“No”, Says Municipalities And District Councils To The Labour Party

The opposition got is being turned down several times for the organisation of its political activities. For the Ptr-MMM-PMSD alliance, organising a political activity seems to have become a real struggle. First, it was refused permission by the police to hold a congress at La Place Camions in Vacoas. Then it was turned down by the Flacq District Council for the Hibiscus Hall in Constituency 9. The members of the Labour Party there wanted to gather there to celebrate an anniversary on 11 August. Initially, the request was accepted, and a payment of Rs 3,000 was even made, but subsequently the organisers received a letter refusing their request. The chairman of the Flacq District Council, Kishore Kumar Jeewooth, explained that he had been informed that the venue was to host a political event. The situation is the same in Upper Plaine-Wilhems…. MP Michael Sik Yuen had applied for the use of the Curepipe municipal council chamber for an organisational meeting ahead of the PTR/PMSD/MMM Alliance congress on 18 August. But his request was rejected. For the Red MP, this is a deplorable attitude. Michael Sik Yuen also denounced the way the government is running the country, which he described as dictatorship.