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Some presidential election candidates stand no chance to make their show on the national TV waves whereas the candidate Hery Rajaonarimampianina actually seems to get entitled to the red carpet at will. The transitional finance minister, turned candidate at the eleventh hour for replacing two excluded candidates, is being considered as Andry Rajoelina’s champion Read More »

The Special Electoral Court’s decision to rule Lalao Ravalomanana out of the presidential race has definitely shell-shocked the former president’s political sphere. Its leaders called upon a general protest demonstration to come true on August 20th. The Ravalomanana political sphere intends to do it in Ambohijatovo, knowing that political demonstrations have been being denied entry in there over the latest four years. Read More »

Stunning victory for those longing for the three candidates unwanted by one part of the International Community to leave the presidential starting line. In addition to Andry Rajoelina, Lalao Ravalomanana and Didier Ratsiraka, five other candidates must wave goodbye to the presidential race as well. All of them have three days to appoint someone to take their place. The new Special Electoral Court made its decision on August 17th, as an outcome to several days of long debate concerning the possibility to alter the verdict issued by the previous Special Electoral Court. Read More »

The judicial battle seemingly has no end. Latest news: the Court ordered the KOLO radio and TV station to be sealed off. The station belongs to Hajo Andrianainarivelo, the deputy prime minister in charge of territorial management, and candidate running the incoming presidential race in Madagascar. The Audiovisual Media Services' Superior Commission challenges this TV and radio station's license validity, hence the trial Read More »

The reshuffle of the Special Electoral Court is a job done. Its new members have sworn their oath and their new president got elected, namely Francois Rakotozafy, first order magistrate. The focus is now fully captured by the new Special Electoral Court. The International Community now expects the alteration of the presidential election’s starting line Read More »

According to the National Independant Electoral Commission`s acting president, no presidential elections would possibly come true unless political problems get settled before August 20th. Time actually gets scarce to get everything ready. Such deadlines happen to be Atallah Beatrice`s way to give nudge first and foremost to the three political figures, whose presidential candidacies do not please one part of the International Community Read More »

The Special Electoral Court will definitely be reshuffled. The election of a handful of magistrates will come true on August 7th. Yet, Madagascar's Union of Magistrates rather keeps prudent. In a statement produced by Auguste Arnaud, the Union's acting president, was emphasized the paramount need to respect the "matter judged", in other words, the former Special Electoral Court's decisions. Read More »

The ruling power might have refrained from bluntly imposing any ban, but Antananarivo City's police forces requires accurate reports concerning every gathering, cultural or not, to be held inside Antsahamanitra. The police forces clearly suggested Parson Dinand Rarivoson, the place's manager, to comply. Actually, state policemen arrested him on his way to Majunga (West), following a recent religious gathering held in Antsahamanitra and attended by the former president's wife Lalao Ravalomanana. Henceforth, every meeting expected to be held inside this fenced private property, namely belonging to the Union of Malagasy Protestant Church (FFPM), will have to expect authorization from the police forces. A growing number of political groups have been choosing this place to prompt gatherings, namely since the "Place of Democracy" was locked by security forces in 2009, merely some months after serving Andry Rajoelina's rise from the capital city hall to the transitional leadership Read More »

As an outcome of their latest relatively short mission in Antananarivo, the envoys sent by the SADC and the African Union emphasized the need to cast presidential elections before the end of the year, following an as so relevant need to review the starting line's composition. Joachim Chissano expects the new Special Electoral Court to rebuke the three candidates rejected by one part of the International Community, namely Lalao Ravalomanana, Andry Rajoelina and Didier Ratsiraka, as well as all the other candidates eventually longing for pulling out of the presidential race. The new Special Electoral Court has now the floor. Any alteration to the former Special Electoral Court's decisions happens to be actively debatted by law experts from each and every political tier, as a matter of fact Read More »

A political group named MMFF is also in for its street demonstration on Saturday, July 27th. In the end, the gathering will take place inside Antsahamanitra in response to a warning issued by security forces. According to their say, troubles may be expected in the capital city by then. They even talked about a pending "black Saturday". Read More »