Mauritius sees major political shift as former leader returns to power
After about 10 years away from office **Navin Ramgoolam** takes back control in Mauritius with a huge election win His coalition grabbed almost all parliament seats leaving opposition with minimal presence
In a ground-breaking election outcome on nov-10th‚ Navin Ramgoolamʼs Alliance du Changement secured a mind-blowing victory — winning 60 out of 62 seats in Mauritius parliament (which shows the scale of peoples support)
The electoral commission data shows that ADC got 62.6% of votes; while the former prime-minister Pravind Jugnauths party managed only 27.8% Despite leading the country to a solid 7% growth last year‚ high prices and rumors of wrong-doing hurt his standing
Ramgoolam‚ who is now 77 and has been PM three times before made some quick-fire promises: he wants to stop what he calls government spying‚ fix the rupee value and make basic goods cheaper by removing VAT. “We need to make Mauritians feel free to talk again‚“ he said
Last month‚ before stepping down Jugnauth made a deal with Britain about the Chagos Islands; but kept the important Diego Garcia base in place The election had its share of drama — social media got shut down right before voting day because of some leaked chats between important people
The tiny island of Rodrigues kept its own way: the Organisation du Peuple de Rodrigues won both seats there with exactly half the votes showing how local politics work differently there
