የማዳጋስካር ሕገ-መንግስት ፕሬዝደንት ራጃኦናሪማምፒያኒና ምርጫ ከመደረጉ ሁለት ወር አስቀድሞ ስልጣናቸውን እንዲለቅቁ ያዝዛል፡፡ ፕሬዝደንቱ እጩ እንዲሆኑና ከሁለቱ የቀድሞ ፕሬዝደንቶች ጋር እንዲወዳደሩ የሚያስችል ጥሩ ዕድል አለ፤ ምንም እንኳ ሁሉም እጩዎች አነጋጋሪ የኋላ ታሪክ ቢኖራቸውም፡፡
As required by Madagascar's constitution, President Rajaonarimampianina must resign two months before the date of the first ballot, and there is a good chance he will be a candidate against two other former presidents, both of them with somewhat controversial pasts.