MADAGASCAR NATIONAL CONFERENCE
From: Office of the President Ravalomanana Date: 2010/7/17 MADAGASCAR NATIONAL CONFERENCE The national dialogue on Madagascar has reached the point where any unilateral action without all the main political movements involved, has no chance to enjoy any popular legitimacy. The suggestion that a national conference should be held, will be tested in the first instance by this imperative. Several successful national conferences have been held on the African continent. The Inter-Congolese Dialogue, CODESA and MPNP in South Africa and the numerous national conferences across Africa in the 1990s during which agreements were reached about multiparty elections, are some of the examples. All of them shared the same characteristics that they were all-inclusive, that they allowed for genuine negotiations, and that they reached agreements that were enforceable. If a National Conference is meant to legitimize unilateral actions, it will certainly not contribute to the SADC process. If ...