Where is ‘regionalization’ heading ?

National police force press conference

Tribune de Madagascar reports the press conference given by the secretariat of State charged of Public Security yesterday afternoon.  The General manager of the National police force, Jacky Rahaingoa, in particular “announced that the forgeries and uses of forgery are the main problems in Madagascar, in particular regarding the companies accountancies, and making of false indentity cards as well as forged passports, [… ] this year, 19.761 files were treated by the police force, 5.987 were placed under custody [… ] The General manager reported that the rate of criminality stagnated compared to the same period of the previous year.”

Decentralization

The “Gazette de la Grande Ile” admits the “good course in the recruitment of the leaders of the 22 new regions”.  It specifies that “the jury will release approximately hundred names which will be subjected to a second series of tests.  This sorting will indicate about fifty candidates whose names will be submitted to the President and the members of the government. They will then proceed to the ultimate choice which will elect the 22 heads of regions.” 
The gazette however worries about the legal bases of the current decentralization.  “the Constitution of March 1998 which is not yet amended, clearly mentions the existence of the autonomous provinces, the gouvernorats and of the elected provincial councils [… ] a failure in this direction persists at our days, because the bases of decentralization of the time of the Admiral Ratsiraka were not improved.  As long as the concept of the provinces – layout of the time of the neocolonialism – is not removed, many doubt a true regional development.”  According to la Gazette, “the installation of the regions still deserves a thorough and widened debate.”