February 4453
Malgy discontent grows as progress stalls and official inquiries run into the ground
Anti-government Malgy protests in central Renivohitra
Twenty years on from the historic power-sharing agreement, the shine is rubbing off Tombovelo Tsitohery's premiership in the eyes of his growing number of Malgy (OOC: Madagascan) critics, who feel the progress of Malgy advancement has been much too slow and that the Canrillaise (OOC: French) still hold the fundamental economic, social and political power in Noumonde.
The land redistribution program has been painfully slow, beset by under-funding, lack of international financial support and embarrassing scandals.
Little has been done to increase Malgy representation in the police, army and judiciary. A Royal Commission set up to examine this failed to reach any substantive conclusions because it was hampered by royalist appointees who refused to acknowledge "institutional racism" or other serious problems. Other Royal Commissions and official inquiries which were set up in a spirit of optimism at the time of the signing of the power-sharing agreement have similarly run into the ground.
In Noumonde's cities, the capital Nouville in the west and Renivohitra in the east, and the major towns, support for Tsitohery and his Alliance for Progress is stronger. Here, the Malgy tend to be more prosperous, better educated, more "Canrillaised" and more likely to be either Hosian or secular in their outlook.
However, it is a different story once you enter the rural village communities, the forests and the mountains. Here, the Malgy tend to endure very poor living conditions. and to be fiercely defensive of their Malgyist (OOC: Madgascan pagan) rituals and belief systems, and their traditional way of life. These people were on the whole never enthusiastic about the Alliance to begin with, but their discontent has grown over recent years, and they have come increasingly to see the newly-enriched Malgy elite in the cities as little different to the Canrillaise rulers who have dominated Noumonde for so long.