The military Council for national defence (CMDN) fears an " attack" on Madagascar. The High Authority of Transition is always on the alert, suspecting the exiled president's return in the country.
As meeting the Prime minister of the Transition government, Monja Roindefo, CMDN's general Rabarisoa let know that a" threat" hovers on the Great Isle. An attack from outside would not be excluded. An "invasion" would be on its way.
In the putschist regime's upper spheres, a possible intrusion of foreign forces in the Great Isle is whispered. The president of the HAT, Andry Rajoelina, also met lately behind closed doors those in charge of security within the government: the defence minister, the interior security minister, the state police secretary, the chief of general headquarters and the state police's commander in chief.
A military manoeuvre was besides in preparation to train a fringe of the army to face a possible" attack ". It should stand in a military camp near the Ivato international airport.
It depends. The tone is in anyway very different in the legalistic camp that supports Marc Ravalomanana's return to power. If the putschist regime gargles with expression as " intrusion ", "invasion ", "attack from outside "or" new colonization "or" return of dictatorship ", the legalistic side sticks to the promise of Marc Ravalomanana to come back to the Great Isle and to reclaim the power.
For the exiled president's followers, if there's any "invasion", it will only be a simple manoeuvre to guarantee the return to constitutional order. The demonstrators who stagnate daily on the Magro place banished all of the regularly used words by the HAT, especially that of "mercenaries". They only stick to a thing: Marc Ravalomanana's return in Madagascar to claim his seat of president, by all necessary means.
After more of three months of pacific demonstration, and after having endured repressions of different natures, the legalistic block now sees the situation differently. Ravalomanana's return, as the one re-elected for a second mandate by the end 2006, is for them the unique exit from the political crisis.
For the legalistic block, Marc Ravalomanana has the right to defend himself and the duty to claim his position to finish his mandate in order not to disappoint his voters.
Collaborators and hard liners supportive of the High Authority of Transition are longing for definitely getting rid of the roadmap drawn up by SADC, and preparing a fake putsch to this end. The main stake is the way to keep former President Marc Ravalomanana away from the island´s ground whatever it takes, although such a homecoming is allowed and required by the roadmap as part of the crisis settlement process.[See]
The Marc Ravalomanana sphere is getting ready to welcome milady Lalao Ravalomanana, the exiled president´s wife. She is supposed to reach Ivato´s airport on Saturday, February 4th . Having a member of the Ravalomanana clan recovering home soil seems to be boosting the former President´s supporters who have so far been waiting for almost three years. The movement´s leaders announced Lalao Ravalomanana´s homecoming as "great news".[See]
The meeting between the committe addressing the recovery of political stability and the transitional parliament did not meet the expectations. A couple of hours long talks proved not enough to agree on the possibility to turn any amnesty bill up to the end of this month[See]
Madagascar´s Union of Magistrates is intending to complain against the HAT´s Minister in charge of Internal Security, Arsene Rakotondrazaka, following the two months long and finally unsuccessful request of the national police chief´s resignation. The certain number of police officers in the run of the Rehavana Michel case proved not enough.[See]
The KMDT formerly devoted to the High Authority of Transition and to Andry Rajoelina, is now willing to stand out. This political group now requires Rajoelina´s resignation and intends from now on to play the hard way. The situation is increasingly complicated for the empowered political parties.[See]
The HAT´s justice Minister, Christine Razanamahasoa, holds the adoption of any amnesty bill before February 29th, as recommended by the SADC, as impossible. A far as he is concerned, Norbert Ratsirahonana, who represented the transitional leader, Andry Rajoelina, at the meeting in Pretoria, that Ravalomanana's return home before February 27th was off the point. Rajoelina´s collaborators fiercely opposed reports produced by Marc Ravalomanana´s supporters at the end of the meeting in Pretoria.[See]
Marius Fransman, the mediation´s number one nearly told the Malagasy political leaders off as if they were in a kindergarten, and described them as irresponsible; Marc Ravalomanana for having decided to return in spite of the pending jail sentence, and Rajoelina for having prevented this return in violation of the roadmap.[See]
The snapshot creates the stir after being published in a Malagasy capital city newspaper. It displays a foreign military, white skinned, standing alongside the forces summoned High Authority of Transition in Ivato to deal with Ravalomanana supportive demonstrators gathered in order to welcome the former president supposed to be back on Saturday, January 21st.[See]
On Tuesday, January 24th, following former president Marc Ravalomanana´s failed return home, the SADC summoned all of the main political leaders in this crisis, namely Marc Ravalomanana, Andry Rajoelina, the transitional regime´s number one, as well as Albert Zafy. The Ravalomanana sphere has already confirmed its participation. Andry Rajoelina, he who endorses the responsibility for banning Marc Ravalomanana from coming home, cannot expect roses from this emergency meeting, bearing in mind that the repression of the former president´ supporters at the airport in Ivato, led to one more casualty, another brick in the wall of the Malagasy political crisis.[See]
The possibility for Marc Ravalomanana to get diplomatic protection in the run of his come back is seriously startling the supporters of the High Authority of Transition. This possibility was addressed by the Viva Radio station, the station of the current leader of the transition, Andry Rajoelina. Absolutely nothing actually denies diplomatic protection to Marc Ravalomanana, for the international community is the one looking after the implementation of a certain crisis settlement roadmap clearly granting to each and every political figure exiled on political grounds the right to safely return to Madagascar.[See]
