The Rule of the Privileged

The indecency justified by the law! It is the Prime Minister himself who, when questioned about the Rs 5.5 million received by Sithanen, former governor of the Bank of Mauritius, uses the convenient shield of legality. As if the law alone could make acceptable what, at its core, is an affront to morality.

Indeed, this amount is merely the execution of a contract. Certainly, the jaded will argue that these few million are not significant compared to...