Mauritius has no significant natural resources. Electricity is mainly produced in power plants, which are largely driven by imported oil and to a small extent by hydropower.
In 2012, oil accounted for just over a fifth of Mauritius’ import value. The government is trying to reduce the country’s large dependence on oil through increased production of bagasse (by-product in sugar cultivation) and by investing in solar, wind and wave power. A fifth of the electricity was extracted from baggage in 2011 and 4–6 percent from hydropower.
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FACTS – ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Energy use per person
1 111 kilo oil equivalents (2014)
Electricity consumption per person
2183 kilowatt hours, kWh (2014)
Carbon dioxide emissions in total
4 228 thousand tonnes (2014)
Carbon dioxide emissions per inhabitant
3.4 tonnes (2014)
The share of energy from renewable sources
11.5 percent (2015)
2018
September
Proposals for electoral reform are presented
September 21
Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announces an electoral reform. According to it, the number of members of Parliament (the National Assembly) elected in a majority election in one-person constituenciesis increased from 62 to 63, when the island of Rodrigues will be allowed to add another mandate. Twelve seats must be allocated by proportional method (however, a party must get at least 10 percent of the vote in order to be represented in the National Assembly. The party or alliance receiving the most votes must also be allowed to appoint between 6 and 10 members of parliament to ensure that a a new government gets a stable majority in the House, which must be appointed by the party leaders, but the candidates must be approved by the electoral committee, and a new one is that no more than two-thirds of the candidates may be of the same gender.The proposal is presented in December in the National Assembly, but no vote is taken. because the governing alliance does not have the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution.
June
Citizenship for sale?
June 19
Mauritius plans to offer foreigners to become Mauritian citizens if they pay a million dollars to a national welfare fund. According to the proposal, the person’s family members will also be offered Mauritanian passports at a cost of $ 100,000. The opposition is critical to the proposal presented in the budget for 2018/2019.
Pride parade is stopped after protests
6th June
The Catholic Church criticizes Muslim protesters who stop a parade in the capital, Port Louis. The approximately 200 participants interrupt their manifestation to avoid unrest. Cardinal Maurice Piat says that no matter what opinion you have on the issue of LGBTQ rights, it is wrong not to let a demonstration that has the police’s permission be carried out. Similar criticism comes from Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth. However, Piat emphasizes that the protesters do not represent all Mauritian Muslims.
March
Free Trade Agreement in Africa
21 March
Mauritius is one of 44 countries to sign a Free Trade Agreement at the African Union Summit in Rwanda. The agreement must be ratified at the national level before the AFCFTA free trade area can become a reality, but it is seen as a historically important step towards increased trade exchange within Africa.
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim leaves on March 23
March 19
Tough pressure from Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, among others, causes Ameenah Gurib-Fakim to change yet again. In a letter sent to the President of Parliament, she says that she will leave the post on March 23.
Gurib-Fakim refuses to resign as president
14th of March
President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim withdraws his promise to resign. Her co-workers say that Gurib-Fakim had inadvertently used the Planet Earth Institute credit card and that she must now have repaid the equivalent of $ 27,000. Gurib-Fakim should have received the card because, as an unpaid director of PEI, she would promote a doctoral program that bears her name.
President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim will resign
March 9
President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim announces his departure. It comes after allegations that she used a credit card she received from an international voluntary organization, the Planet Earth Institute, to buy clothes and jewelry. Gurib-Fakim will leave after Mauritius celebrates 50 years as an independent state on March 12. She denies that she has done anything wrong and says she has paid back all the money.
