{"id":17711,"date":"2024-11-18T20:05:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T20:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17711"},"modified":"2024-11-18T20:05:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T20:05:51","slug":"mauritius-new-prime-minister-announces-audit-of-public-finances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=17711","title":{"rendered":"Mauritius&#039; new prime minister announces audit of public finances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" false=\"\">\n                                <meta itemprop=\"isAccessibleForFree\" content=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">PORT LOUIS (Reuters) &#8211; The new prime minister of Mauritius has announced an audit of the public finances days after his coalition won a resounding election victory, casting a shadow over the accuracy of previous government data.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">Navin Ramgoolam&#8217;s opposition Alliance du Changement coalition won a landslide in the Nov. 10 ballot, giving him a fourth stint as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">The 77-year-old premier said in a speech on Sunday that his government would conduct &#8220;an audit of the state, of the economy, and public finances&#8221; and that they would publish all the results.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">&#8220;All the numbers from the finance minister are wrong,&#8221; Ramgoolam said, according to reporting by Bloomberg. &#8220;Soon, you will know. They manipulated the data to make you believe that life is rosy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">His comments could cause unease among foreign investors and international lending institutions in the Indian ocean archipelago, which is an offshore financial centre marketing itself as a link between Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">Neither Ramgoolam&#8217;s representatives nor outgoing Finance Minister Renganaden Padayachy immediately responded to calls and a message seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">Despite enjoying 7.0% economic growth last year, several voters said during the election that a cost of living crisis was colouring their views of the government lead by incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">Mauritius has typically been seen as one of Africa&#8217;s most stable democracies.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">Transforming itself from a low-income, sugarcane-dependent nation in the 1960s to an upper-middle-income country, Mauritius has been consistently ranked the easiest place to do business in Africa by the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">(Reporting by Hereward Holland and Villen Anganan; Writing by Hereward Holland; Editing by George Obulutsa and Christina Fincher)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/761617538\/A8dbrdscwVJ79SIC?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORT LOUIS (Reuters) &#8211; The new prime minister of Mauritius has announced an audit of the public finances days after his coalition won a resounding election victory, casting a shadow over the accuracy of previous government data. 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