PSC/PR/COMM.1 (CCCLV)
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COMMUNIQUÉ
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 355th Meeting,
held on 13 February 2013, in Addis Ababa, adopted the following decision on the Situation in
Madagascar:
Council,
1.
Takes Note of the statements made by the Acting Commissioner for Peace and Security,
Prof. Jean‐Pierre Ezin, the Mediator of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC),
former President Joaquim Alberto Chissano, on the Situation in Madagascar, as well as the
statements made by the Representatives of Mozambique, country chairing SADC and the
United Nations;
2.
Recalls all its previous decisions and Communiqués on the situation in Madagascar, as
well as the decisions adopted by the 20th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, held in
Addis Ababa, from 27 to 28 January 2013, and its commitment to the Roadmap to end the crisis
in Madagascar, of 17 September 2011, which provided the appropriate framework for the
restoration of Constitutional order and the overall solution to the crisis faced by Madagascar;
3.
Welcomes the progress made in the process of ending the crisis in Madagascar,
particularly the renunciation by Mr. Andry Rajoelina and Mr. Marc Ravalomanana of their
respective candidatures for the forthcoming presidential election, and calls on all Malagasy
Parties to fully implement the Roadmap as the only viable mechanism to put an end to the crisis
in the country;
4.
Takes note of the updated election calendar which provides for, among others, the 1st
round of Presidential election on 24 July 2013, and the 2nd round of the presidential election,
coupled with the Legislative election on 25 September 2013, and the Local election on 23
October 2013;
5.
Also takes note of the Decision of the Summit of the Troika of the Organ of the SADC
Heads of State and Government with Mozambique, in its capacity as the Chairman of SADC,
held in Dar‐es‐Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, from 10 to 13 January 2013, in which the
Heads of State and Government, among others, reaffirmed their support to the Roadmap;
6.
Stresses that, despite the progress made, some provisions of the Roadmap are still not
implemented or are partially implemented, particularly Article 20 and consequently, decides to
maintain the suspension of the participation of Madagascar in the activities of the AU and the
sanctions imposed against Madagascar, while reiterating its will to lift these measures as soon
as possible. In this respect, Council, endorsing the recommendations of the Mediator :
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