Colonel Michaël Randrianirina addressed the ENELEC case yesterday at Iavoloha, with the PRRM taking a harder stance against one of Jirama's private electricity suppliers. "I'm giving ENELEC a few days, until the end of this week, to resolve the blackout problems in Antsiranana, Tamatave and Majunga. If the problem isn't solved, you'll see," declared the President of the Refoundation of the Republic of Madagascar yesterday. The Iavoloha resident is indeed putting pressure on the table over the blackout issues facing the Malagasy people daily. The phenomenon no longer concerns only Antananarivo but persists in other former provinces. ENELEC, one of Jirama's private electricity suppliers, is particularly in the crosshairs of the Head of State. Yesterday, he issued a one-week ultimatum to ENELEC management to resolve electricity supply problems in Antsiranana, Toamasina and Mahajanga. In a very firm tone, the green-beret colonel declared: "Today, I'm warning ENELEC. Madagascar belongs to Malagasy people. If they don't want to work in Madagascar, let them leave." According to the PRRM, ENELEC attributes the outages to alleged sabotage. "Yet no one can enter their site except their employees," he argued. Colonel Michaël Randrianirina encouraged ENELEC management to install surveillance cameras and implement control systems to confirm whether sabotage is really occurring. "What's surprising is that every time the State sends groups to fill the GAP, ENELEC decides to reduce its production." The Head of State also took this opportunity to call on Jirama management to revise this company's contract, as currently, despite this dysfunction, the Malagasy State systematically pays 65% of the cost stipulated in the contract. The production agreed in the contract would be 18 MW, while the actual need for users in Antsiranana is estimated at 11 MW. Yet ENELEC supplies only 3% of electricity in this locality. A situation that Colonel Michaël Randrianirina considers a scam. "Do you consider the Malagasy people as animals to be destroyed this way?" he asks. Energy Emergency State. War is now declared between the President of the Refoundation of the Republic of Madagascar and ENELEC, which is part of the Filatex group subsidiaries. The Malagasy State has no intention of yielding to threats and intimidation. For their part, National Assembly President Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko and Parliamentary Inquiry Commission on Jirama President Pety Rakotoniaina have also warned electricity suppliers, threatening a major expose on the subject. Note that besides energy production in the three aforementioned major cities, Symbion Power at Mandroseza, producing 40 megawatts within the Antananarivo Interconnected Network (RIA), also belongs to ENELEC. If the standoff continues, this company could cause enormous damage, especially during this period when Malagasy students are in official exam season. Through social media, observers are calling on the Refoundation regime not to back down and to show firmness and determination to defend Malagasy people's interests. During last week's Council of Ministers, the Government decided to restore the energy emergency state. An exceptional situation that authorizes the PRRM, Colonel Michaël Randrianirina, to resort to exceptional powers as he sees fit. The State could thus proceed to requisition groups belonging to the Filatex group, as well as fuel from oil companies. With the Filatex group boss being Pakistan's honorary consul, the risk of a diplomatic incident cannot be ruled out.