The High Constitutional Court (HCC) has declared inadmissible the request filed by political party KINTANA seeking the dissolution of the National Assembly. In its decision handed down on August 26, 2026 in Antananarivo, the constitutional court rejected the petition submitted eight days earlier by the political formation, which claimed an "institutional deadlock" existed between the Executive and the National Assembly. Seized by KINTANA, represented by its secretary general Marcel Ralainirina, the HCC first identified a problem regarding the party's standing to act. According to the court, Article 118 of the Constitution reserves direct access to the Court to specifically defined authorities and bodies. A political party is not among those authorized to directly initiate such proceedings, even if legally constituted. The HCC also dismissed the request on the basis of its subject matter. KINTANA sought to have the Court establish the existence of an institutional deadlock and recommend to the President of the Refoundation of the Republic to dissolve the National Assembly. However, the court recalled that dissolution does not fall within its jurisdiction. It also emphasized that the party incorrectly invoked Article 68 of the Constitution: the power of dissolution is provided for in Article 60. The Court stressed above all that this power belongs to the President of the Republic, after informing the Prime Minister and consulting the presidents of the Assemblies. In the name of separation of powers, the HCC considers it cannot substitute itself for the authority vested with this prerogative nor recommend its exercise. Another constitutional obstacle was raised. The HCC recalled its decision of October 14, 2025 and the provisions of Article 53 of the Constitution. During the period from the establishment of presidential vacancy to the investiture of a new president, certain provisions, including Article 60 relating to dissolution, cannot be applied. The authority ensuring the substitution of the President of the Republic therefore cannot dissolve the National Assembly. The HCC thus concluded that the request is inadmissible, both due to KINTANA's lack of standing to directly seize it, the nature of its request, and the constitutional impossibility of dissolution in the current situation. The decision must be notified to the petitioner and published in the Official Journal of the Republic.