Maputo 2 is foretelling the end of the crisis

Madagascar finally has a chance to officially come out of the crisis. The political mobilities are going to meet during two days in Maputo to designate the upcoming holders of decision making seats within the new Transition. 

The political prisoners, who have very recently been granted freedom, will take part into the second leg of the Maputo summit, namely for the Marc Ravalomanana mobility. 

A special plane has been chartered by the SADC to take the participants to Maputo 2. The Andry Rajoelina camp has also provided the members of his delegation with a private plane.  

Normally, the four mobility chiefs (Andry Rajoelina, Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy) should be present during the Maputo 2 appointment, on August 25th and 26th.  

The implementation of the Transition’s charter and the Maputo agreements should theoretically no more encounter problems. The civil society’s representatives as well as different political groupings have just accepted the principles of the charter. They have put their signature on the charter at the time of the short call up paid by the mediators’ delegation driven by the Mozambican former president Joaquim Chissano, in Antananarivo.   

The engagement of the civil society and the other political parties in the process is giving a national stand to the Transition’s charter, as a Transition wanted “neutral”, “inclusive” and “consensual “, as stipulated by the Maputo political agreement.  

In all cases, nothing should prevent the activation of the process any more. For the mediators, following the civil society’s and the different political parties’ consents, the Transition’s charter is henceforth “thoroughly accepted”.