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Mauritius: Advisers who do not advise

Posted by Clancy on 5/11/2007, 6:15 am
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Mauritius: Advisers who do not advise
Extract from L'Express (Port Louis)
18 October 2007
Posted to the web 19 October 2007
by Deepa Bhookhun, Port Louis

How does one become an adviser to the Prime minister? We asked one of them. "Help them win an election" was the humorous reply.

Dinesh Ramjutun, special adviser to the prime minister, speaks to his prime minister mainly through the press. If this sounds surprising - and it does to many people - it is because not much is known about the role of advisers. Overrated by many, advisers, it seems, do not have that much influence on those they are supposed to advise.

Alain Gordon Gentil, former adviser of Navin Ramgoolam, says: "The role of the adviser is grossly exaggerated. At the end of the day, an adviser can only give his opinion when such an opinion is requested. What the PM does with this opinion is his own business." The adviser thus does not make the decision. He cannot and it's not his prerogative.
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http://allafrica.com/stories/200710190857.html