As a matter of fact, the Tanzanian President’s latest official stand expressed in a letter sent by Jakaya Kikwete to the transitional leader Andry Rajoelina suggested that the SADC would be bound to support the FFKM led gathering of three Malagasy former presidents with the transitional leader. “Let it be known that we do welcome the organization of such a conference” wrote the Tanzanian President and current acting President of the SADC’s Troika down. Joaquim Chissano’s next stay in Madagascar will either confirm this point or rather keep on sticking to the International Community’s position, that is to say the requirement of three presidential candidates to withdraw their involvement into the presidential race, namely Andry Rajoelina, Lalao Ravalomanana and Didier Ratsiraka