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Former president Marc Ravalomanana finally stepped on the Malagasy territory, his homeland on sunday 12th october in the night. A land where his followers call him: Dada, or father. Where he was once democratically elected as Chief of State then thrown out of power by a controversial coup d’état in 2009. A transition government was put in place reigning over the not so glorious years of political instability. This time around, Dada successfully entered the Malagasy territory without the typically mediatised declaration of his arrival. Surprising many of his followers – Dada is back !
Back to bickering
Dada’s arrival was followed by predictable controversies. The current President Rajaonarimampianina announced that he has been arrested, emphasis added, to ensure his safety. Dada has actually been placed “in a supervised area” to ensure his safety. Clearly he has been invisibly hand cuffed and imprisoned by the authorities in a naval base in the North of the island in Diego Suarez. None of the Government officials hierarchically competent to decide on such matter was present at the conseil de gouvernement that was to decide on Dada’s fate. General Dominique Rakotozafy, minister of Défence, Didier Gérard Paza, secretary to the gendarmerie nationale, as well as the minister of “public security” who would be the principal decision maker on such issues were not involved the meeting. Once again, the lack of transparency on defining events in Madagascar’s political future is not surprising.
Dada « the martyr? »
Where should we start? A shady house arrest, that was not decided by a tribunal, without a warrant, I presume, thus devoid of any legal basis. It was in fact a decision taken by the conseil de gouvernement, thus by the executive branch. Should we call it a “kidnapping” or an “arbitrary arrest”? Thus in violation of the rights of a former Chief of State, a legislation upheld in Madagascar as well as articles 5 and 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was ratified and implemented by the Malagasy Government.If Ravalomanana, was a danger to another person, to the population, to national security, similar measure emanating from the legislative branch could potentially apply. However, as President Rajaonarimampianina declared, he had been locked away in Diego on the basis of security threats. In the legislation on the rights of former Chief of State, it is possible to assign military type of surveillance if such threat is suspect and there are reasonable grounds that Dada was indeed in danger. Needless to say, it is only a matter of the most simple research to conclude that Dada under house arrest was an arbitrary decision.
The government of Rajaonarimampianina should calculate his actions carefully since such blatant abuse of Dada’s right is unacceptable even when rubber stamped by the SADC and FRANCE, who in fact congratulated him on obvious violations.
To be continued ….
The contradictory opinions of the international community : SADC and la belle FRANCE
Michaella A’solo
The Hague
Madagascar a besoin d’infrastructures
Photo: Pakysse, ville de Laval (Amérique du Nord/Canada)
La meilleure façon d’éradiquer la corruption au sein de l’administration publique est la diminution de la lourdeur administrative. L’argent des contribuables étrangers prêté (par le biais des bailleurs de fonds, investisseurs etc.) pour la mise en place d’un état de droit, de la bonne gouvernance, pour la bonne marche de la démocratie et des droits de l’homme ne sont qu’utopie par rapport aux vécus de la population.
Est-ce que nos dirigeants sont au courant que c’est totalement contradictoire par rapport aux besoins fondamentaux de ses concitoyens?
Dans tous les cas, avec ses richesses naturelles inégalables, Madagascar devrait-être parmi les pays les plus développés au monde. Il peut faire partie du cercle fermé du G20 ou du G8 s’il y a volonté chez nos gouvernants respectifs.
Hormis cette situation catastrophique qui règne dans le pays, il est de notre devoir à tous de penser à la reconstruction du pays. La meilleure façon de faire bouger les choses, est d’avoir une vision accompagnée d’une pensée positive sans toutefois laisser de coté nos compétences respectives en matière de productivité.
Madagascar, faisant partie des groupements du G20 ou du G8 est envisageable. Pour ce faire, ne pas se laisser décourager par les pessimistes quand on à la ferme conviction que le changement doit gagner le dessus et assumer qu’il n’y a que ça de vrai, pour que le développement puisse se faire dans un pays comme le notre.
Certes, c’est un long parcours du combattant mais c’est réalisable quand on a cette ferme intention de dépasser les discussions futiles du genre, qui a raison ou qui a tort ? Savoir prendre du recul en est aussi une, afin de ne pas craquer sous la pression des personnes inutiles, paresseuses et machiavéliques.