Kominike LALIT
lor deba otur Konpansasyon Lesklavaz
Lasanble Nasyonal finn adopte enn mosyon prezante
par Depite Jean Claude Armance lor kestyon “konpansasyon” an relasyon avek
lesklavaz. Me deba lor reparasyon lesklavaz li pa dat depi zordi.
Lalit, se premye
lorganizasyon politik ki’nn fer kanpayn lor sa size-la dan Moris.
An kontrast avek tonalite ek backgrawnd sekter ki
finn karakteriz deba otur mosyon Armance, demars Lalit ti ankre dan realite
istorik ek realite de klas nu pei. Nu demars li dan mem lespri ki demars Dr
Doudou Diène depi UNESCO, ki li osi ule evit pyez kominal.
An 1994, Lalit ti lans enn gran kanpayn atraver enn
petisyon lokal ek internasyonal . Petisyon la, ti adrese a Prezidan larepiblik
Moris ek enn kopi a guvernman Olande, guvernman Franse ek guvernman Britanik:
bann leta ki ti koloniz Moris a tur derol, donk ki direkteman inplike dan
atrosite ki lesklavaz finn deklanse.
Petisyon la, ti sinye par enn santenn lorganizasyon
ek individi, inklir bann federasyon sindikal, bann lorganizasyon fam, bann
konseye vilaz dan diferan landrwa, bann konseye minisipal depi kat
minisipalite, bann lasosyasyon paran-zelev (PTA), ek bann lasosyasyon edikatif
kuma Ledikasyon Pu Travayer.
Petisyon-la ti osi sinye par enn seri lorganizasyon ek individi atraver
lemond: depi bann lasosyasyon dokter ek avoka dan Lagres, bann lorganizasyon fam dan Uganda, Tanzani,
Senegal, Nizerya, Zimbabwe, bann gran federasyon sindika dan Lind ek dan
Leta-Zini, enn konseye minisipal dan
Zapon, bann lorganizasyon politik dan
Lafrik-diSid ek Brezil ziska bann akademisyin liniversite dan Laswed,
Lafrik-diSid, Namibi, Tanzani ek Lind inklir bann gran intelektyel
internasyonal kuma Vandana Shiva.
Ala seki Petisyon Lalit ti dir:
Petition
addressed to the Head of State of Mauritius,
copies to
Governments of Netherlands, France & Great Britain,
the three
States which colonized Mauritius,
Bearing in
mind the immense scale of the human suffering caused by slavery and the vast
scale of the social destructivity of this system, and given the universal
denunciation of slavery, and
Bearing in
mind the fact that there are some nation sates whose owning classes benefitted
directly in the form of capital accumulation from slavery, and still stand
advantaged by the initial riches made through slavery,
Bearing in
mind that there are some nation states whose working classes suffered directly
from the confiscation of their means of subsistence and the annihilation of
their social economy as a result of the ravages of slavery, and suffered directly
from the humiliation and degradation of this system.
Bearing in
mind that the only compensation that has hitherto been paid by States
responsible for upholding and allowing slavery, is that compensation paid to
slave owners in respect of their so-called "property rights" having
been infringed, we, the undersigned
Knowing
that the quasi-totality of Mauritian working class organizations have signed
this petition, sent to President of Mauritius & three heads of state,
Knowing
that the petition has been widely signed by peoples’ organizations from
countries all over the world and already sent to the President & three
heads of state,
Call on
States whose peoples suffered the direct effects of slavery, to put in claims
to those States responsible for slavery, for material and moral damages, and
we, the undersigned,
Call on
those States responsible for slavery to pay the damages claimed, and to pay
these damages not from the usual government revenue, which includes working
peoples' direct and indirect taxes, but from a special "anti-slavery
levy" to be levied on the propertied classes and their companies and
corporations, and we
Call on
the States claiming damages to create a special "post-slavery fund"
to be used for health and housing programmes in poor and working class
neighbourhood and areas, and for the educational advancement, in its broadest
sense, of all poor and working class neighbourhoods and areas, but without any
recall to the perpetuation of race or ethnic classification of individuals, and
we, the undersigned,
By our
signature, I/we endorse this petition being circulated by LALIT demanding that
the government of the Republic of Mauritius, in the spirit of the above
arguments, prepare and submit a claim for compensation for the material and
moral damage suffered by the working people of Mauritius through the slavery
system from 1568 to 1835 and in the decades following the liberation of slaves
and until today.
