REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS

Member of the National Assembly

October 15 2015
The Speaker
National Assembly
Parliament House
Place D'Armes
Port Louis
Republic of Mauritius
Madam Speaker
I am writing to you with regards to the following two issues;
1. The point of order that I had raised at the National Assembly on the 13th of
October 2015 on the issue of your decision to ask The Honourable Rajesh
Bhagwan to withdraw certain words which you had in your judgement deemed
to be unparliamentary.

I had asked you to look at the Hansard of the 15th of September 2015 at B/485
where Mr Bhadain states: Allez, lot cou mo invite twa...and again Mr Bhadain: Lot
cou mo invite twa...

I have noted that the Hansard does not reproduce what Hon. Bhadain also stated
to me from a standing position. This was taken up in Weekly magazine in the
Editorial of Touria Prayag. Hon Bhadain had in fact stated: Toi mo pa pou invite
toi. He stated that he would not invite me to the MBC.

The words of Hon Badhain clearly show that he is the one who decides whom to
invite and whom not to invite at the MBC. This clearly substantiates the position
that Hon Bhadain has his hands in the daily running of the MBC in other words,
manipulation as a term is more than justified.

I therefore request you to listen to the recordings of that particular sitting and to
cause the necessary amendments to be brought to the Hansard. It should reflect
what was actually said in the House.





Tel. No: (230) 212 1155

Sterling House, c/o MC Law Offices,

Rue Lislet Geoffroy, Port Louis, MAURITIUS
Mobile No: (230) 5 252 2436 E-mail: shakeel.mohamed@mclawoffices.net

REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS
Member of the National Assembly

2. The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation covered the sitting of the 13 of October

2015 in their new bulletins on television and radio on that very day. That
particular news item was not fair and balanced in terms of coverage. It did not
report in words and/ or visually that I had raised a point of order on that issue
and that I had intervened on the matter.

The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation is allowed into the National Assembly
with the permission of the Speaker. In my humble opinion, when they are
allowed in the House for coverage, they should act with fairness and with
impartiality. I also believe that the Speaker has the right, responsibility and duty
to ensure that those principles are clearly adhered to by the Mauritius
Broadcasting Corporation.

I therefore request you to remind the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation of that
fact and to ensure that they make the necessary amends.

Yours respectfully

Shakeel Mohamed

Tel. No: (230) 212 1155

Sterling House, c/o MC Law Offices,

Rue Lislet Geoffroy, Port Louis, MAURITIUS
Mobile No: (230) 5 252 2436 E-mail: shakeel.mohamed@mclawoffices.net