Comments on: Wanted: legitimation http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/09/24/wanted-legitimation/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Madagascar Delegation Barred from UN General Assembly Stage :: Elites TV http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/09/24/wanted-legitimation/comment-page-1/#comment-1754803 Madagascar Delegation Barred from UN General Assembly Stage :: Elites TV Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:09:33 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=3207#comment-1754803 [...] political impasse in Madagascar has taken on new dimensions. In an attempt to legitimize the military-backed government on the international scene, Madagascar’s current leader, Andry Rajoelina, was scheduled to [...] [...] political impasse in Madagascar has taken on new dimensions. In an attempt to legitimize the military-backed government on the international scene, Madagascar’s current leader, Andry Rajoelina, was scheduled to [...]

]]> By: harinjaka http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/09/24/wanted-legitimation/comment-page-1/#comment-1751251 harinjaka Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:08:25 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=3207#comment-1751251 Hi Ethan, great report as always :)Political turmoil in Madagascar is likely to trouble the island for months to come, stunting investment, prolonging an aid freeze and driving economic growth into negative territory.
More than 70 percent of the Madagascar’s budget is donor funded. Several major donors including the International Monetary Fund, the United States and European Union have frozen aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Efforts by Rajoelina to raise funds from other sources, has not yet delivered any results. The economy is likely to present the new government with their greatest challenge. The U.S. government has also warned it will suspend Madagascar from its AGOA trade deal, the mainstay of the country’s $600 million-a-year textile sector, if it fails to make progress towards restoring constitutional order.
The government no longer has the funds for infrastructure projects which will definitely impact on growth.
The likelihood of a political settlement being reached remains remote, which will result in continued protests and armed reaction from the government.
It is expected that Rajoelina will try to hold on power and stumble along to the presidential elections he promised for 2010.
The risk of armed intervention is still prevalent, depending on the level of success that can be achieved by the negotiations.

We small malagasy people are waitting the DJ next tunes :)

]]> By: Lova http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2009/09/24/wanted-legitimation/comment-page-1/#comment-1750545 Lova Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:04:20 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=3207#comment-1750545 Hi Ethan, Quite fitting that you mentioned Qaddafi in the beginning of the post. On September 16th, the national press reported that the transitional government of Madagascar was getting as cozy as ever with Libya with the acquisition of 3 choppers and one military airplane (Madagascar Tribune). http://bit.ly/24Xxr. All of that for the sake of rural security, whatever that statement may really mean. Hi Ethan,
Quite fitting that you mentioned Qaddafi in the beginning of the post. On September 16th, the national press reported that the transitional government of Madagascar was getting as cozy as ever with Libya with the acquisition of 3 choppers and one military airplane (Madagascar Tribune). http://bit.ly/24Xxr. All of that for the sake of rural security, whatever that statement may really mean.

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