Solution à la crise : pas de résolution au dialogue de Fetison Andrianirina

Solution to the crisis: dead duck for Fetison Andrianirina 

The successful holding of the inclusive round of talks organized by Fetison Rakoto Andrianirina was an achievement in itself, and deserved the headlines’ very front pages. In spite of deterrents, boycott and internal point differences, the man supposed to be the cochairman of the Transition was able to collect opinions stemming from a share of the silent majority. The objective was a “neutral” manner to implement the Maputo and Addis Ababa agreements. 

Though having been meant to be lasting a couple days in the Carlton hotel, Fetison Andrianirina’s round had been reduced to one half of a day. The pressure of the authorities, ceremoniously capitalized by Special Task force’s agents on the Cochairman of a late Transition contributed to this half failure. The promoters, however, assess it as a half success. “There has been rumours of the round’s cancellation; your presence, however, is reflecting the will to find solutions ” declared Fetison Andrianirina to an audience of nearly 300 guests. Then, he conceded that the absence of some key entities, part of which the Ravalomanana mobility itself and the HAT, is a blow for the round’s inclusive and consensual vocation.  

The round in question was a matter of commissional actions. An ad hoc committee was in charge of formulating the subsequent resolutions. Fetison Andrianirina did not hide his main objective. “Do call upon the four mobilities to respect the Maputo and Addis Ababa”, he declared to the audience. “Do open talks with one another, do find some compromises… the solution to the political crisis is already standing at our doorstep, but it is we who are moving back “, it launched. The consultation’s objective is the concrete way to put the transitional Charter’s institutions recognized by the international community in place.  

Fetison Andrianirina first addressed a video message to the audience. It was, therefore, made clear that the cochairman of the late Transition could not make the move to the Carlton Hotel, most likely due to his judicial situation. But the man appeared out of the blue anyway. “I was short from failing to come for the reason that you all know, but will not let you alone in spite of deterrents” he has declared.  

The Carlton Hotel’s inclusive dialog suffered from the TIM party members’ absence. They complied with Marc Ravalomanana’s demand not to appear. The former president told his partisans to wisely wait for the ICG decision at the end of the 15 days long reflection deadline given to the four mobilities. “I took my responsibility as citizen, and not as mobility member”, moderated Fetison Andrianirina. However, he was anxious to confirm his loyalty to the Ravalomanana mobility. “How could we expect any compromise, if a single one mobility is leading consultations? Finding a solution proves to be difficult… Every side has it right, but when we fail to work together, everything else fails”, analysed Fetison Andrianirina.  

Though being misunderstood by his allies and prosecuted by his adversaries, The Ravalomanana mobility’s delegation chief does not yet drop the towel. The inclusive dialogue concept remains a valid option in order to drive the four mobilities back to the negotiation table. “As long as mobilities are failing to talk altogether, resolutions will always be unilateral”, commented the retired general Ferdinand Razakarimanana, allegedly under neutrality flag. “Leaders must come closer from each other, and organize another inclusive round of talks”. For KMF/CNOE Secretary General, these meetings always represent opportunities for the civil society to share its ideas. This set of talks will have to lead to a genuinely inclusive national conference, sooner or later.