Interview: Dharam Gokhool
‘There is also an increasing fear factor creeping in society. People are afraid of being victimised if they criticise the government’
* Which alliance will work and deliver remains a billion-dollar question.
* ‘A change of government should come by design and not by default. It requires a transformational change in our political culture and outlook’
* ‘The issue of Ramgoolam’s eventual successor is of strategic importance and will have to be resolved’
* ‘Berenger: No 2 in an eventual LP-MMM-PMSD alliance can be a risk factor. But the best person to allay any risk… is nobody else than Berenger himself’
Former Minister Dharam Gokhool expresses his apprehensions about the drug scourge that is ruining the country and the youth, with the government seemingly unable to rein in the drug ‘mafias’ and barons. He is equally concerned about the modus operandi of the SST against those who level criticism against the government. On the other hand, he finds that the opposition forces have as yet not offered any credible proposals for the country’s future and this may well play into the government’s ploy of offering freebies to induce votes in its favour, but also leadership issues have to be settled one for all in the LP and MMM. Read More… Become a Subscriber
Mauritius Times ePaper Friday 23 June 2023
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