Mohamed was supported by Labour Party's Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and IFB's Sookdeo Bissoondoyal during his lobby for the BLS.
[4] The methodology is applied by the Office of the Electoral Commission after the proclamation of detailed results of each General Election.
He later justified his decision by claiming that the Best Loser System is too divisive and that it hinders the unification of the Mauritian nation.
In 2014 a new party Rassemblement Citoyen pour la Patrie advertised that all its candidates would identify as to Population Générale in order to make the Best loser system less divisive.
However, if adopted on a large scale, such practice would distort the allocation of seats, further undermining the representation of minorities.