2008 & Present
Parliament voted for SAJ to remain as President for a second Mandate in 2008. Shortly after, during the by-election of 2008 in constituency No 8, the Militant Socialist Movement won with the support of the Labour Party and Pravind Jugnauth returned as MP for that constituency.
In 2010, two days after his 80th birthday, the Labour-MSM-PMSD alliance was made and Navin Ramgoolam dissolved the parliament in respect for general elections .The alliance won the election and the MSM returned 13 Mps . However in August 2011, the alliance broke and the MSM left the government leaving a very small majority for the Prime Minister .
In 2010, his political party, the Militant Socialist Movement, formed a coalition with the Mauritian Labour Party and won the general elections held on the 5 May 2010. Following the elections, his son Pravind Jugnauth leader of the Militant Socialist Movement became Vice Prime Minister holding the office of Minister of Finance.
After having a private meeting with Paul Berenger, the leader of the opposition, Jugnauth made a statement that he might resign as President if the situation gets worst concerning the Medpoint scandale which involved his son, Pravind Jugnauth and who is being summoned by the Independent Commission Against Corruption and he will be under warning meaning that he might be arrested for fraud .
Eventually he resigned as President on 30 March 2012. He mentioned that he did not support the government policies and new speech program that will be revealed on 16 April 2012. He stated that he has resigned because of his disagreement with the members of the government.
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