The Muvman Liberater (French: Mouvement Libérateur, lit.'Liberator Movement') is a left-wing political party in Mauritius that was founded in 2014 by Ivan Collendavelloo, a lawyer and career-politician. It was created as a breakaway from the Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) in protest against MMM leader Paul Berenger's alliance with Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam's Labour Party. It won seven seats in the 2014 General Election, with the elected MPs being Ivan Collendavelloo, Sangeet Fowdar, Anil Gayan, Ravi Rutna, Anwar Husnoo, Eddy Boissezon and Toolsyraj Benydin.[1]

Muvman Liberater
LeaderIvan Collendavelloo
FounderIvan Collendavelloo
FoundedApril 2014 (April 2014)
Split fromMauritian Militant Movement
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
ColoursFuchsia
National Assembly of Mauritius
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The party Muvman Liberater (ML) forms part of the Alliance Morisyen which was re-elected into office at the November 2019 general elections. The alliance (Alliance Morisyen) also includes the Mouvement Militant Mauricien (MSM), Mouvement Alan Ganoo (MAG) and Plateforme Militante (PM).

Collendavelloo has stated his intention to reunify the MMM.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Lexpress.mu".
  2. ^ "Ivan Collendavelloo: «Si on demande à un cadavre de s'autopsier, ça ne marche pas»". Lexpress.mu. 13 December 2014.