ANTANANARIVO, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Civil society leaders hope that politicians, who will leave Madagascar next Monday for political arrangement in Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia, will end the political crisis, which started last December.
Leaders of four political camps in Madagascar, including Madagascan transitional president Andry Rajoelina and former presidents Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy will meet in Addis Ababa, African Union headquarters, for their third face-to-face scheduled to take place on Nov. 3 to 5 to share the remaining of the 258 seats in the transition.
At a press conference held on Friday in Antananarivo, leaders of civil society invited all politicians, who will go to Addis Ababa “to demonstrate their level of patriotism during the negotiation”.
They reiterated that international mediators had to be impartial and prove non-interference in their mediation in the political crisis in Madagascar, so that the four camps will find durable solutions for the people.
Civil society leaders wanted that the meeting in Addis Ababa would establish a clear roadmap for the preparation of a new republic stable and cyclical political crises never come back in the country.
During the press conference, attended by representatives of four stakeholders, Désiré Ramakavelo from Rajoelina’s camp said that the consensus is easily found among representatives of the camps.
Saying that only Rajoelina, Ravalomanana, Ratsiraka and Zafy who question the consensus already reached, Ramakavelo called leaders of the four camps not to take hostage the lives of 20 millions Madagascans because of the opinion of one person.
Madagascan political analysts said that 2009 political crisis was caused indirectly by the vengeance of Ravalomanana to Ratsiraka’s supporters by imprisoning them rather than followed national reconciliation proposed by Zafy, when Ravalomanana take over Ratsiraka as president of the country in 2002.
The crisis was also caused by Ravalomanana's proposal to sell 1.3 million hectares of land to the South Korean company Daewoo Logistics for planting corn and the purchase of the presidential aircraft worth 60 million U.S. dollars while most of Madagascans survive with less than two dollars per day.
Ravalomanana political rivals could not tolerate the interference of Ravalomanana’s private enterprises in the government budget, which pushed them to support the young Antananarivo mayor, Andry Rajoelina, who also felt victim of dirty tricks perpetrated by Ravalomanana regime in late 2008, to dismiss Ravalomanana.
But the situation was not easy for Andry Rajoelina, who could manage to overthrow Ravalomanana last March 17, because the international community does not officially declared until now that it recognizes Rajoelina as Madagascan president, despite he was recognized by High Constitutional Court on March 21.
The crisis becomes difficult because besides the three former presidents who were not ready to let Andry Rajoelina lead himself the country, his Prime minister, Monja Roindefo, that he appointed last Feb. 7 does not accept the arrangement organized by Rajoelina since last Oct. 6 to get international recognition.
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