Press groups banned from accessing the palace of Ambohitsorohitra01/12/2009 | 16:35:15
Some of the capital city's press groups have been denied access to the palace of Ambohitsorohitra when Andry Rajoelina gave a press conference concerning his position in face of international mediation and the setting up of the Transition's new government.
Midi Madagascar simply named it the way it had to be: "censorship" because its reporter was part of those denied access to the palace, apparently by the transitional presidency's communication protocol
The Matv TV channel also reported the access denial addressed to its reporters within the palace. Various other newsgroups have been banned in the same way from entry inside Ambohitsorohitra, part of which are the Express, Taratra and Gazetiko.
It is a second to none event in the presidential palace. It was basically a press conference, meant to be widely live broadcasted.
The political crisis definitely divided the Malagasy press. A certain number of press groups is supposed to be close to Andry Rajoelina, others are famed for their proximity to Marc Ravalomanana. Midi Madagascar and Ma-tv are considered by Ambohitsorohitra as being part of the opponent's camp. The Express, owned by Edgard Razafindravahy, the current capital city's special delegation's president, one of Rajoelina Andry's close collaborator, did not necessarily deserve the same fate.
A rather special work session was held in the Carlton hotel. It was the Malagasy reporters' occasion to openly display their profession's difficulties indulged in by the political crisis to Antananarivo's diplomatic bodies.[See]
It was the first contact ever between the minister in charge of communication, Nathalie Rabe, and capital city's editors from TV and radio stations as well as newspapers.[See]
The "Clergy leaders' movement"'s leading figures are being planning various actions, without any further information, in order to get Radio Fahazavana's reporters held in custody since nearly one month.[See]
"...One month of suspension for the news bulletin and the political program Ampenjika". So read the sanction inflicted upon the Fahazavāna radio, the single one station close to the ousted president Marc Ravalomanana, the single still working one.[See]
The press microcosm is mourning one of his own again. The newspaper La Gazette de la Grande Île's journalist caricaturist, Aimé Razafy, has passed away.[See]