Kanpayn Lalit li form parti dan enn gran muvman
mondyal pu reklam reparasyon pu ditor ki lesklavaz finn fer sirtu a Lafrik.
An 2001, Lalit ti re-iter so bann demann ek anplis
nu ti reklam ki bann konpanyi morisyin ki finn benefisye konpansasyon pu ki
aboli lesklavaz an 1835, restitye lekivalan sa larzan-la dan enn Post-Slavery
Fund.
An Ut 2001, Lalit ti formelman ek piblikman dimann Minis Zafer Etranzer, A.
Gayan pu prezant enn mosyon baze lor nu petisyon dan Konferans Nasyon Zini lor
Rasism dan Durban.
Lansanb bann lorganizasyon travayer Moris, dan All
Workers Conference finn osi adopte demand Lalit an 1998. Zot finn dir ki anfet vre desandan esklav
dan Moris se klas travayer.
Me depi kumansman kanpayn Lalit ek sutyin ki Lalit finn gayne, MMM/MSM finn
reazir byin negativman lor sa kestyon reparasyon-la.
E malerezman sertin lorganizasyon finn swazir pu
abord sa kestyon “reparasyon” depi enn pwin de vi plito sekter ek kominal.
Mosyon Les Verts li truv dan sa demars-la. Malgre ki pu premye fwa Leta
morisyin finn rekonet ki lesklavaz li enn krim kont limanite, mosyon Armance
avek so insistans lor “desandan esklav”depi enn pwin de vi kominal, finn provok
bann distorsyon ek diversyon grav dan lalit pu enn vre reparasyon pu ditor ki
lesklavaz finn fer a lansanb sosyete Moris. Par met lanfaz lor “desandan
esklav”olye klas travayer ek dimunn mizer, Armance finn provok bann amandman
avek tonalite kominal kan Paul Berenger finn propoz enn premye amandman pu azut
“langazman” lor lalis reparasyon. Lintansyon Paul Berenger ti buku pli motive
par enn susi “lekilib kominal” plis ki ninport ki lezot konsiderasyon.
Me dinamik pli atros ki mosyon Armance ek deba otur
sa mosyon-la pe provoke, se presyon pu enn klasifikasyon kominal dimunn moris
kuma zame kapav finn ena avan. La osi Dr. Doudou Dienne exprim seki nu tultan
finn dir: li dir ki enn de sekel le pli grav esklavaz se klasifikasyon
kominal. Dan enn lartik Le
Mauricien, 8 Oktob 1998, par ekzanp li dir “L’esclavagiste triomphera si
le schéma, qu’il a voulu établir, perdure. Accepter le clivage ethnique comme
principe d’organisation sociale, économique et politique, c’est donner la
victoire à l’esclavagiste.” Aster Paul Berenger pe koz nesesite al get
“larb zenealozik” popilasyon Moris apre sa moyson-la. Me eski pu servi bann
metod stil “aparteid” pu fer sa travay la?! Eski pu servi bann metod “nazi” pu al etablir kisann-la enn “desandan
esklav” ubyin pa? Aster, li kler ki manyer ki pe abord kestyon reparasyon pu
ditor lesklavaz, li absird ek kominal. Olye avans sosyete par divan, sa pe
amenn enn rekil istorik inakseptab.
Lalit mintenir ki se enn lapros de klas ki bizin
pre-domine dan sa batay pu reparasyon pu ditor ki lesklavaz finn fer a sosyete
Moris.
Tu diversyon kominal pu tu sinpleman profit klas posedan ki finn benefisye depi
lesklavaz. Li pu profit bann Konpanye dan Lafrans, Langleter ek Laoland ek dan Moris
ki finn konstrir zot lanpir lor ledo enn sistem esklavazist.
Ian Jacob
Pu Lalit
23 Ut 2003
Lalit, 153 Main Rd, GRNW,
Port Louis
Tel/fax: 208-2132,
208-5551, Email: lalit@lalitmauritius.com,
Website: www.lalitmauritius.com