2023-10-11 06:30:00
“Madagascar is at an impasse” declares Transparency International-Initiative Madagascar (TI-IM) in a press release published yesterday. The exploitation of the institutions and laws of the Republic prevents a rational and objective legal and electoral process. All possible options and solutions seem to have been locked down. The judiciary and the executive, like the police, also seem compromised.
“The scheduled competition risks not being democratic because the dice are loaded,” says TI-MG in its press release. Therefore, TI-MG calls on public opinion and citizens to be vigilant and discerning regarding future positions and political declarations.
“Recent events and revelations reinforce doubts about the integrity of the current electoral process. It appears that the state has been captured by private interests and that the majority of institutions are being manipulated by a political faction that is holding the elections hostage,” argues TI-MG.
The elections are a necessary step towards democratic change. However, the deterioration of the human rights situation, with the use of unnecessary and disproportionate repression, as recently noted by the United Nations Human Rights Office, suggests that elections organized in such Conditions will not meet international standards, the press release continues.
Thus, TI-MG, like other civil society organizations, asks political forces to come together to find a rapid solution to this situation in order to avoid a socio-political implosion, and to safeguard the dignity of the people and the greater interest. of the nation. The United Nations System, the African Union, the SADC and the international community in general must assist the Malagasy forces in resolving this crisis, declares TI-MG in its press release.
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