the 2025 Elective General Assembly of the Mauritius Olympic Committee , he will state if he has taken cogniz…
(No. B/1067) Mr F. Quirin (Third Member for Beau Bassin & Petite Rivière) asked the Minister of Youth and Sports whether, in regard to the 2025 Elective General Assembly of the Mauritius Olympic Committee , he will state if he has taken cognizance of a recording circulated prior thereto wherein his Special Adviser, Mr M. B., is purportedly heard in a conversation with Mr P. T., President of the Association Mauricienne de Boxe, allegedly canvassing in favour of some candidates and, if so, will he state if an inquiry has been carried out thereinto and, if so, indicate the outcome thereof and the actions, if any, taken in relation thereto or being contemplated, if any.
Madam Speaker, I wish to inform the House that I have taken cognizance of the recording that was circulated on the eve of the elective general assembly of the Mauritius Olympic Committee. Since this recording has never been authenticated, I do not intend to take any action in relation thereto.
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Madame la présidente, c’est une affaire…
Madam Speaker, on a point of order.
Yes!
I just want to seek the guidance of the Chair whether it is permissible to ask a question related to an alleged recording which has not been authenticated and whose transcript has not been laid before this Assembly?
But we just now learnt that it has not been authenticated.
(Interruptions)
But is it permissible to ask this question?
(Interruptions)
No, one moment. Are you going to do it?
(Interruptions)
Hon. A. Duval, do you want to come and sit here? Do you want to come and sit here?
(Interruptions)
There was a point of order. I cannot even give any ruling if everybody will give a ruling in my stead.
(Interruptions)
I am referring to your point. What I heard was that it was not authenticated. That was a reply to that question. So, for the moment, it is okay. Now, if he asks something else, then we will see. You were a little too early. Come on!
Merci, Madame la présidente. Je considère cette affaire extrêmement grave malgré…
Tout est grave !
Malgré la réponse…
Tout est grave.
…que vient de nous donner l’honorable ministre. Peut-il nous expliquer par quel miracle – un terme qu’il aime bien utiliser – son conseiller spécial s’est arrogé le droit de parler en son nom en invoquant même le DPM pour faire du lobbying ?
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Non, non, non.
(Interruptions)
… pour faire du lobbying…
… ki to konpran…
Non, non, non. I will not have this. If you are referring to that same incident, the answer was it was not authenticated. So, you cannot put any more on that one. I do not see how you can pursue.
You can’t!
How can you pursue that? It has not been authenticated. We do not know who it was.
We know …
You know!
He knows as well.
I cannot accept that.
How can you not allow it!
(Interruptions)
I will not allow this question.
Missie Moustass ti korek! Missie Moustass ti bon!
Zot pe ale mem ar Missie Moustass toulezour, sa kapav poze an kestion ! An hon. Member: Ey ale do!
Cover-up! Cover-up!
I cannot accept this question.
Cover-up!
I do not know what hon. Mr A. Duval is talking about but I cannot accept your question.
Madam Speaker, on a point of order to clarify your ruling.
Kisasa!
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(Interruptions)
Sittings at the National Assembly since the general elections have time and time again referred to alleged recordings…
Manque du respect.
… including those of Missie Moustass.
Let me…
(Interruptions)
Let me take a point of order! The point of order being why is it that Members on the government side have been able to put questions on those alleged recordings and that the Member from this side is not being allowed to?
(Interruptions)
Let me answer. May I be allowed to answer? From what I heard this morning, maybe even before, there are investigations going on regarding Mr Moutass whereas in this case, I understand that…
Nobody wants to investigate, that is the point!
Twa to enn malelve …
Mem pa enn lanket…
I can still not …
To mem pa fer enn lanket lor la!
Okay! When you finish all of you…
(Interruptions)
Pourquoi?
(Interruptions)
May I be allowed, hon. Minister, to reply? Now, if you go on like this, I am going to lose, not my temper, but I am going to lose my head.
Shame!
What I was trying to say, if you will allow me, hon. Member, I do not know if I have to believe him or not, that is not my job. What I heard him saying was that
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Madam Speaker, B/1068.
… at the end of the day…
On a point of order, the hon. Member is making comments from a sitting position. He had the opportunity of trying to open his mouth for worthwhile reasons when he was Speaker but chose to fly around the country using taxpayers’ money. In the circumstances, Madam Speaker, may I ask you, humbly, to request this hon. Member to start behaving in a proper manner?
Malelve!
(Interruptions)
Shut it!
I do not want to keep repeating the same things over and over again…
Pa deklar malin.
Please, hon. Minister! Please!
Yes. I apologise.
Pa deklar malin kan ou pa malin.
Tah, ale do ta…
Why don’t you guys …
… ar zot de pwa de mezir ! Ale ar zot de pwa de mezir !
Are you saying this for me?
Vwayaze ankor do pigeon.
(Interruptions)
Twa ki pe dir mwa sa la ? Twa ki pe dir mwa sa la ?
Vwayaz ar taxpayer’s money.
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Twa ki pe dir mwa sa la ?
Oh my God!
Mwa ki pe dir twa…
Pigeon lin dir ein… pigeon.
Nou ti dir li get vwayaz lot fwa la!
Dir, dir, dir ta. To nek koze, to pan konn…
To’nn bien dir pigeon!
(Interruptions)
Al pran consey ar papi to vini!
(Interruptions)
Hon. Members, I am suspending the Sitting. That is enough! I am suspending the Sitting. At 3.28 p.m., the Sitting was suspended. On resuming at 3.41 p.m. with Madam Speaker in the Chair.
Please be seated and take a deep breath. Okay, I am now calling on the hon. Fourth Member for Rodrigues. RODRIGUES – LIVESTOCK EXPORT – EMBARGO – MAURITIUS