News of the week from Madagascar

Madagascar – The AfriPORT local correspondent, Rovatiana Salema gathered the most relevant news from the island.

Gaborone: 40 pro-Rajoelina against 15 anti-HAT.Unless changed, the 8 political entities that have signed the roadmap March 9, 2011, includingthe UDR-C, the TGV, MDM, AREMA the Escopol, the HPM, the UAMAD and Other Sensitivities (AS), will each be represented by adelegation of five members to the meeting to be held in Gaborone from 06 to 07 June. Ditto for Ravalomanana, Ratsiraka and Zafy. In sum, 11Malagasy political forces will have their representatives to this meeting called by some the last chance. There will thus be entitled to Botswana inthe capital a face-to-face between 40 and 15 pro-Rajoelina anti-HAT. Numerically, therefore, the three mobilities are outvoted.

-Ratsiraka in Gaborone, Tantely New York. Sources close to the villa in Neuilly Madrid, we are assured that the Admiral will go to Gaborone.Former President Didier Ratsiraka will be accompanied by member (s) of the Board of the Arema. The occasion for the founding father of theparty to meet face to face with former comrades Pierrot-ists who were invited to the capital of Botswana, to name only national administrativesecretary, Vaovao Benjamin. Appointment. By cons, Tantely Andrianarivo who was alongside “Deba” in Addis Ababa, will not be in Gaborone.And for good reason, former Prime Minister will travel next week to New York to honor an appointment has long been established. Last week,he had a working session with the former minister and deputy mayor no less, Francois Goulard, who was newly elected President of the General Council of Morbihan. Cooperation. There was talk of decentralized cooperation between the Morbihan and two regions of Madagascar. Theoffice of the Association of Mayors of France also received former tenant Mahazoarivo who does not wait for international recognition forcontacts and projects that are part of the post-crisis.

-Election Code: “copy and paste”of the 2000 Act and Ordinance of 2010. It is clear that some nuances, such as single ballot, the Election SpecialCourt and the INEC, the text looks like “cut and paste”from Ordinance No. 2010-003 on the organic law on the electoral code was enactedMarch 23, 2010 by Rajoelina. An order that was itself heavily inspired by the law developed under Ratsiraka then continued by MarcRavalomanana, namely, the Organic Law No. 2000-014 of 24 August 2000 electoral code.

– Folder on Feb. 7: Before the International Criminal Court. The international expert, not least the former counsel of President MarcRavalomanana, Brian Currin, revealed yesterday at a press conference at the Carlton he has seized the International Criminal Court on the recordon February 7. “The ICC has received our request, which involves setting up an International Independent Investigation Commission to investigatethe massacre of 07 February. “said the lawyer of international renown. According to Brian Currin, Marc Ravalomanana persists and signs that he has not given orders to shoot demonstrators.Return. An hour before the press conference by Brian Currin, former President Marc Ravalomananaspoke by telephone from South Africa to his supporters gathered at Behoririka Magro. The exile to announce: “We will know soon the truthabout the killings. On his return home, he issued a challenge: “We’ll see who can come back to help in Madagascar. “Touching word to the meeting in Gaborone, Marc Ravalomanana of promise:” Through the SADC, we will implement a transition in which everyone participates andwhose leaders will be appointed by mutual agreement. “

-Export: Our vanilla attacked by viral disease. e Ministry of Commerce said in the first edition of its monthly newsletter that the pathway of Madagascar vanilla is experiencing difficulties. Last year, the country recorded an unsold stock of 650 tons, officials said in the report. This sign of overproduction is intriguing because producers are now complaining of persistent viral disease or Fusarium wilt. Indeed, the epidemic gradually corrodes the vanilla since 2008. According to experts, vanilla contaminated sometimes ends up dying. Jean Michel Benisoa, president of the cooperative SAVA Volamaitso which includes bourbon vanilla producers, the effects of viral infection affect the quality of vanilla. The quality of Madagascar’s production moves increasingly required standards in the international market. Alternative. Because of this epidemic, the income of farmers on the vanilla industry is considerably reduced. 80% of Madagascar’s vanilla exports from the region SAVA. According Benisoa JM, farmers and growers are scrambling to find other plants that could be substituted for vanilla. “The viral disease is a disease that attacks our vanilla.We do not yet have a solution except to replace dead plants. Members of our association prefer to plant cocoa. It is an alternative that could save them. Moreover, this product requires less labor and less risky, “says he, in an interview. LAM region (North Mananara, Maroantsetra) is the second largest exporter of vanilla. The regions of Diana and Sofia also produce, albeit at lower levels. Price cuts. At international level, despite the annual production of 12 000 to 15 000 tonnes of synthetic vanilla or vanillin, the demand for natural vanilla is further increased. According to the information service of the International Trade Centre (ITC), the quantity of imported vanilla worldwide has increased by 9% between 2005 and 2009. For cons, the value of these imports has stagnated. This means that the price on the international market decreases more. All these facts stand against the chain of Madagascar vanilla. The country should abandon the vanilla to focus on other things, or these problems will be resolved? Producers cross their fingers.

-The texts relating to amnesty, national reconciliation, political parties and the status of the opposition will be handled by the Cabinet before they are adopted in the CT and CST during the current session

-The attendance of visitors has declined by 4% for the first 4 months of the year compared to last year in Antsiranana. This decrease was due toinsecurity and lack of infrastructure.

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