Against communalism of the best-loser system - Lalit Mauritius

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It is up to those who suffer most from communalism to demand the elimination of the best loser system from our Constitution. Politicians in power or in Opposition will naturally pay lip service to the urgent need to decrease communalism in politics and elsewhere whilst at the same time screaming that it is a “delicate” issue and that “we should be very cautious before we do anything about it”. In the meanwhile, the very same politicians keep multiplying their links with those who lead communal organisations and institutions. The battle against communalism is an old one. It demands new energies and a clarity of purpose. Recently, a “Muvman Anti Kominalis” (MAK) has started campaigning. At its Founding Convention in May 1995 it resolved to demand the abolition of the best loser system. MAK declares itself committed to work: 1. Against communalism, racism, casteism and all forms of religious fundamentalism 2. For equal fundamental rights for each and every citizen of the republic of Mauritius, whether political, economic, social and cultural rights. 3. For a secular state, completely separate from religion. 4. For freedom of religion or to have no religion - each citizen having the right to choose and to practise the religion of his or her choice or no religion. 5. For freedom of expression and of opinion for each and every citizen. These objectives can only be achieved with mass political support. To win such support is no easy task. It is an enormous challenge. The elimination of communalism involves nothing less than the complete overhaul of our Constitution and our political system. It also requires that all of us as individuals are willing to confront our own communal reflexes and ideas. There are grounds for optimism. Out there in the Republic of Mauritius are large numbers of people whose way of life and of thinking lead them to believe that people should not be categorised as cattle and that all humans have the same worth and the same rights independently of their religious, philosophical or cultural differences. They correctly see the best loser system as a form of institutionalised communalism. They reject it. Ragini Kistnasamy and Jean Claude Bibi for Muvman Anti-Kominalis June 1995 Organizations in MAK: Abaim, Association des Consommateurs de l”Ile Maurice, Bambous Health Project, Federation of Civil Service Unions, Federation of Pres-School Playgroups, Federation of Progressive Unions, Federation des Travailleurs Unis, Federation des Syndicats des Corps Constitues. Grup Fangurin, Government Teachers’ Union, General Workers’ Federation, Ledikasyon pu Travayer, Muvman Lakaz, Muvman Liberasyon Fam, Rodrigues Government Employees Union, SPACE, NGO Liaison Committee.
Sistem Bestluzer ENN PERVERSYON KOMINAL ELEKSYON REPREZANTAN DAN PARLMAN & ENN LAYSENNS KONSTITISYONEL PU PRATIK KOMINALISM KUMA ENN STRATEZI POLITIK Lepep, Politik ek Parlman Dimunn suvan dir ki li paret ki Morisyin tultan dan enn kanpayn elektoral ki zame fini. Mem si eleksyon zeneral ankor lwin. Uswa akoz li lwin, kapav. Kapav dimunn ena rezon pu dir sa. Plizumwin. Ena ki kontan pu swiv politik. Ena ki swiv li delwin. Ena ki kontan diskit politik, uswa partisipe aktivman ek travay azan kan eleksyon vini. Seki sir ek sertin, se ki laplipar Morisyin pran eleksyon o-serye. Avan vote, nu poz nu-mem lakestyon kisannla ti bizin gayn puvwar? Ki lintere eski li ti bizin defann? Morisyin, an-zeneral, prefer vot pu parti politik nasyonal ubyin lalyans plito ki pu kandida indepandan uswa parti rezyonal. Moris ena enn sistem guvernman kot ena enn Parlman. Depi 1968, Konstitisyon Moris, ki limem mama tu lalwa, ti fer provizyon pu ki ena plizyer drwa imin demokratik de baz. Parmi sa bann drwa-la, ena drwa de vot, e drwa pu poz kandida dan Lasanble Nasyonal. Li pa vre ek li kapav mem danzere pu krwar ki sistem parlmanter ek drwa imin ki nu ena finn vini ek ankor la zis akoz Franse ek Angle ti’nn “prepar nu” uswa zis akoz Konstitisyon dir sa. Laverite li al pli lwin ki sa. Seki finn vremem amenn demokrasi parlmanter pena nanye pu fer avek sipa Leta Franse ti sanse anvi “siviliz” nu. Li pa ti ena nanye pu fer avek sipa “Parlman Angle, kot sistem parlmanter ki nu ena sorti, ti sanse anvi sem demokrasi partu”. Nu pena pu remersye elit lokal ki li finn amenn demokrasi parlmanter. Sa elit-la ti’nn fer so profi lor ledo esklav ek travayer angaze. Sa elit-la finn finalman bizin aksepte demokrasi malgre li. Demokrasi Parlmanter ek drwa Konstitisyonel li rezilta lalit ki finn ena dan lepase, ek lalit ki kontinye ant diferan lintere: lintere ekonomik, politik, ideolozik (suvan degize kuma “kiltirel u relizye”) ki an-konfli. Seki gard puvwar ek dimunn ris zame ti ofer demokrasi parlmanter lor plato. Se ne pa avoka ki finn invant demokrasi parlmanter non pli. Demokrasi parlmanter li enn aki ki finn gayne dan lalit infini pu dinite imin, pu zistis sosyal, pu liberte individyel, pu egalite ek liberte pu tu dimunn. Dan enn sosyete de klas, drwa pu swazir u reprezantan politik ek drwa pu reprezant lintere enn klas sosyal li ena gran linportans pu lamas travayer, pu somer ek pu dimunn mizer an-zeneral. Se zot mem ki finn exklir depi puvwar politik pu tro lontan. Aki ki finn gayne dan listwar, se zis enn viktwar parsyel, pa enn viktwar final. Aki, li pa parfe. Li vini ek so defo, ena fwa defo kriyel zisteman akoz viktwar-la pa final, ek byin suvan, li vinn enn-dan lot avek rekil. Enn viktwar parsyel, byin suvan, li an-mem-tan enn defet parsyel. Finn gayn lindepandans Lenn, me an-mem-tan, finn ena partisyon Lenn avek kreasyon Pakistan. Enn trale lager finn ansene. Moris finn vinn indepandan an 1968, me ziska zordi, Diego Garcia ankor demanbre depi teritwar Moris. Komor, li indepandan, me Mayot tuzur su lokipasyon Franse. Suvan, bizin re-lager mem batay ki ti’nn deza gayne. Bizin re-lager san relas. Nu repiblik li enn demokrasi parlmanter. Li baze lor sifraz iniversel avek prinsip ki sak sitwayin adilt ena enn vot, egal. Drwa de vot pu tu dimunn ek egalite formel divan lalwa (ki pa neseserman vedir egalite dan larealite), zot rezilta lalit politik radikal dan lekel byin suvan, explwate ek oprime finn partisipe an-mas. Pena dut ki enn gran aki ki finn gayne sa. Sirtu kan konpar li avek reyn kolonyal ki fek ena, ek reyn posedan plantasyon baze lor lesklavaz ek langazman. Selman, fale pa nu aveg. Nu bizin kapav truv defo ki ena ek get move konsekans anfas mem kan nu finn reisi gayn aki.
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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 42 and 43: si bann sirkonskripsyon ase tipti,
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
Page 50 and 51: If add 1 to each category Then each
Page 52 and 53: “In the event that any of the 8 s
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
Page 93: APPENDICES
Page 96 and 97: (1) Every candidate for election at
Page 99 and 100: SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT Delivered b
Page 101 and 102: system. At the time the Constitutio
Page 103 and 104: Philip Baker in his book KREOL (A D
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EXCERPTS ON THE BEST LOSER SYSTEM F
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