MAURITIUS: Lalit nominates election candidates

On May 30, the revolutionary socialist party Lalit nominated 32 candidates across all 20 constituencies for the upcoming general election. Opposing the constitutional requirement that for their nomination to be accepted, each candidate must list which of four constitutionally defined "communities" he or she belongs to, Lalit members drew the community that each candidate would list from a hat. A week before the nomination date, Lalit held a protest action against communalism and ethno-religious classification. Lalit's candidates include trade unionists and activists in the women's liberation movement, the campaign against military bases, the Homeless Peoples Movement and struggles against police violence. Visit <http://www.lalitmauritius.com>.

From Green Left Weekly, June 8, 2005.

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From GLW issue 629