{"id":218987,"date":"2010-01-21T21:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T02:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-6191677981580949226"},"modified":"2010-01-21T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T02:04:11","slug":"ping-seeks-compromise-in-madagascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/218987","title":{"rendered":"Ping Seeks Compromise in Madagascar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jean Ping of Gabon is the current Chair of the African Union Commission. He has expressed the notion that Chad and Sudan will not go to war.<\/a>
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Ping seeks compromise in Madagascar<\/p>\n

By Alain Iloniaina<\/p>\n

Antananarivo – The African Union’s top diplomat, Jean Ping, opened talks seeking an end to Madagascar’s year-long political crisis on Thursday with a call to its feuding leaders to respect last year’s power-sharing deals.<\/p>\n

An AU document containing compromise proposals and seen by Reuters urged the formation of a consensus government and said the institutions set out in last year’s accords “must be established and made operational without delay”.<\/p>\n

The consensus prime minister, Eugene Mangalaza, who was dismissed by President Andry Rajoelina last month, should be re-appointed, it said, adding that legislative and presidential elections should be held by October.<\/p>\n

Two of the four main political movements confirmed they had received the document from Ping. It was not immediately clear whether this was a final compromise or the starting point for negotiations.<\/p>\n

Rajoelina, Africa’s youngest leader, has in recent weeks torn up a series of internationally brokered power-sharing deals, appointed a military prime minister and is intent on unilaterally organising legislative elections in March.<\/p>\n

There are concerns in the opposition and among donor countries that an election hastily organised by a government not recognised internationally will not be free and fair.<\/p>\n

“Elections must be held within a time frame that allows for the guarantee of their credibility and transparency,” the document said. – Reuters<\/p>\n

Reuters<\/p>\n

Published on the Web by IOL on 2010-01-21 22:29:05
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