The leaders of the L’Espoir Platform faced the press this morning. The report of the Commission of Inquiry, chaired by former Chief Justice Asraf Caunhye, with Nirmala Devat and Gaitree Manna as assessors, was commented at length. For Xavier-Luc Duval, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim “has messed-up” in this whole affair. Nevertheless, for him, many of the things that happened in the Sobrinho affair are far beyond the powers of Ameenah Gurib-Fakim. “She was not the one who changed the Finance Bill to give the Financial Services Commission the power to issue a banking license. And she did not appoint the members of the Financial Services Commission,” he said. For Xavier-Luc Duval, the most important thing is that “the big fishes and the real culprits have escaped“. He deplores the fact that they got nothing.
Bérenger: “AGF was a disaster… but the role of Jugnauth and Collendavelloo is being ignored“
In a press conference on Saturday, Paul Berenger said that there was no need for a Commission of Inquiry to conclude that Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has been a disaster as a President of the Republic. “She has gone so far as to violate the Constitution,” he said before deploring the fact that the government is trying “to cover up the whole Sobrinho affair as well as the role of Pravind Jugnauth and Ivan Collendavelloo“. For him, the government wants to put everything on the back of Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, but he believes that in due course, all the light will be done on the Medpoint, Angus Road and Kistnen affairs.
“Give the municipal elections“, says Paul Berenger
The leader of the MMM, at a press conference this Saturday, reminded that the Covid pandemic is behind us. “We need a return to normalcy. That means holding municipal elections. Stop hiding behind Covid-19. Give the municipal elections,” he said. Paul Bérenger also said that the return to normalcy must also be seen in the Parliament. He also recalled that the meeting-congress of next Friday, October 14, at Goodlands, is in the context of the return to Parliament on October 18.
Nothing is said about Alvaro Sobrinho
Nando Bodha also commented on the Caunhye report. According to him, “The time has come to shed light on the Alvaro Sobrinho affair in Mauritius”. The leader of the Rassemblement Mauricien (RM) is of the opinion that the terms of reference of the Commission of Inquiry would have been made to say nothing about Alvaro Sobrinho.
