Politics

Since Sunday, the palace of Mahazoarivo has been turning into a casting stage for candidates to ministers' roles of the still Rajoelina version of the transitional government. Lire la suite »

The second main figure in Andry Rajoelina's de facto Transition has been confirmed as such by inheriting the mission to constitue an inclusive government. Monja Roindefo is standing by young graduates to recruit, in 72 hours, the few ministers who are going to complete his government. Lire la suite »

To preserve his gains and those of his allies, Andry Rajoelina is positioning himself beyond the consensus. He is actually taking the one-sided initiative to put in place the Transition's institutions programmed in the Maputo agreements, and he is entrusting such mission to his Prime minister Monja Roindefo. As a challenge, he is giving himself few months to convince the international community. Lire la suite »

President Ravalomanana's legalistic partisans didn't have their last say yet. Cotonou or Maputo Agreements or not, leaving the top of a consensual transition to a putschist is completely out of question. Lire la suite »

The proposal made by the three mobilities had a predictable echo in the Rajoelina camp. The TGV association had an nerve-wracking reaction and rebuked anti-patriotism. The army's big family warned against any division by a common statement. Nobody in military fatigues will be appointed on top of the Transition. Lire la suite »

The Malagasy army still remains deeply divided in spite of the united face desperately imposed by the hierarchical leaders appointed by the HAT. Lire la suite »

Provoked and pressured by the Rajoelina mobility, the three other political mobilities have taken a last chance decision: entrusting the executive power to army officials. For lack of consensus, the Maputo agreements are progressively being distanced. Lire la suite »

He is endorsing himself what he is saying at last. Andry Rajoelina yearns to show that he is well the country's single master, thanks to what his mobility calls the of the popular struggle's "gains". The young chief of the transition has already written down the "n" to say No to the Maputo agreements. Lire la suite »

Maputo II is very likely to fall through. Andry Rajoelina is refusing to drop a thing. Following the consultation of his partisans, he stated a firm speech toward the international community and the former presidents who took part to the Maputo summit. Lire la suite »

The de facto transition's Prime minister doesn't want to release his grip; his party is behind him, even if it kills it. The Monima is resenting what it is qualifying as deliberate lack of neutrality from the UN mediator, following his asking for the government's present chief to leave his seat to a Prime minister of consensus. Lire la suite »