Published in l'express of September 2026)
The Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) which took power following the December 2014 general elections accused the outgoing Mauritian Labour Party (PTr) government of deep-seated corruption, malpractices, institutional abuses, financial irregularities, cronyism and deeply irregular public contracts.
The high-profile state investigations which exposed extensive details of political corruption were :
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 (𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘴) 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘹 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘬 & 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘣𝘶𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦-𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘐𝘛𝘋, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 "𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦" 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘥 (2014) and....
The MSM framed its post-election agenda as a sweeping "nettoyage" (clean-up) of the country. The newly appointed Minister of Financial Services, Good Governance and Institutional Reforms, Roshi Bhadain, stated that the alliance had received a clear mandate from the public to "clean up" the state and eradicate past abuses.
𝓝𝓮𝔁𝓽,
Following the return to power of Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam's administration in late 2024, the new government launched an aggressive cleanup campaign via the newly empowered Financial Crimes Commission (FCC). This led to high-profile actions, including some arrests.
The most prominent scandals and corruption allegations uncovered by the the new Govt include:
𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭, 𝘚𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘓𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘊𝘖𝘝𝘐𝘋-19 𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘐𝘊 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘯, 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘝 𝘞𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘰 𝘖𝘪𝘭 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘮 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘰 𝘚𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘰 𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 and....
𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉-𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒐𝒑-𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆. 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉.
LePep is watching with growing and raging cynicism to the political theatrics of an incoming government aggressively pursuing the alleged scandals of its predecessor—only for many high-profile cases to stall, result in acquittals, or end in prolonged legal battles—without any convictions whatsoever.
𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝑷𝒆𝒑, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 . 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.
𝓔𝓽 𝓵𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓫𝓵𝓮, 𝔀𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 "𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼 , 𝓬𝓮𝓼 𝓹𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮𝓼" 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 “𝓛𝓮𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓽𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓲𝓷𝓭é𝓹𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓽 𝓭𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓾𝓮𝓼 𝓾𝓷 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓹𝓸𝓵𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓺𝓾𝓮.”
Et le dindon de leur farces, de leur political theatrics is LePep !
Inn ler pou LePep dessan dan lari !
