Politics

The few days long stay of the SADC's new mediator, Joaquim Chissano, didn't permit to clarify the negotiating political parties' intentions. At least, the Ravalomanana and Rajoelina parties come to Addis Abeba with a concrete proposal. Lire la suite »

One HAT's proposal of order which alters the appointment, the organization, the work and the assignments in the decentralized Communes, is a basic extension of a putsch process. Lire la suite »

Various events might rock the High Authority of Transition that took the power after its Coup in mid-March. Some legalistic militants already estimate that for the putschist regime, the countdown is on. Lire la suite »

For his first speech to be official, whereas he himself isn't so yet, France’s ambassador in Madagascar taught some lessons to the HAT, to the Ravalomanana regime and to the diplomatic body. Everyone will have to cope with an imposing French presence, with a conquering ambassador who feels free to berate everybody. Lire la suite »

The partisans of ex-president Albert Zafy announce the possibility of an insurgent government if the Transition's charter is not signed before July 17th, four months after the putsch of mid-March. Lire la suite »

While the SADC's mediator, Joaquim Chissano was finishing his consultations in Antananarivo, the African Union announced the resumption of the talks in Addis-Abeba through its envoy Ablassé Ouédraogo, under the aegis of the famous international Contact Group. Lire la suite »

If France's embassy in Madagascar had hopes to mark July 14 with the political appeasement and friendship between the two countries, they would be dashed this year again. The lack of recognition as well as condemnation of the Rajoelina regime bring the political blocks " to boycott" the French national day ceremony. Lire la suite »

Andry Rajoelina is a communicative man with a future chief of state's charisma. He demonstrated it again by monopolizing practically all TV channels in Antananarivo for his special statement. The chief of the transition confirmed the HAT's intentions to organize elections one-sidedly before long and threatened to swap financial backers. Lire la suite »

Do the HAT and its government realize that it is difficult to govern without mandate. The foreign minister Ny Hasina Andriamanjato's statement on possible legislative and presidential elections before the end of 2009 is an important milestone. The political calculation of the Rajoelina block is not compromised for so much. Lire la suite »

Taking advantage from the dismissal of the HAT's roadmap by the international community, part of which the European Union lately, the Ravalomanana side and the TIM party propose an unprecedented political diagram. It is a compromise between a transition and a return to constitutional order. Lire la suite »