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Unionists, magistrates and scores of political figures do actively support Professor Raymond Ranjeva’s intended settlement of a stage to the restoration of the rule of rights in the Great Isle. They all join hands to capitalize the project. And the project obviously not pleases ruling power’s clique at all Lire la suite »

Insecurity keeps on rampaging in the capital city and its suburbs, let alone throughout the country’s other regions. Security service officials in charge of Antananarivo sector finally get a move on, considering that even policemen, state policemen and military personal are now directly targeted by these raids. Several officers have been undergoing raids and hold ups during the latest months and an army colonel got shot dead when going back home, as a reminder. Most likely as a matter of retaliation to avenge such an outrage, Antananarivo city’s joint staff decided to take charge and launch a large scale and aggressive operation against criminality. It was about time. Lire la suite »

Bernard Kamilius Membe, Foreign Office Minister, Number One of the Tanzanian Republic’s International Cooperation department, and acting President of the SADC’s Troika’s ministerial committee, called in to Madagascar at the head of an eight people strong delegation. He addressed the outcome of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council’s summit. Sanctions against 109 Malagasy figures would be lifted once the crisis settlement Roadmap gets thoroughly capitalized. Lire la suite »

The former Malagasy first lady’s mother has been lying in a hospital bed for several days. She would like to meet her daughter, but Lalao Ravalomanana is equally kept in exile in South Africa by the transitional ruling power and cannot safely go home. The family gave an emergency call upon the International Community to address this peculiar issue. Lire la suite »

Camille Vital, former transitional prime minister, openly expressed his “availability” for the next presidential race. Some of transition leader Andry Rajoelina’s collaborators do support him. His TGV party’s leaders do however not fully agree on the issue. Rajoelina’s party has three preferences at a time: Camille Vital, Hajo Andrianainarivelo and Edgar Razafindravahy. Lire la suite »

Rampaging insecurity seems to begin to affect police and armed forces personal. An army colonel and medic got shot dead by armed outlaws at his own home gate, and a substantial amount of money in his possession, claimed by his henchmen. He happens to be the third security forces members to have undergone raids in a span of the latest couple of weeks in the outskirts of the capital city. Lire la suite »

Alain Tehindrazanarivelo, former deputy prime minister at the healthcare ministry, is being investigated by the anti corruption department, and suspected of embezzlement of public assets. The interrogation of the former deputy prime minister, now transitional parliamentarian, has stirred his peers to a certain extent. The anti corruption department’s number one and General Faly Rabetrano from the national state police, jointly emphasized that no less than some one hundred millions of Ariary were embezzled, and the fact that the current transitional parliament members are in no way entitled to any immunity for not being elected at all, in accordance with the High Constitutional Court’s decision. General Faly Rabetrano subsequently added up that several other former government members happen to be involved into various embezzlement cases, and may get ready for the pending investigation. As for their fate, could they ever get officially indicted, the Court will decided Lire la suite »

The Union of Malagasy Journalists let it be known how little it was pleased by the speech held by Harry Rahajason, aka Rolly Mercia, current transitional communication minister. The transitional leader was invited by reporter Onitiana Realy on the TV PLUS channel stage, the program was broadcasted on the TVM channel as well. Shortly after the end of the program, Rolly Mercia took charge on the TVM channel and attacked Onitiana Realy, who retaliated later on, a retaliation of that kind which will long be remembered. The Union of Journalists reacted as following to the engagement: “the minister in charge got used to create the stir through his public attacks directed at his former fellow press members or through his announcement of his string of poorly disguised prohibition measures. He did not break with his tradition when presenting his absolutely baseless excuses to keep the potentially dangerous radio stations silenced by the transitional ruling power, the way they are, namely closed. He did it again concerning the ban from accessing public channels imposed on whatever political trend happening to challenge the transitional leader.” Furthermore, the Union’s leading Board “recalls the immediate need to lift the ban on every television and radio programs and stations shut down by the transitional ruling power, as well as the compulsory need to grant and strictly respect freedom of speech to every public and private information channels.” Lire la suite »

Everything burns anew in the southern part of Madagascar. During the week end, nearly one hundred armed men, some of them dressed as military personal, raided villages and captured hundreds of livestock. The local state police forces could not react accordingly to the challenge. Lire la suite »

It was an opportunity for the former president’s supporters to flex muscles once again. Several thousands of supporters of Marc Ravalomanana gathered in the run of a picnic in Amboanjobe, in the southern outskirts of Antanananarivo city, and shared new year wishes to each other. The former president was present, though merely through a phone line call from his land of exile, and declared that he would be on the verge of coming back home, and that no decision concerning the election would come out until this comeback to Madagascar comes true. Lire la suite »