The three former presidents´ opposition spheres turned the invitation down, making the acceptation of the roadmap´s amendment a top priority, which includes the right for all politically exiled figures to recover home soil, a point which happens to be a blow for Andry Rajoelinas and his supporters.
Some political parties have besides chosen to leave the conference center when noticing that opposition members, diplomatic bodies and the Christian churches´ federation, the FFKM, were absent.
In the end, only some political clans supportive of Andry Rajoelina remained. The settlement of the Malagasy crisis will have to be dealt another way. The meeting of Ivato was merely a new shot in the dark.