JOHANNESBURG: Mauritius’ ruling coalition is ready for a “enormous defeat” following Sunday’s parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth informed reporters Monday, acknowledging the rejection of his Militant Socialist Motion at the same time as vote-counting continued.
Jugnauth, in workplace since 2017, had been looking for one other five-year time period within the Indian Ocean island nation, however his authorities confronted corruption allegations after recordings of politicians and enterprise individuals have been leaked on-line.
The Alliance for Change coalition, led by former prime minister Navin Ramgoolam, appeared poised for victory. That they had no quick remark. “The inhabitants has determined to decide on one other group. I want good luck to the nation,” Jugnauth mentioned.
Ultimate outcomes have been anticipated later Monday. No less than 1 million individuals have been registered to vote within the 12th election since Mauritius gained independence from Britain in 1968. Mauritians have been voting for 62 seats in Parliament, and the celebration or alliance with a majority types the federal government and chooses the prime minister.
Mauritius, about 2,000 kilometres off Africa’s east coast, has developed a profitable economic system underpinned by its finance, tourism and agricultural sectors. It was briefly rated a high-income nation in 2020 earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic set again its tourism sector.
