Friday , 29 March 2024
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The HAT was keen on preventing any other declared candidate from making any self promoting move in order to clear the runway for Andry Rajoelina, failed however from thwarting the first official meeting held by and for Roland Ratsiraka in Antananarivo. In the run of erecting an Opposition, the former mayor of Toamasina offers real ideas and a decent vision of society front fundamentally different from that of the unelected leader too much willing to cover up his expired term on top of an illegal ruling power, his awful performance with non viable projects publicly and spectacularly launched to this end.

False propaganda departure: the duel between Rajoelina and Ratsiraka

Roland Ratsiraka enjoys a certain advantage over Andry Rajoelina considering that he has basically long been prepared and intensively trained to claim power. As for Rajoelina, he got his power, vastly unprepared, from a military putsch. In terms of electoral experience as presidential candidate, Ratsiraka, with 10% of votes at the end of the year 2006’s first round was entitled to a honorable bronze medal, in addition to his successful campaigns during parliamentary and municipal elections in Toamasina . The TGV has nothing in its resume but a municipal election and a putsch led in 2009 by civilian mobs running amok and supported by rebelling armed forces. Andry Rajoelina’s municipal success came true in 2007.

The TGV has no genuine political ideas apart from a heap of popularly spurring but baseless speeches. So is it when power is being claimed too early and in an unconstitutional manner. To this point, the MTS taught the TGV a valuable lesson: “Political parties must take charge and train their future leaders; their candidates’ ethical and moral behavior, which will reflect the whole party once on top if ever, is supposed to have long been shaped up … Whoever gets elected will have to know what he is about to tackle in accordance with the party’s values ​​… All of such a preparation takes time, for the supreme seat is everything but a lottery jackpot, let alone a stage for improvisation. ” Roland Ratsiraka’s party defends 12 social, political, republican, cultural values

In terms of improvisation, Andry Rajoelina rules the dance floor. In spite of a certain intellectual deficit, the HAT’s unelected leader undisputedly has what it takes to keep the show going on. After a full term on top, he is still struggling to enforce his ruling power’s legality and legitimacy of his regime. Even his own presidential candidacy, as an angel of politics dressed up in white, can’t expect to be through unchallenged.

Andry Rajoelina’s propaganda has actually been being on track since January 2009. Although it did not work at the international level, we must concede that violent deterrents, fine but faked promises, and baseless major commitments granted him a handful of years long reprieve on top without having to face up to any major popular uprising, even two years after the theoretical end of the transitional term. Police forces led crackdowns, namely from the State Police, and the manipulation of the news largely contributed to this miracle.

In spite of a disastrous social, economic, ecological and political score sheet, “Mr. president” as he is often called by the TVM channel news, does what he can to grow save the appearances. Various projects are being opened in various areas of Antananarivo city, namely a rugby stadium, a few modern hospitals, social housing facilities offered to lottery winners, one national road, or a presidential plane sold off with a substantial discount … As for food and fuel prices, freedom of speech, good governance, renewable energy …, they are deemed to be remaining good dreams for a longer while, aren’t they? At least one thing did not change: Andry Rajoelina does not endorse the consequences of his deeds and keeps on blaming them on the others. He shows off as the victim of his elected predecessors’ mistakes or as that of his political opponents too eager to take him down. To make a long story short, the head of the HAT is responsible for nothing at all.