Institutional crisis: The President of the African Commission flying to the rescue

The last mediation attempt about the Malagasy crisis fell through. That is to say, concrete propositions failed to pop up. The President of the African Commission, Jean Ping, is being expected in the Malagasy capital city on January 21st with another crisis buster scheme in his pocket.  

Political mobilities normally bound by their signatures of the Maputo and Addis Ababa agreements will be invited to assess and react to the proposal within a couple of weeks after Jean Ping’s departure from Antananarivo.  

Compromise between the conflicting fronts has, so far, been proving impossible. The Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy fronts keep on sticking to the Maputo and Addis Ababa agreements while the High Authority of Transition has chosen the unilateral way to elections, with or without the other political groups’ inclination and involvement. 

The latest months have actually been unfolding series of one way talks. Andry Rajoelina knows that, as long as the army remains with him, the three opposing fronts will be finding it hard to put him down