Antananarivo, Friday. Anxiety has gripped
Madagascar over the impending appointment of the new Prime Minister
after President Hery Rajaonarimampianina failed to disclose the name as
expected.
President Rajaonarimampianina had promised to unveil the new premier by Tuesday.
“Things depend on the developments in the National
Assembly which has been in special session since Tuesday,” he said on
Wednesday.
Allies of his predecessor Andry Rajoelina, whose
party garnered majority seats in Parliament, expected to be given the
exclusive right to propose a name to the President.
They have now formed a platform: “Together with
Andry Rajoelina” to push for the former president who has been angling
for the position.
The platform, which has so far won five out of the
six posts for the deputy heads of the National Assembly, is headed by
former Justice minister Christine Razanamahasoa, who is a close ally of
Mr Rajoelina.
Mr Rajoelina and President Rajaonarimampianina met on Tuesday to discuss the country’s state.
“The authorities must seek stability if we really
want to work for the progress of the nation,” Mr Rajoelina said after
the meeting.
“The constitution directs the leader to set the
state’s general policy and the premier must be someone having the same
vision as the leader,” he added.
Mr Rajoelina also pointed out that the
international community had not put pressure on him to quit active
politics since Madagascar was a sovereign nation.
There have been speculations over the possible PM, including the transitional regime’s consensual Premier Jean-Omer Beriziky.
Local media, however, paid more and more attention
to Mr Roger Kolo, a member of Malagasy Diaspora in Europe who was among
the presidential hopefuls, who were disqualified last September.
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