National Assembly or Parliamentarian Civil War Zone

The MAPAR has been trying to play the clock, though without the expected success. 12 days of extraordinary session debate potentially spent without any issued shadow of internal rule to vote for could not be tolerated. The fierce battle vividly fought between both of the Parliament’s rival factions came to an end late in the night. Once again, the erection of a Permanent Office in itself has nothing of particularly revolutionary to be worth dying for. The National Assembly’s Chairman, elected as such at the conclusion of a 2 electoral rounds, recieves assistance from 7 Vice Presidents, 6 Spokesman representing the 6 provinces, 1 Opposition Front’ Spokesman and 5 other minor officers.
The PMP scored the try when the new internal rule got passed, in spite of the MAPAR tactical moves expected to slow the process down as much as possible. The outcome of the next scrum will decide, how will the passed drafts materialize. The “parliamentarian majority” supportive of President Rajaonarimampianina was quick to beckon the outgoing Permanent Office to issue the freshly passed text and deliver it to the High Constitutional Court for constitutional quality check up. “How despicable! Such a way to require files is harrassment!” replied Christine Razanamahasoa.
The PMP actually no will to sail under false colors. As soon as everything gets done with the parliament’s internal rule, a new election of a Permanent Office will take place, and the PMP will put none but Jean Max Rakotomamonjy forth as candidate again, he who had to concede defeat to Christine Razanamahasoa when the MAPAR and its GPS ally were still ruling in Tsimbazaza. The acting Chairwoman of the National Assembly does obviously not want to hear about any other Permanent Office but the one she holds as “the single one constituted in full compliance with the rules.” She believes to be the main target of the ongoing scheme potentially steered by the Presidency of Ambohitsorohitra.
The MAPAR appears nowhere near to hoist white flags up as so easily though. “The internal rule which has been passed will serve the next brood of deputies well” declared Christine Razanamahasoa. The National Assembly’s chairwoman also rules out any new election of the Permanent Office when warning: “The currently serving Permanent Office first has to be dismissed, such a dismissal must stem from two third of the parliament’s deputies and motivated by a serious offense. There is no way the Permanent Office can be replaced.” The MAPAR group’s major error was its hurry to get a move on regardless of the internal rule’s lack of legal basis by then. As for the possibility to replace the Permanent Offence, the High Constitutional Court might be called upon to give green light, or deny it.
The constitution of the PMP as counterweight to the MAPAR provided the Republic’s President with large enough freedom to build his government up without circumventing the Constitution’s Article 54 and avert a grip of the MAPAR over the executive layer. The currently developing feud inside the parliament actually aims and strengthening the presidential coalition. Hery Rajaonarimampianina expects a strong position in the Parliament as a result of this campaign. Christine Razanamahasoa has nothing to fear, if the MAPAR truly retains the lead. But the PMP clearly intends to make it fight for it. Things being what they are in the Parliament, the independent deputies’ stands can topple the scale, but now more crucially than anytime before, since whatever decision will entail consequences. Swaying again after now for instance is likely to lead to expulsion from the Parliament.