The HAT working session has to provide consensual make up to the CENI

Pushing through the transitional charter signed in Maputo without violating it, is the Rajoelina mobility’s new strategy. Cécile Manorohanta immediately set the tone: « the recovery of constitutional order through elections is inescapable; on this account, we have to look for a consensus ». The Interior minister is actively promoting the « consensual working session » meant to take place on March 04th and 05th, 2010. This meeting organized by the HAT itself is presented as the nest logical step after those of January 06th and 07th, 2010, officially validated as meetings supposed to prepare the elections.  

The Rajoelina regime is anxious with imposing its new electoral code. The HAT main argument will remain the erection of a national electoral independent commission, as a way « patch up » a consensus around these elections. Cécile Manorohanta previously revealed that the completed draft was being assessed by the government prior to its conversion into a law. « We are going to put the CENI in place, the State is going to do it », she argued. It is, somehow, appearing contrary to the HAT logics expecting an early popular recognition from the nation’s political forces to be involved in the national unity meeting.    

« The elections’ settings will be decided by the CENI and not by the Interior ministry », specified Cécile Manorohanta. The CENI will, namely be in charge of validating the unique ballot. On the other hand, electoral hardware, and the draft of the electoral list are still dimmed to remain under the Interior ministry’s full control. The HAT next challenge would be the publication of results on the vote’s very same day.  

On March 04th and 05th, 2010, the HAT will impose a national conference in which absentees  will be blamed. « Any other mobility refusing our invitations are also turning their back to the consensus « , warned Cécile Manorohanta. The HAT minister obviously denied that the strategy of turning any boycott into an argument in favour of the globally rejected unilateral process. « Inviting everybody is not a strategy but an organization, if there are some individuals to be convinced, we are bound t convince them », she explained.  

The HAT is planning a large scale show with some 1800 guests. 300 political parties, and 100 civil society organizations would be represented. About 200 observers will be invited. The state will support the expenses for guests coming from the regions. This assembly’s vote of the HAT resolution is, therefore, expected to serve as a general rehearsal meant to impress the international community, and consequently kick the other opposed mobilities out behind the touch line. In return for this vote, Andry Rajoelina had « promised » an opening when setting his anti-Maputo national unity government.