A new grouping for the defence of national sovereignty

The agreement, toughly conquered by the International Contact Group about the political crisis in Madagascar, has seemingly worsened the situation further more. A new grouping for the defence of national sovereignty (Vondrona miaro ny fiandrianam-pirenena or VMF) was born following the announced dismissal of Monja Roindefo, the Prime minister appointed by Andry Rajoelina. 

In clear words, the VMF is denouncing “the international community’s interference” in the Great Isle’s home affairs. The grouping is gathering political parties with no major national audience, as the Monima, the AKFM, the Otrikafo association, the Farimbona party and the Manaovasoa association; although it is in for the hard way to impose its point. 

According to the new grouping, the mediators’ meeting in Antananarivo on October 6th, has only made of Madagascar a “foreign protectorate”. 

Gabriel Rabearimanana, from the Monima party, the party led by Monja Roindefo, declared that street demonstrations are not excluded. In the city of Toliara, in Monja Roindefo’s southern birth region, one of those has already occurred.  

As far he is concerned, Rajaonah Andrianjaka, from the Otrikafo association, has not yet coped with the “repression” that he has been entitled to during a demonstration in front of  the Carlton hotel on the fringe of the mediator’ meeting, on October 6th. He is regretfully considering this repression as being “a step back to dictatorship” made by Andry Rajoelina.  

On one hand, Andry Rajoelina’s previously rabid supporters are, now, considering him as a traitor following the series of appointments in the Carlton hotel, and of the other hand, Marc Ravalomanana, the president in exile, is definitely refusing to pave the way to the Transition’s presidency for a “putsch maker”; the crisis is, consequently, far from being settled.  

The international community is, yet, currently pushing forward, as fast as possible, the signatures of what it is labelling an “agreement”, and seems to underestimate the fragility of a Transition lacking support from the other sides, including that of the deposed president.  

In all cases, the International Contact Group’s latest breakthroughs are seemingly increasing grudge against former colonial powers, namely against France in particular, indicted with yearning to impose an agreement regardless of the protagonists’ pledges.  

The next chapters will depend on the four mobility leaders’ meeting potentially meant to take place during the week of October 11th. Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka, Andry Rajoelina and Albert Zafy should be meeting, for the third time, in a location still to be defined within the next few days.