The sword is one of the symbols of Justice, which is nothing without the force that allows it to be enforced. A sword thrust into water. In the specific case of four barons from the old regime, the judicial machinery has little chance of seeing the public action through to completion. There have been precedents, notably the current head of the public prosecutor's office and former political exile in France, whom the judicial authorities of the time failed to extradite despite her conviction in absentia. That is, without the presence of the convicted woman, who had to wait for Andry Rajoelina's fall—who himself went into exile—to be able to return to the country, where she opposed the judicial decision rendered in her absence. Members of the previous regime, who risk being convicted by default because they are outside the territory, could subsequently benefit from the same system. And this, hoping in turn for a change of regime through the ballot box or by force of arms, to land at Ivato airport or somewhere on Malagasy soil, like Marc Ravalomanana, who was not imprisoned despite his conviction to life hard labor on August 28, 2010. The Red Admiral was not thrown into a dark dungeon upon his return from exile in 2009, even though he had received a sentence of 10 years hard labor in August 2003. De facto amnesty also for HVM leaders who returned home despite pending cases at the High Court of Justice. Most of them were even rewarded with positions within the Refoundation regime. This shows that political alternation has become a cause for extinction of punishment and erasure of conviction for former leaders. At least for those who escaped measures prohibiting them from leaving the territory, or more commonly known as IST. Their convictions by justice are a sword thrust into water. Just a political communication move or a simple announcement effect.