For the time being, the ruling power expressed not a single shadow of will to give in. Lalao Ravalomanana may expect to be treated the same way as previously, namely being rejected at the airport, could she ever attempt to come home. Still her mother insists; at 83 years old, Lalao Ravalomanana’s mother is not well off any more. Her sickness has become a state political matter which has been capturing the focus in the newspapers during the latest days