At last a member of the Government has taken a stand on this issue. While myself being someone who has no particular sympathy for the MSM or Shawkatally Soodhun, when I read the news yesterday that the Police objected to his provisional freedom, I instantly responded "Democracy is at stake in this country...."....Not because they have arrested Soodhun and that he will spend the night in a police cell, of course not! In any case we have to know that people like Soodhun, Maya or Kamajeet (if ever he is arrested one day) would have had recourse to Apollo given that they have the means to spend a night as a local medical tourist there and would never spend such a night in a cell.
But this goes much beyond that issue. This can be seen as a signal of threat to the ordinary citizen who will think twice before taking a stand against a Government official or MoP of the majority. And this is exactly where things become dangerous for the democracy that we are living into, already so fragile....
The position of Mr Mohamed at least can bring some comfort to the public opinion same as the position of the Prime Minister when Sithanen was arrested and the way he was treated...But then it can also be seen as a way to manage the public opinion whilst at the same time sending a message to the 'adversaires du jour' - 'I got you.....and this is the price to pay......' - Its not Sithanen or Soodhun who will tell the contrary.......
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