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What makes a good political leader in Mauritius!

bhoot — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:57:03 +0000

I’m rather fed up of listening to the small parties leaders for the oncoming general election. I mean, I said, let’s check out if there’s some party worth voting apart from the 2 big alliances. FSM, MDN, MAM etc… There’s one thing I simply can’t digest is the lack of on-screen skills by their leaders. I mean come, on it’s not hard, you just need these:

La gueule! basically, that’s the ability to talk good of your party and your values no matter. Leaders should be able to answer questions askd to them, comment on their feelings of the day, of their vision with absolute confidence. Stuttering is like saying, ‘don’t vote me, I’m not good enough’
Say what people want to hear and are looking for! What’s the point in saying that you’re going to help the poor as your main argument? Is that appealing to the majority? No, it’s not. Poverty is a problem, but don’t make it your main argument. Nor either say vague things like progress, rights for this class and that… Mauritians like to hear what specific things you’ll do, like the big parties are: e.g. free public transport for some, 200 laureates. Most people are middle class, not poor.
Have relevant and credible arguments! The moment you tell a lie, people are not going to believe you (well, not within the time for election). Same if you counter your own argument. One politician has been saying times and times over that they’re winning and will stay for years. So what? Where’s the argument? Another example is saying that the country is in a very bad shape – which is totally false! What
Appear social, rather than economic! Even if you have the best economic plan for Mauritius, bear in mind that most voters do not understand economy. Ever wondered the reason why the finance minister was ousted? Who understands the impact of reduced corporate tax and even obvious things like CSR! Managers, top people, NGOs do. Do most educated people realise that CSR means a potential of billions of rupees being spent on community service by private companies and NGO’s every year?

Like my previous post(s), I’d love to see a young new party that will unite the good people around Mauritius, combine the small parties if needed, and really bring a revolution.

Do Voters Get the Government They Deserve? Inconsistency of Arguments by Current Parties

bhoot — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:47:12 +0000

There is a saying that I heard earlier, “A country has the government that it deserves.” Some people say that it’ s because of the attitude of the voters. I so far refused to agree with this. But today, I’ m not sure anymore. With the ousting of Rama Sithanen recently, I’m not sure which party to vote. After all, he was someone who worked well for the country. The common person will say ‘he was replaced by Pillay’ but that’s for an election. Such a communal answer… And yes, that seems to be the reality for many people here…

So we do work well together, no matter what the religion is. We live together, I have good friends from other religions. I understand the other communities pretty well I can say. Even the political parties have people from all communities (not to say religion!), so why are people not realising that they are after all promoting union when voting?

Let’ s criticise the parties now. Just today one from MMM was saying that the previous party put the country ‘a genou.’ Come on, grow up and read about your country before saying that. Not just newspapers, but also magazine, go around, ask companies that really run the island. National debt ratio is lower than some European countries. We’ve benefitted a lot from the previous government. They might criticize PTr but the moment they said that, I knew they’ re bluffing.

PTr alliance is also showing that popularity and image is more important than people who work. And the ladies, why are they all in places where MMM is strong?! The language used by Berenger is wrong as it sounds insulting to women, but isn’ t he right to some extent? Ah that’ s another person who is inconsistent. Just a few months ago he could barely speak well in public. So many times has he been seen on MBC without arguments, stuttering… And now? Dopé? Pravind Jugnauth still sounds like daddy’s son. He barely has any argument to say and does not have the charisma of a leader! Only Navin Ramgoolam currently stands high and looks confident enough to win.

In the end then, there’s one person I’ m sure is being elected from my region. After all, he’s always been elected here, Anil Baichoo. Let’s say he takes care of his region, like a good politician. I think that’ s a factor that people consider. What their ministers do for them comes before the greater good of Mauritius.

So which party will I vote? I’m still not sure.

Youngsters Should Vote and Even Form Parties – General Elections 2010

bhoot — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:15:22 +0000

So many educated young people (I mean under 35) tell me that they don’t vote. The reasons they say is that politicians are all corrupt and useless to vote for any party. But I say isn’t it your duty to choose what politician the country will have? What if just 50,000 voting youngsters think that way?

How about focusing those youngsters into creating a new party, a youngsters party, all around Mauritius. Some people pose as independent candidates. It’s definitely not to win! You need to be in a group to make big changes to the country. Ignore the fact that our Asian culture trains us to think the old people make better leaders. If only one person gets voted in the fictitious ‘Youngsters Revolution’ party (lol), it’ll be a success, cause it’ll encourage more young people to vote, and do come out to do something. The point is that if all the non-voters vote for the same one new party, that party will gain some power in front of the other parties.

You’ll say politics are dirty… it’s just perception. To some politics is a business, mean power, mean social work and more. Who made politics dirty? Who said that the governing politicians are meant to be bad?!

There is a saying however, ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely.’ And one from Spiderman, ‘with great power comes great responsibility.’