polarizasyon kominal la debus lor premye bagar kominal an 1965. Dan sa mem lepok la deba lor lindepandans/lasosyasyon vinn byen so ek mem vyolan. Tuzur an 1965, kan negosyasyon demare lor reform konstitisyonel ek sanzman sistem elektoral, ankor enn fwa Parti Morisyen vinn propoz enn sistem Reprezantasyon Proporsyonel ek Lalist Parti, Parti Travayis pa dakor, ek CAM tuzur an faver syez rezerve ek lalist elektoral separe pu sak “kominote”. Finalman Komisyon Banwell vinn propoz apepre seki nu ena zordi; su presyon Parti Travayis, CAM, IFB (Independent Forward Block), ek AMHC, rapor Stonehouse amenn serten amandman miner lor fason pu kalkil Bestluzer, ek finalman tu bann Parti tom dakor: zot estime ki sistem First Past The Post ek 3 depite dan sak 20 sirkonskripsyon (+2 dan Rodrig), ek 8 “Bestluzer” nome parmi kandida ki pa finn eli, kalkile dapre enn formil ki sey koriz su-reprezantasyon “kominal”, san afekte balans ant Parti, sa sistem-la reprezant enn konpromi ant bann diferan pozisyon. Lefet ki sistem “Bestluzer” depann lor klasifikasyon popilasyon an 4 diferan kominote, ek lefet ki sak kandida dan enn eleksyon zeneral bizin deklar so “kominote” lor so Nomination Paper, sa ti enn “perversyon” demokrasi ki tu bann parti politik a lepok ti pare pu aksepte.
The Best Loser System A COMMUNAL PERVERSION OF ELECTIONS TO PARLIAMENT and A CONSTITUTIONAL LICENSE TO PRACTISE COMMUNALISM AS A POLITICAL STRATEGY People, Politics and Parliament It is often said that Mauritians are more or less always involved, in one way or another, in a seemingly eternal electoral campaign even though, or perhaps because, there are no general elections immediately in sight. This may well be true ... more or less. Some choose to be keen or reluctant observers. Many become passionate commentators or active campaigners and electoral agents when the elections do come. What is certain is that general elections are taken seriously by the vast majority of Mauritians and, before voting, they ask themselves important questions relating to whom political power should be entrusted, how and in whose interests they want such power to be wielded. Mauritians, on the whole, prefer to vote for national political parties or alliances rather than for individuals or regional parties. Mauritius has a parliamentary system of government and, since 1968, its Constitution, the Supreme Law, makes provision for an impressive number of fundamental human and democratic rights. Among them is the right to vote and the right to be a candidate to the National Assembly. It would be wrong, however, and dangerously so, to believe that both our parliamentary system and the rights we enjoy, came into existence and continue to exist simply because the French and the British had “prepared us” or because our Constitution said so and continues to say so. The truth is much more complex. The decisive factors which brought parliamentary democracy to Mauritius have nothing to do with the desire of the French to “civilise” us nor with the eagerness of the Mother of Parliament in Britain to spread democracy around the world. Nor are we to thank the erstwhile local “elite”, which had fattened itself on slavery and indentured labour, for its reluctant adoption of democracy as a sign of its belated enlightenment and its willingness to offer its benefits to the people under their rule. It was never minded to do so. Parliamentary democracy and constitutional rights in Mauritius are the results of a past and ongoing struggle between various conflicting economic, political and ideological (often disguised as “cultural or religious”) interests. They have never been offered by the powerful and the wealthy nor have they been invented by lawyers. They are achievements made along the dire road of the many and never-ending struggles for human dignity, social justice, personal liberty, equality and freedom for all. In a class-ridden society, the right to choose one's political representative and the right to represent the interests of a class are of great importance to the mass of workers, the unemployed and the poor in general. They were the ones who for so long had been deprived of any political power. Achievements are partial victories. They come with their imperfections, sometimes cruel ones, precisely because the victories are not complete and are often accompanied by severe setbacks. A partial victory is very often simultaneously a partial defeat. We had the independence of India, yet we saw at the same time its partition and the creation of Pakistan. A sequence of wars followed. Mauritius became independent in 1968, but to this very day Diego Garcia remains excised from its territory. The Comores are independent, but the French still occupy Mayotte. Often, the same battles have to be fought over and over again. Our Republic is a parliamentary democracy. It is based on universal suffrage with its principle of one equal vote for each adult citizen . The right to vote for all and formal (not necessarily
Page 1: Lalit EGALITE LIBERTE LIMANITE LIBE
Page 4 and 5: Kont Kominalism dan sistem Bestluze
Page 6 and 7: Preface Communalism, racism, castei
Page 8 and 9: The Forces Against the Communal Bes
Page 10 and 11: In a long interview in Le Mauricien
Page 12 and 13: REJECTING COMMUNAL, RACE & RELIGIOU
Page 14 and 15: General Population. We call ourselv
Page 16 and 17: “communalisme de défense”. If
Page 18 and 19: and even compared it with the Nazis
Page 20 and 21: 1861 White and Coloured Indian Chin
Page 22 and 23: Mauritius is perhaps the most flagr
Page 24 and 25: after day. This really is a proof t
Page 26 and 27: We also have to oppose racism. We h
Page 28 and 29: STAR BLITZ LE DIMANCHE MAURITIUS TI
Page 30 and 31: E asterla, 30 banane plitar, nu kot
Page 32 and 33: Otur mem peryod, nu finn truv Komis
Page 34 and 35: Lane Klasifikasyon ki ti servi 1735
Page 36 and 37: Ras, enn argiman turn-an-ron Dan le
Page 38 and 39: Kumadir Gaetan Duval fer nu tu rape
Page 40 and 41: Ena usi enpe endividi e grup ti-bur
Page 44 and 45: eal) equality before the law are th
Page 46 and 47: mind at the time he/she wishes to r
Page 48 and 49: W: party Honourable members Party Y
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Page 52 and 53: “In the event that any of the 8 s
Page 54 and 55: It is up to those who suffer most f
Page 56 and 57: Pwazon la Sistem Bestluzer kominal,
Page 58 and 59: Premye zafer katastrofik ki remarke
Page 60 and 61: Tab nimero 1 Kategori B C D A Resan
Page 62 and 63: Tab nimero 6 Si re-azut 1 Manb Onor
Page 64 and 65: Alor wityem bestluzer pu dan Parti
Page 66 and 67: Ragini Kistnasamy ek Jean-Claude Bi
Page 69 and 70: Keep the best loser system, but kic
Page 71 and 72: will not be considered for such all
Page 73 and 74: Nomination Papers in 1976 (413 cand
Page 75 and 76: But a good political system, of cou
Page 77 and 78: LALIT’s position and proposals ON
Page 79 and 80: a) the auto-classification of all c
Page 81 and 82: that it allows various currents to
Page 83 and 84: Seki Lalit pe propoze dan kad eleks
Page 85 and 86: pu bizin al anrezistre so nom kot b
Page 87 and 88: Mo dord: Ki u relizyon? Pa pu dir u
Page 89 and 90: “Some 33 years after the Constitu
Page 91 and 92: STOP COMMUNALISM CAMPAIGN SPORTSPEO
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APPENDICES
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(1) Every candidate for election at
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SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT Delivered b
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system. At the time the Constitutio
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Philip Baker in his book KREOL (A D
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EXCERPTS ON THE BEST LOSER SYSTEM F
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