The Prime Minister was in Palmerstone, Vacoas, on Tuesday. He was inaugurating the part of Sinavanda Avenue that has been resurfaced. Pravind Jugnauth took the opportunity to answer all questions from the press. He once again criticized the media, at least some of them, which he accused of associating with the “falsehoods and lies” spread by his political opponents. “There is too much disinformation. But I am frank. Democracy means that I, too, must have the opportunity to respond to criticism,” he stressed. He added: “In Mauritius, there is not only freedom of expression. But in many cases, there is an abuse of that freedom of expression!”
Pravind Jugnauth: “I don’t know when the Commission will submit its report”
This is what Pravind Jugnauth said on Tuesday while inaugurating a flyover at Sivananda Road, Vacoas. Pravind Jugnauth was asked about the Commission of Enquiry on Ameenah Gurib-Fakim’s actions at the time she was the President of the Republic. He was asked to react to Toolsyraj Benydin of the Muvman Liberater, who said that the Commission, chaired by former Chief Justice Asraf Caunhye and with Nirmala Devat and Gaitree Jugessur-Manna as assessors, would soon submit its report. Pravind Jugnauth said that he, as Prime Minister, has no information on the matter. “I don’t know when the Caunhye Commission will submit its report to the President of the Republic. It is not up to me or the government,” he said. The head of government also commented, for the first time, on the Ken Arian controversy over an anonymous letter in the Ameenah Gurib-Fakim case. “I have seen what has been published.” There have been accusations against Ken Arian. “It seems to me that Ken Arian will take legal action. I will also take legal action if allegations are made against me in this matter,” he said.
