A delegation from the Southern African Economic Community, SADC, is within our walls. The evaluation of the electoral process is on their agenda.
The political actors will parade in Antaninarenina in the coming days. Emissaries from SADC, the regional economic community, are dispatched to the country to “assess” the ongoing electoral process. And to do this, they will consult the various stakeholders in the process, in particular the parties and bodies responsible for the elections, during their stay in the country. Yesterday, the delegation received, in the morning, the members of the RMDM platform. This hard wing of the opposition, which constantly castigates the preparations for the elections, reiterated before SADC officials “the flaws” in the lists and the issuance of national identity cards. They suspect that ” frauds are being organized ».
Transition
The elections are at the heart of the discussions. But other think tanks want to push back the dates in favor of putting in place a transition that has “ aim of laying the foundations for genuine reform “. Hanitra Razafimanantsoa, deputy elected in the second district of the capital and others, also met the emissaries of the SADC, yesterday, in Antaninarenina. This elected official is a supporter of the “ApoGeniies” alliance, which wants a transition before the presidential elections next November. Yesterday, Alphonse Toto, Naivo Marius Rakotozafindrabe or Solohery Hilaire dit Sadredra, were also seen at the Colbert hotel with emissaries from the regional economic community.
Fair elections
The SADC delegation will receive former President Hery Rajaonarimampianina in the afternoon today at the Hotel Colbert. He will be accompanied by his political staff. Last January, the tenors of the HVM party already had discussions with the emissaries of this regional organization, which focused on the modernization of the electoral list. The subject could then come back to the carpet today. Moreover, Hery Rajaonarimampianina has always insisted on the “necessity” of a reform of the electoral process, particularly at the level of the legal arsenal, and the establishment of a climate of appeasement in order ” avoid a new post-electoral crisis “. The former president defends this thesis all the way. Yesterday, the question would once again have been raised before Ambassador Pierangelo. place Hery Rajaonarimampianina and Rivo Rakotovao also met this diplomat “ to discuss the importance of holding free and fair elections reports the US Embassy.
Rija R.
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