The traditional brunch at the palace of Iavoloha has been erased from the program. The single scheduled brunch will take place inside an army officer’s mess on that national day. There are various interpretations of such series of decisions. One of them argues that military leaders might have unceremoniously seized the power. Another one, that the military leadership would be keen on keep away from the increasingly challenged Rajoelina led ruling power, considering the blow caused by the ruling power’s leader refusal to step down on May 27th, as he was meant to because of his already controversial presidential candidacy