Rien n’est permanent chez les députés, Jean Max président

Jean Max as President; nothing proves eternal at the Parliament
Was it a victory to stability, compliance with the Constitution or Democracy? the short lived institutional trouble inside the National Assembly had an unexpected conclusion, although the Platform for Presidential Majority never doubted it. With its full force it pushed for the sack of the permanent office brought to power by the MAPAR group and topped by Christine Razanamahasoa, in order to provide its champion Jean Max Rakotomamonjy with a second chance. The scheme’ s constitutionality is now under scrutiny.
The second attempt proved to be the right one. Jean Max Rakotomamonjy was elected as new President of the National Assembly as an outcome of a political action operated in several stages. The High Constitutional Court played a significant role in this scheme while mainly keeping its hands clean, politically speaking, for it carefully kept away from taking a stand in any political dispute and left a certain margin of free interpretation of its decisions. The vote of new inner rules for the National Assembly entailed the downfall of the parliament’s permanent office, in spite of the just as equally disputed reprieve it received from the High Constitutional Court.
“The former permanent office was little more than nothing, since it used to be built on the violation of the Constitution’s Article 117 . The National Assembly makes up for this error with the erection of a new office” declared Jean Max Rakotomamonjy. This deputy from the Leader Fanilo party found it hard to put himself through on top of this institution, at least harder than now. He bluntly denied any allegation to any kind of institutional putsch, and emphasized that the reshuffle of the National Assembly’s permanent office fully complied with legal standards. “If forfeiture ever had to be addressed, 111 deputies were available to attend the session, although only 90, namely the majority out of two thirds, were proving enough to pass any forfeiture or destitution. As we saw, the numbers clearly exceeded the requirements.”
The outcome of the electoral process in itself was predictable. The new President of the National Assembly declared that “destitution actually was off the point since the previously acting permanent office was not legal at all. The large number of present deputies certified that every legal requirement had been met in the process.”
As for the outraged outgoing president of the National Assembly, she has a lot to groan at: her expulsion from her seat to the profit of the rival she previously defeated, and the betrayal from some of her parliamentarian group’s deputies. Christine Razanamahasoa firmly declared: “I am President of the National Assembly let this enforcement to go down in history.” She used to represent the leading and triumphant hardliners of the MAPAR parliamentarian group. They once refused to make any concessions to the PMP widely viewed by Andry Rajoelina’s political family as a losing side coalition. At the least she did not blame any independent deputies, basically as free to choose their way, as electrons are free to bond at will.
Her unreliable MAPAR group colleagues may not expect to get away with their betrayal that so easily. “Deputies having sworn allegiance to a party or a political group are not allowed to swap sides at will, for political nomadic practices do go against the law, according to the Constitution’s article 72, ” she vociferated. Her parliamentarian group’s political nomads may get ready for retribution, according to her tone “They are little better than prostitutes roaming around, if I am allowed the comparison. This decision of theirs brings consequences, and no less than their expulsion from the Parliament.”
The balance of powers has definitely been toppled at the National Assembly. The MAPAR-GPS alliance did not hold out as long as expected in the end. Next to the setback suffered at the choice of the Prime Minister, Andry Rajoelina’s political representation looses once again a major asset in the ruling power, namely no less than total control over the National Assembly through a parliamentarian bulk and devoted permanent office. On the contrary, the parliamentarian group supportive of the new President Hery Rajaonarimampianina proved  a most formidable adversary which capitalized on the HCC’s passive consent and  succeeded in restoring things they ought to have been at the Parliament of Tsimbazaza. The PMP provides the President’s HERY VAOVAO with domination over the Lower Chamber without the need of any numeric superiority. As for the MAPAR group, it has nothing more to do left but stepping into the Opposition’ shoes.
The new members of the National Assembly’s Permanent Office:
President: Jean Max Rakotomamonjy
Vice Presidents:Hanitra Razafimanantsoa (Antananarivo), Hermann Razafindravelo (Toamasina), Helson Bresson Erafa (Toliara), Remi dit Jao Jean (Mahajanga), Freddy Mahazoasy (Antsiranana), Hary Andrianarivo (Fianarantsoa)
“Questeurs”: Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko (Questeur I), Adrien Vanovason (Questeur II), Guy Rivo Randrianarisoa (Questeur III)
“Rapporteurs”: Malement Liahosoa (Rapporteur Général) et Norbertine Rabetafika (Rapporteur Général)