Madagascar seeks to emerge from crisis - by Nampa
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ADDIS ABABA – Mediators seeking to lift Madagascar out of a political crisis have put in place what they themselves admit is a “shaky” consensus government to steer the Indian Ocean island to elections in 2010.
The new government set up through tough negotiations includes a president, two co-presidents, a prime minister, three vice prime ministers and 31 ministers.
All of this for a country with a population of some 20 million, and many observers doubt how well such a labyrinthine structure can function.
After four days of stormy talks, the country’s main political figures, current leader Andry Rajoelina, the man he toppled Marc Ravalomanana and two former presidents Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy, signed an agreement billed as an “addition” to an earlier deal signed August 9 in Maputo.
The Addis Ababa agreement keeps Rajoelina as transitional president but adds two “co-presidents” from the Ravalomanana and Zafy camps. The Ratsiraka camp keeps the post of prime minister to which Eugene Mangalaza has been appointed.
Mangalaza will have to work with three vice prime ministers. The four of them will supervise the work of 31 ministers from the four camps.
Differences are already emerging between Rajoelina and Ravalomanana over how the agreement should be interpreted. -
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The new government set up through tough negotiations includes a president, two co-presidents, a prime minister, three vice prime ministers and 31 ministers.
All of this for a country with a population of some 20 million, and many observers doubt how well such a labyrinthine structure can function.
After four days of stormy talks, the country’s main political figures, current leader Andry Rajoelina, the man he toppled Marc Ravalomanana and two former presidents Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy, signed an agreement billed as an “addition” to an earlier deal signed August 9 in Maputo.
The Addis Ababa agreement keeps Rajoelina as transitional president but adds two “co-presidents” from the Ravalomanana and Zafy camps. The Ratsiraka camp keeps the post of prime minister to which Eugene Mangalaza has been appointed.
Mangalaza will have to work with three vice prime ministers. The four of them will supervise the work of 31 ministers from the four camps.
Differences are already emerging between Rajoelina and Ravalomanana over how the agreement should be interpreted. -
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