The former president turned 64 on December 12th 2013. He has been spending the latest five years out in forced exile in South Africa because of a putsch which delivered power to Andry Rajoelina. Marc Ravalomanana’s immediate political fate is closely intertwined with the outcome of December 20th’s elections. The former president clearly emphasized how paramount a victory of Jean Louis Robinson, his champion in the presidential elections, is, and called upon effective support to be granted to all the legislative candidates supported by his political sphere. Next to the presidential position, a majority into the next parliament happens to be a prize just as so relevant. The opposite side caught the point and massively campaigns by now to have the largest possible number of deputies elected at the National Assembly, so that they automatically appoint who-we-know as Prime Minister