the transitional ruling power’s presidential champions: the challengers

Omer Beriziky, the transitional prime minister, conceded that one more presidential elections’ issue was a fact: “not a single law text happens to be available in order to regulate the funding of the electoral campaign” and candidates are free to handle theirs as they want, no strings attached. Considering that some candidates met with problems at the custom services which keep retaining a large quantity of their cargo dedicated to the electoral campaign, the legal void created by this lack of regulating texts entails complete inequality in the electoral game. “Some candidates, and not all of them, have nearly unlimited financial means” noticed transitional prime minister Beriziky.

Who are actually the lucky ones then? The FFF party’s candidate Radavidson Andriamparany proved to be the single one, who made no mystery of the extent of his financial assets – they are made of series of contributions from friends – and focused incidentally on a genuine persuasion campaign instead of spending money on mounting spectacles and sharing gifts out. The transitional former finance minister can afford them though for boasting to have got much much more at his disposal, “up to more than US$2 millions.”

The transitional leadership’s latest promotion, that is to say Hery, Camille, Hajo, Egdard and Pierrot are clearly building the elite of the year 2013’s presidential candidates in terms of financial capacity. The other ones stemming from the transition’s older promotions, just as Lahiriniko Jean is, are struggling to keep up at all. Monja Roindefo, once a transitional prime minister, is financially no match for his successor Camille Vital.

The CST member Roland Ratsiraka does what it takes to remain in, but cannot afford his rival’s luxury. The CT member Voninahitsy Jean Eugene may well be holding his own little self as the local Nelson Mandela, for having, just like the champion of the struggle against the apartheid has, served a prison sentence, though on very different accounts, definitely has to content with relegation in the underground tiers.

The earliest registered candidacy belonged to the CST member Clement Ravalisaona, in the end a financial light weight candidate compared to the leading league. She served for a while as member of the transitional parliament’s upper chamber before resigning following the ruling power’s refusal to capitalize the crisis settlement roadmap as it was supposed to, Saraha Georget Rabeharisoa is much better off than he is.

This Green Party’s candidate has what it takes to make a serious and challenging campaign, far ahead of the self proclaimed women’s icon, the CST member Brigitte Rasamoelina. As for the transitional education minister Julien Razafimanazato and the transitional labor minister Tabera Randriamanantsoa, may not expect any position in the wealthiest league at all… not enough money.