Peace seems to have broken out in Madagascar. On 8 August four current or former presidents, along with representatives from international organisations, signed a deal that put in place a transition process. The text of the agreement is available here.

The text, as well as a more detailed Charter that is available here, establish interim institutions and commit all parties to holding elections within 15 months.

In addition, there will be a new constitution. The accord explicitly states that a committee will be established to write a constitution that will lead to a Fourth Republic. (The Third Republic was established in 1993). The Charter specifies that there will be a directly elected president who can be re-elected once. However, there are no other details.

So, it remains to be seen whether the new Constitution will lead to a return to semi-presidentialism in Madagascar.