Rodrigues island Autonomy By: loulou Even so, by any stretch of the imagination, one cannot seriously consider this proposal to be an offer of maximum Autonomy, anymore than one can seriously consider a sparrow to be a swan. If we submit this make-believe Autonomy to the most basic scrutiny, we soon find a shameful strategy, contrived to give an illegal occupation an artificial shell of respectability; to justify the unjustifiable and, to desensitize the regional and international community to the abominable dispossession and subjugation of one people by another.
What our marginalised brothers and sisters, expected, and not unreasonably so, was a dignified autonomy. And within the framework of a long-term plan for self-determination, perhaps in free association with our Mauritian friends, we could have managed our own affairs without external interference. In this context, at least in the short term, Mauritius could have credibly retained sovereignty, foreign affairs and defence with some degree of legitimacy. Tags: Rodrigues island, Alain Leveque, Self-determination, Autonomy
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