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Foreign military support in favor of the HAT´s armed forces
24/01/2012 | 07:30:37
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.
This scoop did obviously not go down unnoticed and causes much controversy. In 2009, Marc Ravalomanana was heavily criticized for having hired foreign instructors in support of the police forces dealing with Rajoelinas demonstrators in the square of May 13th, just before the putsch in March. Since Ravalomanana´s fall back, the growing presence of French military "advisors" within the Malagasy army has been increasingly bothering many people. Their role has never been clearly defined... even more since some Malagasy officers revealed the presence of a French former officer, a retired general, on one of the rooftops surrounding the presidential palace of Ambohitsorohitra during the shootout of February 7th, 2009. What was then this French military presence? The presidential guard and Marc Ravalomanana were later on blamed for having arguably fired on the crowd. The Ravalomanana supportive group keeps holding on: lethal shots originated from different places but from the presidential guard in order to cause the highest possible number of casualties.
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16/02/2012 | 08:00:28
Three years after the putsch led in 2009, the long term solution to the political crisis still remains a faraway utopia. Professor Raymond Ranjeva has always advocated a truly neutral transition as a condition to reliable elections. He and some national experts are intending to address the issue in the run of a conference to be held on Friday, February 17th, and attempt to settle the Madagascan crisis. [See]
13/02/2012 | 07:35:46
The transition´s parliament has to organize a special session from February 14th on, in order to address an amnesty bill draft, for the SADC renewed its emphatic requirement of an amnesty bill to be passed before February 29th , as the outcome of its meeting held during the latest week end in Cape Town, South Africa. Such a bill is expected to allow former President Marc Ravalomanana, sentenced by the HAT´s Justice right after its putsch of March 2009, to recover home soil as a free man. [See]
10/02/2012 | 17:18:04
The son of the exiled president, Marc Ravalomanana, made it clear that deterrents would not have him leave the country. Tojo Ravalomanana and his wife returned from exile by the end of 2011. The High Authority of Transition recently ordered a violent search of their home in Andranomanelatra, 140 kilometers away in the south of the capital city. It would not prove enough to have them recover South Africa. "We won´t be the ones returning to Daddy, he is the one who will soon join us," he bravely declared. His father, Marc Ravalomanana, is still in South Africa, banned by the ruling power from coming home. [See]
09/02/2012 | 07:13:27
French uniforms, officially playing the role of instructors, are on the Malagasy soil as a matter of fact. In the midst of a political crisis, they are intending to train the armed forces as explained by the Malagasy Ministry of Defence. Considering that the transitional regime, already rejected by the population´s majority, no longer owes its rule but to a fringe of the army, those news are not contributing to lower tensions. French military involvement in the Malagasy political crisis is however no scoop any more. [See]
08/02/2012 | 11:10:05
MADONLINE already described at the beginning of the year 2009´s crisis any common ground between Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina as a thorough utopia. Three years later, Rajoelina confirmed by stating that there will never ever be any deal between him and Marc Ravalomanana. The crisis settlement roadmap may now officially be considered as dead. [See]
07/02/2012 | 14:13:18
Homeland Security department soldiers, search warrant and machine guns in the hands, surprised former president Marc Ravalomanana´s son by night on February 6th. They were armed men instructed to search his home by the transitional Presidency. The purpose of the search has not been revealed. The Ravalomanana sphere leaders did not hesitate to call it "persecution" against Marc Ravalomanana´s relatives. Tojo, the family´s elder son, Tojo, has so far been the only one who dared the odds when returning home after almost three years in exile. [See]
06/02/2012 | 11:13:11
The Ravalomanana sphere´s reactions are far from matching the extent of former president´ supporters´ wrath. Sphere leaders seemingly find it hard to keep in control. Scores of opponents to the ruling regime are now calling upon a withdrawal from the government. The High Authority of Transition unmistakably proved its will to thwart the implementation of the roadmap. Lalao Ravalomanana was banned from coming home after a three years long exile abroad, although she is absolutely not legally charged in anything. [See]
03/02/2012 | 18:10:06
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]
02/02/2012 | 17:10:37
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]
01/02/2012 | 11:57:31
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]
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