Confrontations during the electoral campaign did not occur much due to the outstanding number of running candidates. Each of the 33 contestants rather picked his favorite topics up and builds his argumentation to convince voters on them. Let us have a quick round up on those ones supposed to entail the long yearned improvement of the Malagasy people's everyday life. Lire la suite »

La campagne électorale du premier tour de l’élection présidentielle n’a pas donné lieu à des débats contradictoires, vu le nombre de candidats. Les 33 concurrents ont cependant leurs thèmes de prédilection pour convaincre les électeurs. Voici les thématiques qui sont censées changer et améliorer le pays et les Malgaches. Lire la suite »

Following the Electoral Court's ordered first expulsion of the former president's wife from the presidential race, the Ravalomanana political sphere failed from chosing any other replacement candidate but she. Yet it did not work! In he end, the Ravalomanana political sphere finally drew its plan B out, and pledged support to Dr. Jean Louis Robinson, the omnipotent minister in the TIAKO I MADAGASIKARA party's ruling days. He may consider himself lucky, for the choice was large. Lire la suite »

Since original ideas happen to be scarce, the year 2013's Malagasy presidential electoral campaign comes up to a general fight for popularity through the show off of impressive financial capacity. The ruling power's minions battle each other with billions of Ar in the court of big boys. The other ones, less intertwined with the ruling power or rejected by the Rajoelina clique's leaders, do fight in the lower league underneath theirs. How much money did this electoral showdown enter into state chesses? Valuations did not yet produce any precise answer, first and foremost for widespread lack of transparency and repeated breaches of the electoral law. Lire la suite »

A défaut de débats d’idées, on se délecte devant le concours de popularité et l’étalage de moyens financiers vertigineux dans la campagne pour la présidentielle Malgache de 2013. Si les « grands » candidats issus du régime de transition se battent à coups de milliards, la bataille est d’un cran inférieur pour les autres qui ont eu un rôle moins important ou qui ont été évincés du régime inconstitutionnel Rajoelina. Combien d’argent cette campagne électorale a-t-elle injecté dans l’économie du pays ? La réponse restera floue et même une estimation est difficile, la faute à un manque de transparence permise en raison des lacunes dans la loi électorale. Lire la suite »

Omer Beriziky, the transitional prime minister, personally and expressly sent this positive message concerning the course of the electoral process to its financial backers and to the bulk of the Malagasy people. In spite of the noticed delays and doubts which have littered the preparation, the presidential elections will unfold on this year's October 25th. Yet, behind such a determination could be lurking some potentially controversial compromises likely to arise protests. Lire la suite »

Le premier ministre Omer Beriziky a tenu à rassurer les partenaires financiers dans le processus électoral tout en envoyant un message positif aux Malgaches. Malgré le retard et les incertitudes dans l’organisation, le scrutin aura lieu le 25 octobre. Cette détermination cache des compromis qui risquent de provoquer des contestations. Lire la suite »

The course of the presidential showdown clearly reveals the leading financial figure's name, namely candidate Hery Rajaonarimampianina. As such, the transitional ruling power's former favorite chancellor of the checker becomes the butt of his political adversaries' taunting jokes. The transitional former prime minister Camille Vital shot the sharpest pike by blaming some obscure money laundering operation on him. Meanwhile, the longer the electoral campaign develops, the larger the financial gap between well off and less well off candidates grows, as a matter of fact. Lire la suite »

C’est de la démonstration de force et le champion n’est pas difficile à désigner, le candidat Hery Rajaonarimampianina. Le ministre des Finances et du Budget sortant fait l’objet de plus en plus de railleries de la part de ses adversaires. Et pourtant, c’est l’ancien premier ministre Camille Vital qui est le seul à avoir été arrêté dans son élan pour cause de suspicion de blanchiment d’argent. Le fossé entre les prétendants riches et puissants et les candidats aux grandes idées se creuse au fur et à mesure de la campagne électorale. Lire la suite »

The perfume island has not been banned by Italian tour operators in spite of the latest dramatic end of three people, among whom one French national and one French Italian national. Although the investigation is being actively carried on by the police forces, the reputation of Madagascar’s northern tourism safe haven has not suffered much, as reflected by the latest arrival of some 900 Italian tourists in Nosy Be. Lire la suite »