Mauritius: Code of conduct

Updated July 2006

There is no written code of conduct governing the behaviour of actors during elections. Berth Chiroro notes (2005, 4), "In Mauritius there are no specific rules or codes of conduct for either the ruling party or the coalition parties although there are various informal practices and unwritten rules by which parties have to abide. It is because of the democratic culture that prevails in Mauritius that a code of conduct was found to be unnecessary. However, with the increasing accusations of the abuse of public resources by the incumbents, there may be a need to revisit this issue of a code of conduct by all parties. Issues of political violence and intimidation have been minimal in Mauritius. There was a fair amount of violence in the election of 1976 but as the years have gone by, the electoral commission, the police, the candidates and their agents have ensured that a peaceful electoral environment prevails".

Reference

CHIRORO, B 2005, "Registration of Political Parties in the Mauritius 2005 Election" IN Election Talk [PDF document], 23, June 24 2005, EISA, 2-4.