Mauritian Premier Succeeded by Son, Opposition Plans Protest
- Pravind Jugnauth to retain finance ministry portfolio
- Mauritian growth expected to accelerate to 4% this year
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Pravind Jugnauth took over as Mauritius’s new prime minister, a day after his father resigned and bequeathed him the premiership, as the opposition announced plans to demonstrate against the transfer of power.
Jugnauth, 55, was sworn in Monday at a ceremony in the capital, Port Louis, and said he would retain his portfolio in the Finance Ministry. Opposition parties will gather in the city on Friday to protest the “indecent way the country is run,” Xavier Luc Duval, the head of the Parti Mauricien Social Democrate, said.