The SADC’s mediation to the rescue of the amnesty

After three years of disputes, the root of all stumbling blocks is at least being addressed, namely the famous amnesty bill. The HAT and Rajoelina played the clock against the deadline of February 29th, 2012, defined but not imposed by Marius Fransman, the first official in charge of the case Madagascar. On various accounts, the bill was not passed, actually not even been presented.

The HAT’s reluctance to have to deal with the exiled former president Marc Ravalomanana on home soil is now an opened secret. Andry Rajoelina can nothing no more but save appearances through an official version calling upon international experts specialized in amnesty issues.

The HAT’s leader confirmed his excuse the following way.”There are international standards concerning amnesty. Due to the growing number of possible interpretations, we have rather call upon the SADC’s experts,” he said. Rajoelina did piss his supporters off. They do believe this organization, which actually never acknowledge him as president, to be intending to pave the way to presidential elections for Marc Ravalomanana.

“They will not be entitled to impose any recommendation. They will merely complete an assessment of each of the amnesty bill’s articles,” declared the HAT’s Foreign office minister. The TGV is dying for reducing the foreign influence and pressure. Rajoelina’s party calls to this end upon the involvement of its reliable ally, the OIF.

“Experts from the SADC are being expected to make proposals, but the Malagasy Parliament will in the end the one to pass the bill or not,” declared Rajoelina. Since his sphere controls both of its chambers following a political trick, the HAT and only the HAT will be the one deciding.

The dictating power’s leader skirts once again around the responsibility of allowing his enemy back home, against whom he produced a speech full of hatred and resentment in February, for lack of political argument.

Andry Rajoelina is aware that he needs the law to be enacted at least as much if not more than Marc Ravalomanana. “We cannot move towards elections without the amnesty bill” he conceded about it. The question is, will it eventually lead to appeasement and reconciliation? The amnesty bill is for the time being restricted to a political calculation.

The HAT’s justice department resumes its actions against President Ravalomanana by ruling him out through judicial processes due to political trials of 2009. The TGV mistrusts its allies and likely opponents like Pierrot Rajaonarivelo and Eugene Voninahitsy just as much, and tries to find other reasons to make the law even more selective.

Razanamahasoa Christine and her staff completed the political trick by issuing their version of the bill at the eleventh hour. “This regime is used to secretly enforce its will” criticized Constant Raveloson.

This transitional congress’ judicial committee member stemming from the Ravalomanana sphere hinted that the bill refers to a broad amnesty for acts committed between 2002 and 2009. He believes that conditions have to be left out in order to avoid political party led manipulations.