Talking About a Revolution Jeunesse Militante L'Express 11/03/2011

Talking about a revolution? Jeunesse Militante L'Express 11/03/2011

Talking about a revolution?

Met a leech some weeks back.

But ‘leech’ is certainly not the politically correct term. Met someone close to the power bearers not too long from now.  He was a man of few words. Sadly, not few enough to spare me from his self-adoring moments. My comment on the fact that he had reached the heights of the corporate world only because His Benefactor had placed his caring hand on him had  ruffled him. Funnily, he spoke of morality.  As unnatural in his mouth as a speech in Hindi from Navin would. Immoral people tend to be highly sensitive when they are confronted with the truth. Such species usually have a pathological need to veil themselves behind titles and decorations as well as a thinly veiled arrogance.


The VIL (Very Important Leech) had started as a front line employee in one of the country’s leading companies and escalated from there to the top blessed by the good graces of the Saviour of the people. In the meantime, he had bred his own army of leeches. The latter were devoted to him and had been diligently parachuted in the organisation where he worked. New members were admitted occasionally in the leech society. Thus, one of them had been hired because his wife had good ties with a key person in the country. Leeches are generally very supportive of each other.

Having racketed taxpayers millions of their hard earned money through a golden handshake, he had still managed to find a place in one of the most important companies of Mauritius when his clique found its way to power in 2005. Now preying over a post of higher calibre (Read with a more generous package), the VIL is patiently waiting to switch from one parastatal body to another.

My hate is not against this particular person. I simply cannot accept a situation where some people are more equal than others. Let me add that not all political nominees are incompetent. Unfortunately, the worthless largely outnumber those that are honest and capable. Those who are familiar with the French Revolution will recall that the population had had enough of an unfair system whereby there were different rules for different categories of people. At one point, most could no longer bear with a stance where privilegium est quasi private lex. This is similar to what is happening in our Motherland at the moment...

Will there be a revolution in Mauritius? It has already started. Minds are in the process of evolving, not in terms of switching political allegiance but rather in terms of thinking as one group of people, as One Nation.  One voice that says ‘No’ to leeches, to incompetents, to opaque financing, to the monopoly on wealth by a few, to nepotism and despotism and la pensée unique. And it will materialise when we foster solidarity among ourselves. Then only will a new Mauritius be built…people by people, street by street, neighbourhood by neighbourhood…all united around one same goal.

The march towards freedom has begun.

Chetan Ramchurn
President of La Jeunesse Militante