𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑. 𝑾𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨.
It’s time that we put a stop to those abuses of the past by socioculturals and politicians turning the annual event at Amma Tookay into a political event. This Amma Tookay event, typically tied to seasonal prayers and the sugarcane crop, has faced a recurring pattern of political hijacking. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘴.
With the advent of the so-called “Sanzman”, there has been growing pushback across Mauritius against the intertwining of religious and sociocultural events with mainstream political messaging. 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.
This year, they were expecting that the PM and his ministers would be seeking blessings for the country with a pure heart, free from the distractions of political manoeuvring or debate.
𝒀𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒗𝒓𝒂𝒊 “𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒛𝒎𝒂𝒏” 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 !
Our religious shrines revered as places of pure devotion, humility, and inner peace-Amma Tookay is a powerful and benevolent mother goddess to whom devotees of all faiths go to seek guidance and protection- 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙/𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣s 𝙗𝙮 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙨.
LePep is well aware that the merging of sociocultural groups and political life often persists because politicians find religious gatherings to be highly convenient venues for mass mobilization.
LePep wants to establish and reinforce the secular values of the separation of religion and state .
LePep must actively express their dissatisfaction with ethno-religious clientelism and refuse to give endorsements to candidates who exploit places of worship for showmanship.
𝑳𝒆𝑷𝒆𝑷 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒔.
