Joaquim Chissano tempts to unblock the bogged down erection of the new government

Is being shortly programmed a meeting between the representatives of the four mobilities bound by the Maputo political agreement and by the power sharing deal signed in Addis Ababa. Few hours following his arrival in Madagascar, Joaquim Chissano already met former president Albert Zafy. 

It is all about the follow-up of the implementation of the Maputo and Addis Ababa agreements. Three weeks after the latest summit between Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka, Andry Rajoelina and Albert Zafy, the national unity government is still to be emerging, although November 21st was pledged as a deadline by the executive power’s leaders. The new Prime minister, Eugene Mangalaza, is increasingly losing patience. 

The dead bottleneck finally pushed the Transition’s Co President, Fetison Andrianirina, to propose a new mobility chiefs’ meeting. The idea has been turned down by international mediators who preferred to send the Mozambican former president to Madagascar. 

The whole international community already expressed its concerns in face of this delayed erection of the new government. Some ministries are still at the heart of the dispute between political mobilities. The Andry Rajoelina mobility, on power since the ousting of Marc Ravalomanana back in mid-March, wants to get the lion’s share of the key ministries. The other mobilities do not put it this way at all