Attempt to squat Tiko's lot in Vohidiala27/11/2009 | 11:44:39
A group of people especially mobilized by soldiers attempted to occupy lots belonging to Marc Ravalomanana's corporation in Vohidiala.
Squatting is always walking hand in hand with crisis in Madagascar. The enterprise belonging to Marc Ravalomanana, the ousted president, would not make the exception yet. The scene took place in Madagascar's central eastern region of Vohidiala, where one of the Tiko group's affiliated company, Fanampy rice, owns a large lot used for rice cultivation.
As a matter of fact, militaries strangely appeared in the region by the middle of the week to warm up mobs and draw them to break into Tiko's property. "These lots have long and legally been owned by Tiko" explained one of the facility's local responsible official.
The local state policemen, however, hindered mobs to squat the area in question. Tiko expressed anyway its concern in face of this military led squatting attempt.
Tiko's officials are denouncing the pressure. They are considering the initiative as the capitalization of a will to harm even more the ousted president's corporation, in total disrespect for the agreements signed in Maputo, namely for the article supposed to pledge protection to Marc Ravalomanana's goods. The businessman has actually built his own industrial empire prior to his presidential adventure.
The attempt to squat Tiko's lots in Vohidiala is in the run of the seizure of a few thousands of tons of rice belonging to the group from the port of Toamasina few months earlier. The matter is annoying Marc Ravalomanana's partisans.
The State Police is progressively heading for the blockade. General Zafera, commander of the National State Police’s Intervention Force, has resigned. According to rumours, he would be expecting for the same move from General Bruno Razafindrakoto, State Police’s commander in chief.[See]
The High Authority of Transition is on its way to restructuring in order to capitalize the will to open its doors to the country’s other political forces.[See]
Jean Gabin, founder of the Vaovy group, famed in the world of Madagascar's southern traditional music, passed away aged 62 years old, on Saturday March 6th.[See]
March 8th's Women's day has been an occasion for both "first Malagasy ladies" to shine under the spotlights." Mialy Rajoelina, the High Authority of the Transition's leader's wife, and Lalao Ravalomanana, the exiled president's wife, both addressed cheering messages to Malagasy women.[See]
The present political situation's solution is exclusively a deal between the four mobility leaders. So reads Pastor Mailhol's conclusion. As pushing his stand further ahead, he subsequently predicted Andry Rajoelina's path from being leader of the High Authority of Transition to being a likely new political exile, could common ground fail to emerge, since the situation going even tenser. Pastor Mailhol took part in the "national debate" organized by the HAT, and described it as "despicable shambles". Pastor Mailhol openly displayed his desappointment in a interview granted by the Antsiva radio reporters. According to him, the debate has been baseless in the end, because Andry Rajoelina was expected either to capitalize what he said, namely the elections, and endorse whatever consequences, or agree with the other mobility leaders and assume the implementation of the Maputo deals which he signed. The stand obviously not to the HAT supporters’ liking at all.[See]
Talks have been engaged between state police intervention forces' elements (FIGN) and the armed forces' top commanders as well as the anti corruption office's representatives. Negotiations have been started following the military unit ultimatum. The State Police Secretary of State had better not underestimate Fort Duchesne's reaction. The situation is definitely critical. The anti-corruption office insured to the FIGN officers and to their men that the investigation of the embezzlement case was in progress. The FIGN base camp unequivocally required the State Police's commander-in-chief general Bruno Razafindrakoto to resign, for being suspected of having embezzled significant prime bonuses dedicated to them during 2009.[See]
In the opening speech of the national meeting organized by the High Authority of Transition, Andry Rajoelina confirmed his reluctance to join Addis-Ababa on the international mediators' bidding on March 08th and 10th in the run of the Malagasy crisis' settlement.[See]
The State Police's Intervention Force's officers and foot soldiers (FIGN) displayed their malcontent in broad daylight. Weapons in hands in front of TV cameras, they gave a 24 hours long deadline to the authorities for the publication of the inquiries' results concerning the embezzlement of the bonus prime dedicated to them in 2009[See]
The political mobilities supporting the implementation of the Maputo and Addis-Ababa agreements have a new strategy: support committees have been put in place throughout districts. One hundred of them have already been installed. The objective: keeping in touch with basic militancy.[See]
The political chiefs signatory of the Maputo agreements are invited to talks in Addis-Ababa Ethiopia from March 8th to the10th, but the HAT leaders' partisans are pressing him on end, not to take part into them. The round is, however, very likely to be cancelled, could any of the four leaders fail to confirm his presence. The African Union's Commission has taken the mediating process over from the International Contact Group by organizing this meeting. New international sanctions are expected to come into force from March 17th if the situation fails to evolve. Andry Rajoelina seems to hold on to his national consultation meant to take place on March 4th and 5th as a solution to the political crisis, despite the foregone boycott of his opponents[See]
