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Rodrigues Island 'autonomy'
Rodrigues Island: 'Autonomy'
The premier few pages were quite uplifting and left me excitedly eager to read more. But, as the underlying principles of the proposals became more visible, disheartenment soon replaced enthusiasm. The realisation that the Rodriguan people would once anew must take the shattered residues of their short-lived wishes and nightmares behind to the painting embark suddenly dawned on me.
Firstly, I must admit that diverse its ancestor, this Mauritian coalition government is at least in part arranged to experiment with the notion of self-governance for Rodriguans. And I surmise is probably extra perceptive to our grievances than the before administration.
Even so, by anyone stretch of the imagination, one cannot seriously think this proposal to be an attempt of highest autonomy, anymore than one tin seriously consider a sparrow to be a swan.
If we submit this make-believe autonomy to the most basic perusal, we presently ascertain a disgraceful strategy, plotted to give an illegal occupation an artificial shell of reputation; to defend the unjustifiable and,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to desensitize the local and international community to the abominable dispossession and subjugation of one people by different.
What our marginalised brothers and sisters, expected, and not unreasonably so, was a dignified autonomy. And among the framework of a long-term arrange for self-determination, maybe in free association with our Mauritian friends, we could have managed our own happenings without external interference. In this environment, at least in the short term, Mauritius could have credibly maintained sovereignty, foreign affairs and defence with some degree of legitimacy.
Unfortunately, once again the wishes of the Rodriguan people have had to yield to those of neo-colonialists.
Without a plebiscite or vote, the status and authorization of a glorified backwater council were boost above the feeble people of Rodrigues, who were then compelled to accept this prime autonomy without as much as a single-solitary revision.
Unanimous aid for this make-believe autonomy is a well constructed myth which the Mauritian whirl doctors and their puppets shove relentlessly.
The reality is that those who drag the party-line will be given governmental powers: clerical �C secretarial - bookkeeping and commissioned to manage the day to daytime affairs of Rodrigues on behalf of Mauritius.
Rodriguans ought likewise not totally lose sight of the fact, that occasionally at the vote box,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the counters are more essential to the result than the voters.
The labels will alteration from island secretary to administrative commander, from island committee to regional convergence,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and from councillors to commissioners.
I submit that changing titles of something intrinsically bad is favor changing colonist mains; it will not advance or change the lot of this marginalised people one iota. It will not give them back their island which was illegally annexed by Mauritius in 1968; it will not put an end to the illegitimate occupation of their homeland and it surely will not disturb their political domination.

Under these propositions, the Mauritian government would retain duty for the judiciary, police, jails, teaching, health,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], taxation, foreign affairs, defence and everything else that is not specifically mentioned in the Rodrigues Regional Assembly Bill.

It is interesting to memorandum that the unelected Mauritian premier will be empowered to dissolve the elected Rodriguan Assembly at any time; that the procedural rules and standing arrays of the Regional Assembly should have been determined and charted by the Mauritian hierarchy - and that even the Regional Assembly's lawful advisors will be Mauritians, chosen and appointed by Mauritians.
It leaves me somewhat perplexed for to where, while, how and to what degree ambition Rodriguans be allowed to practise this deceptive autonomy.
There also appears to be some degree of ambiguity as to what character the Minister for Rodrigues will play vis-��-vis the regional assembly.
?Will she/he must be a Rodriguan resident, elected by Rodriguans as their representative?
?Will the Mauritian government persist to appoint non-resident and unelected Mauritian nationals to govern Rodrigues?
?How widespread will his/her powers be?
?Will she/he be empowered to suspend/sack a commissioner or the king commissioner?
Consistent with 33 years of phobic aversion to devolution, it seems unlikely that the Minister��s role will simply be that of a liaison officer. It is more probable that he/she will be there to assure that the leash nigh Rodrigues�� nape does not slide.
Given that the speaker of the Regional Assembly does not must be an picked Rodriguan membership, therefore, the position could very easily be stacked with a Mauritian gathering cut in the hereafter.
It was follows renewed interest and affection, perhaps even with a sense of satire, that I peruse the PM��s lectures on slavery.
Here namely an excerpt from Jardin de la Compagnie on the Feb 1, 2001: nous bann histoiriens bizin fer recherhes approfondi lor bann lutters parmi bann esclav, surtou bann ki ti revolte contre system l��oppression. Zot mem veritable hero dan l��histwar nous pays.
Excerpt from Max Boulle Art gallery on January 29, 2001: Quand nou pense esclavage,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], ki vinn dan nou l��esprit? l��oppression, exploitation, politique dominere ��nou comprend zordi la douler ki enn grand parti dan nou population finn sibir.
Noble emotions, poignant words,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], that resonate especially near to the Rodriguan soul; people who have not accurate been impervious to the nefariousness of slavery, having themselves been slaves to the French, slaves to the British and since 1968 annexed opposition their will by Mauritius.
Today, 166 years later the abolition of slave,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], on this occupied isle of black anguish, sit a arrogant folk patiently waiting because their liberation.
For a meteoric moment in time, before creature overtaken by old old and decrepitude,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a handful of Ministers in the Mauritian cupboard were presented with a rare opportunity. They could have ended the occupation, the humiliation, the political domination and reinstated a nation��s pride and dignity.
They could have been remembered from one side of the Indian sea to the other as Liberators, as magnanimous statesmen nearly in the ilk of Mandela, Ho chi Minh and Gandhi; here, I put the emphasize on almost. However, on the moment of ultimate decision, on the moment of excellent opportunity, they failed miserably.
History will log tiny of this time and future generations of Rodriguans will concern even fewer. At the end of the day, when the spin doctors have gone family and the madness of dissemination has settled, the few experimental footprints left back by neo-colonialism will inevitably be swept aside by the momentum of self-determination.
Vive Rodrigues �� Libre
Alain Leveque

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