On 11 June 1982

The Alliance Mauritian Militant Movement / Mauritian Socialist Party in the general election of 1982 had established a flawless machinery that turned on its passage the other political. When the sixty deputies MMM / PSM marched into the chamber, they were followed shortly after four opposition MPs who owed their seats in Parliament at Best Loser system.

Thirty years after the event, Harish Boodhoo, former leader of the PSM, said it was "political spring of Mauritius", in reference to the Arab Spring that changed, in 2011, data policy in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt, mainly.

But based on what this kind of communion of a political alliance with the people? This was the time when money did not matter to the militants. They helped each according to their means to finance costs of their party. The organizers of rallies demanding that the speakers come have a meal after a meeting. "I had planned Rs 1,000 for expenses at an event. I did not have to spend. The militants took care of everything, "says Babooram Mahadoo, elected in District No 16 Vacoas / Floreal behind France and Rohit Canabady Beedassy. "After the elections, the Causeway Street was packed with people came to honor their obligation to the tax office," recalls one longtime activist.

General election of 1976, facing the block Independence Party (IP) consists of the Labour Party and the Muslim Action Committee (23 seats), the MMM achieves a score of 24 seats. After the allocation of seats in accordance with the Best Losers Systems, the distribution of seats was as follows: 34 in MMM, the IP 28 and 8 PMSD. Was it an alliance between the IP and PMSD, the MMM has already formed the government.

After six years of conflict and struggle against the political system, the long-awaited victory was in the pocket. Its size has astonished many. A Pamplemousses / Triolet, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam came in fourth behind Diwakur Bundhun, (16, 296) the third candidate of the Alliance MMM / PSM with only 10, 575 votes. Sir Gaetan Duval who showed, among other constituencies, in Belle Rose / Quatre-Bornes is ranked sixth with only 25.34% (5, 929) of the votes against 58.06% (13, 583) to Paul Berenger, elected head of the list.

Was it the intervention of the Supreme Court, there should be no opposition, the committee of elections having decided that the election of all candidates of the Alliance MMM / PSM rendered obsolete the appointment of deputies under the provisions of the Best Loser System. It is through this mechanism that Sir Gaetan Duval, François Nicol, both of the Mauritian Social Democratic Party (PMSD) and Marie France Roussety and Michael Glover, the National Alliance Party (NAP), composed of the Labour Party, the Committee Muslim Action (CAM) and the PMSD dissidents were able to provide the opposition in what was then known as the Legislative Assembly.

But the Spring Mauritius would experience a short-lived nine months. "The disappointment was at the height of the event," says Paul Berenger, leader of the MMM.

"A disagreement has emerged due to the emergence of different trends within the Alliance. Inn oblize out. This is how I created the MSM, "said SAJ. "I have no bitterness," says Paul Berenger who prefers to rely on history. "History will remember the role of each other. "

The rally of the day of the meeting thank you profoundly influenced the minds. "It was the largest gathering of the political history of Mauritius. The ideals which animated us at the beginning are the same that inspire us today, "said Paul Berenger.

Harish Boodhoo attributed the sinking to the lack of real leadership that can put the interests of the nation above all others. He blames the break of the Alliance MMM / PSM on SAJ. "It is unfortunate that I was still believed to be behind the break of the Alliance MMM / PSM but the real culprit is none other qu'Anerood Jugnauth. "

Other elected officials in 1982 expressed on this wreck. Cassam Uteem explains that several factors are behind this break but attributed mainly to "a youthful indiscretion." Jocelyn Seenyen involves the inability of some to control their ego.

Thirty years later, the majority of players in the victory of Friday, June 11, 1982 can barely hide the regret of a missed opportunity. A communion between elected officials and the people that everyone felt but could not anticipate the strength.