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25/05/2022

The Abortion Debate It is a sad commentary that courts in Colombia, Argentina, and Mexico have ruled to decriminalize abortion while the American Ayatollahs of the US Supreme Court yank us backward with their medieval thinking By Anil Madan In Federalist 78, Alexander Hamilton spoke to the division of power among the different departments or branches established by the new Constitution of the United States....

24/05/2022

Judicial Independence Qs & As By Lex There are no indications that our judiciary does not value its independence even if the current mode of appointment of the Chief Justice, by the President on the advice of the PM, may have to be looked into. Our Supreme Court operates differently from the judicial activism and public interest litigation that were pioneered by the Supreme Court of India....

Judicial Independence Qs & As By Lex There are no indications that our judiciary does not value its independence even...

23/05/2022

The idea of healing by openly exposing hitherto hidden truths that have caused immense suffering to so many people across the world is not new, the hope being that such candid revelations publicly made would constitute a kind of collective catharsis By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee The latest that I have come across about the Ukrainian war is that President Zelensky has declared that he is now prepared to consider neutrality, that is not tilt towards the West – US and Europe – or towards Russia, and not push for NATO membership which would automatically mean being pro-West.In this regard, it is now public knowledge that Ukraine joining NATO was never going to be a walk-over, despite Zelensky’s expectation, wish or hope....

22/05/2022

The authorities may feel some justification in the continuance of the emergency conditions that have prevailed since 2020 and extended repeatedly, for many citizens there is need for better justification for such a prolonged state of affairs By Jan Arden The term pandemic fatigue, which may have been mentioned here and elsewhere over the past year or so, does not refer to weariness with sanitary protocols and restrictions that were absolutely vital to contain the viral spread and our individual health once the virus hit our shores....

21/05/2022

Interview : Jean Claude de L’Estrac ‘Le PM verrouille totalement le système. Cette tentation a été celle de tous les Premiers ministres, mais personne n’a été aussi loin que Pravind Jugnauth’ * “Après la drogue, les paris clandestins sont sans doute la principale source de l’argent sale qui inonde le pays” ‘Giraud en sait des tonnes, c’est pourquoi même les vrais faux propriétaires de chevaux ont voulu qu’il ‘ferme sa grande gueule’…...

20/05/2022

Mauritius Times ePaper Friday 20 May 2022 Mauritius Times ePaper Friday 20 May 2022 An Appeal Dear Reader 65 years ago Mauritius Times was founded with a resolve to fight for justice and fairness and the advancement of the public good. It has never deviated from this principle no matter how daunting the challenges and how costly the price it has had to pay at different times of our history....

19/05/2022

Editorial Even if there is no better instrument than elections to express the people’s will in a democracy, opinion polls at times constitute an efficient way to measure views on a burning issue affecting society or on forthcoming elections at a point in time. Not always so however, for polls can turn out to be disappointingly off the mark, particularly so on small sample sizes or if people are wary of venting their real feelings or prefer to answer what they feel the interviewer wants to hear....

18/05/2022

Qs & As Judicial Inquiry into ‘Removal’ of Peter Uricek * ‘Let us wait and see how long the police inquiry into the SoopramanienKistnen case will take, which will hopefully be expedited’ By LEX A considerable fuss has been created around the recent “extraction” of a Slovak national and his handing over to waiting Slovak authorities despite a restraining order from a Supreme Court judge....

14/05/2022

Read More… Become a Subscriber Mauritius Times ePaper Friday 13 May 2022 An Appeal Dear Reader 65 years ago Mauritius Times was founded with a resolve to fight for justice and fairness and the advancement of the public good. It has never deviated from this principle no matter how daunting the challenges and how costly the price it has had to pay at different times of our history....