Colonel Michaël Randrianirina received former presidents Marc Ravalomanana and Hery Rajaonarimampianina yesterday at Iavoloha. The central focus of discussions was establishing a credible Constitutional Council.

Without a Constitutional Council, the Refoundation will remain incomplete. This is why Colonel Michaël Randrianirina, president of the Refoundation, met with the two former presidents Marc Ravalomanana and Hery Rajaonarimampianina at Iavoloha yesterday. Not for a photo opportunity, but to discuss institutions. The Refoundation president aims to resolve the most sensitive issue of the transition: establishing a credible Constitutional Council.

"Like other democracies, Madagascar needs a Constitutional Council to validate laws and arbitrate crises," states a presidential communiqué. This legal vacuum already weighs on every decision. By consulting Ravalomanana and Rajaonarimampianina, the Refoundation president seeks two things: experience and legitimacy.

Ravalomanana's political party "Tiako I Madagasikara" (TIM) defends popular logic: the Council must guarantee respect for voting and a clear electoral calendar. As for Rajaonarimampianina's party "Hery Vaovao ho an'i Madagasikara" (HVM), it emphasizes stability. It advocates for an independent body, legally solid, that secures the transition without paralyzing it.

No Decision Made

By involving them, the Refoundation president wants to prevent the future Council from being perceived as a tool of one faction. He also wants to preempt contestations from TIM and HVM parties.

The discussion was "frank and constructive." No decision was made. But the message was clear: the composition and designation method of the Constitutional Council will be the real test of this consultation. Will it be consensus or merely symbolic? The answer will come in the coming weeks.