Linion Moris faced the press this Friday. The Financial Crimes Commission Bill was discussed at length. Nando Bodha, the first to speak, announced that if the platform wins the next elections, it will abolish the law. He recalled that he had sent a letter to the Prime Minister requesting the postponement of debates on the bill. He also asked Pravind Jugnauth to think carefully. “Tomorrow, you won’t be in power. But think of what could happen to you, your family and your chatwas with such a law,” he said. He also announced that Linion Moris will challenge the law, once it is passed in Parliament, and will prepare a Position Paper on the subject.
Valayden: “The organization will be able to use special surveillance techniques”.
Rama Valayden, another Linion Moris executive, also took the floor. He focused his speech on the surveillance techniques that the future Financial Crimes Commission will be able to use. “These are not normal techniques. They are special. The organization will be able to enter people’s lives and monitor everything. It’s Big Brother,” he lamented. For him, putting so much power in the hands of a person whom the Prime Minister appoints and can dismiss at any time is dangerous. He also deplored the fact that certain powers are being taken away from the DPP and put in the hands of the FCC’s CEO.
Dookhy: “Powers are being confiscated for political espionage”.
Another speaker at the Linion Moris press conference was Parwez Dookhy, leader of the Ralliement citoyen pour la patrie, which is part of Linion Moris. He deplored “a confiscation of the powers of judges, the police and the DPP in order to engage in political espionage”. For him, all this calls for clarification. For the moment, in his opinion, there is a vagueness that leads to abuses.
