Madagascar FM: deal not viable
2010-02-25 19:54
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Marc Ravalomanana
Marc Ravalomanana (born December 12, 1949, in Imerinkasinina) is a Malagasy politician who was the...
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Antananarivo - An internationally-backed accord reached in Maputo will not solve the year-old political crisis in Madagascar, the island's new foreign minister told AFP on Thursday.
"In am not in favour of Maputo in its current format," Hyppolite Raharison Ramaroson said in an interview.
"The International Contact Group has been around for eight months but where are the results? It's proven that Maputo is not the solution," he added.
Raharison was one of three generals to whom President Marc Ravalomana transferred power upon being ousted by the island's new strongman Andry Rajoelina, with the army's backing.
A military committee then handed over the reins of the Indian Ocean state to Rajoelina.
Rajoelina, a 35-year-old former disc jockey, has since failed to obtain the world's recognition and has promised polls in May after reneging on the power-sharing deal with three opposition groups reached last year in Maputo.
The AU has given him until March 16 to go back on his unilateral decisions, but Raharison argued it was the international community that needed to amend its stance.
"I ask our foreign friends to help us [organise elections], it's the only solution," he said. "They need to go back to the drawing board."