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15-749: In 1969 the Union Démocratique Mauricienne (UDM) was founded by barrister and politician Guy Ollivry and other members of the Legislative Assembly following their resignation from the Parti Mauricien Social Démocrate (PMSD). Other prominent figures who left the PMSD to join the newly-formed UDM were Raymond Rivet and Maurice Lesage . They refused to support PMSD's leader Gaëtan Duval 's decision to move, without elections, from Opposition to

30-664: A republic . Prior to 1968 and under British rule it was known as the Legislative Council. The Constitution of Mauritius provides for the parliament of Mauritius to consist of the President and the National Assembly. The parliament of Mauritius is modelled after the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy, where members of parliament are voted in at regular general elections, on the basis of

45-498: A first past the post system. The working language of the National Assembly is English . It consists of 66 members, 62 directly elected for five-year terms in multi-member constituencies and 4 additional members, known as " best losers ", appointed by the Electoral Supervisory Commission to ensure that ethnic and religious minorities are equitably represented. The Government is primarily responsible to

60-596: A general election, the Electoral Supervisory Commission may nominate up to a maximum of 8 additional members in accordance with section 5 of the First Schedule of the Constitution with a view to correct any imbalance in community representation in Parliament. This system of nominating members is commonly called the best loser system. The political party or party alliance which wins the majority of seats in

75-486: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an African political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . National Assembly (Mauritius) Opposition (4) The National Assembly ( French : Assemblée nationale ) is Mauritius 's unicameral legislature , which was called the Legislative Assembly from 1968 until 1992, when the country became

90-560: The president . Because Mauritius is a parliamentary republic , the vice-president functions as a ceremonial figurehead , elected by the National Assembly , as set out by the Constitution of Mauritius . In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the president, the vice-president becomes acting president. The vice-president nevertheless cannot succeed to the presidency in case of dismissal, resignation or death of

105-723: The Assembly forms the government and its leader usually becomes the Prime Minister. It is the Prime Minister who selects the members of the composition of the Cabinet from elected members of the Assembly, except for the Attorney General, who may not be an elected member of the Assembly. A new assembly was elected on December 10, 2014 and a new coalition government was appointed with Sir Anerood Jugnauth as prime minister. The following political parties are represented in

120-425: The National Assembly and the prime minister stays in office with the confidence of a majority of its members. The National Assembly is supreme and determines the functioning of various constitutional institutions of the country. The President of Mauritius and Vice-President of Mauritius are both elected by the assembly for a five-year term. The National Assembly is essential to determine which party/group forms

135-455: The ailing government led by Seewoosagur Ramgoolam who had lost the support of Sookdeo Bissoondoyal 's IFB . Before the dissolution of Ollivry's party in 1995 it campaigned for electoral reform, proportional representation, as well as share ownership of workers in each enterprise. Union Démocratique Mauricienne presented a large number of candidates at the 1976 Legislative Assembly elections , collecting 1.03% of votes but no UDM candidate

150-443: The assembly (based on the number of MPs): After a new assembly is elected, the President, by proclamation, may open the new session fixing the date and time of the sitting. The government message (replacing the speech of the throne) is read by the President. The Assembly normally sits on Tuesdays as from 11:30 AM when it is in session. The President acting on the advice of the prime minister may at any time adjourn, prorogue or dissolve

165-543: The assembly. The following positions/body have important functions in the assembly. They are as follows: 20°09′47″S 57°30′12″E  /  20.1630°S 57.5033°E  / -20.1630; 57.5033 Vice-President of Mauritius The vice-president of the Republic of Mauritius ( French : Vice-Président de la République de Maurice ) is the second-highest office of the Republic of Mauritius , after

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180-561: The government and therefore the executive of the country. As per the constitution, the prime minister is answerable to and must maintain the support of the assembly. Thus, whenever the office of prime minister falls vacant, the president appoints the person who has the support of the House, or who is most likely to command the support of the House—normally the leader of the largest party in the assembly. The political party or alliance which has

195-605: The second largest majority forms the Official Opposition and its leader is normally nominated by the President of the Republic as the Leader of the Opposition . The Assembly is made of up of 70 members, of whom 62 are directly elected in 21 constituencies. The island of Mauritius is divided into 20 constituencies returning three members each and that of Rodrigues is a single constituency returning two members. After

210-781: Was elected. At the 1982 General Elections the UDM's candidates collected 0.11% of votes but none of them was elected. In 2005 during investigations by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on the embezzlement of nearly Rs 1 Billion from Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) to the detriment of the National Pensions Fund (NPF) by masterminds Teeren Appasamy, Robert Lesage, Dev Manraj, Renu Manraj, Thierry Sauzier and others, donations made to UDM came to light. Teeren Appasamy's associate Donald Ha Yeung revealed to ICAC that Rs 1 Million

225-561: Was used in an attempt to revive Guy Ollivry's defunct party UDM. In addition they also financed the Labour Party's congresses, a short-lived propagandist newspaper L'Indépendant , commemoration of Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam's birthday (Rs 0.9 Million), as well as air tickets for Navin Ramgoolam's travels. Appasamy's contact within the Labour Party was Navin Ramgoolam's Finance Minister Vasant Bunwaree. This Mauritius -related article

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