A new cabinet, a new government… and then what?

Huh? The establishment of a new government in Madagascar should become clearer in the coming hours, but in all honesty… will that change anything?

From my perspective, no, it won’t change the demands of the street at all. Which are very clear: Andry Rajoelina out, Mamy Ravatomanga out, General Richard Ravalomanana out.

And a new government, and a new presidential cabinet in the process, won’t change anything at all, let alone stop the daily street protests.

It’s this entire gaboraraka system that the Malagasy people want to change. Not the few ministers who will always be nothing more than the voice of their masters. So yes, out with the masters.

This future endemic government, like the one erected this weekend in France, is also likely to last only a few days 🤣

And besides, who will want to join a government rejected in advance by the street? I hear of some members of the diaspora who have rushed to the first plane that comes along… waaa, not even afraid of the tratra farany then? Nepal, Nepal… isn’t far 🤣

Suddenly, speaking of France, I just realized that we have exactly the same problem today! Namely, the current President is unfortunately no longer held in high esteem by a large part of the population.

So, on the French side, we have a President of the Republic who has been running government after government, without this being able to change a cruel reality: there is no clear majority emerging in the National Assembly; it is de facto impossible to attempt to govern under these conditions.

On the endemic side, we have an authoritarian President who has always tried to muzzle any form of opposition, and who, in just a few days, has incredibly been hit hard by this backlash. And now, the blockage is coming directly from the streets.

The next few days will therefore be interesting to watch, to see how each of these two French presidents (sic!) will manage to extricate themselves from their respective quagmires.

I had always pointed out, and very early on, that the post-Covid-19 period would be rock ‘n’ roll. On the French side (from France), President Macron also recognized this very early on. It was precisely on August 24, 2022, when he spoke of the end of abundance and carefree living.

He already knew it at that time. Unlike his French counterpart (from Madagascar), who always embarked on a headlong rush after Covid-19, launching one stupid project after another.

Sorry for the harsh language, but that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? The situation in 2025 is implacable: a population at the end of its tether, without water, without electricity, without purchasing power, and above all, witnessing incredibly misguided governance on a daily basis. Nepotism, corruption, muzzling, gagazo, and all that.

So the hangover is severe on both sides. With incredible socio-political episodes on both sides, perhaps a little less surprising in Madagougou because we’re used to the pressure cooker that comes back under pressure every 10-15 years.

So wait and see, and to return to the title… and then what happens? We feel like quoting the words of our endemic president: “It is the people who give power… and it is the people who take power back.”