The SADC’s delegation landed on Malagasy soil in the evening of August 10th and immediately tackled talks with Transitional Prime Minister Omer Beriziky and some of the transitional government members. Talks with various other groups more or less directly involved into the crisis settlement process are equally scheduled, namely the FFKM (the federation of Christian churches) and the armed forces. In between, Madagascans keep watching the movie with nothing much but skepticism