Hundreds of opposition supporters have gathered in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, to protest against the dismissal of the city's mayor.
Andry Rajoelina, who has been leading protests against the president, was sacked by the government on Tuesday.
His supporters have blocked roads to the municipal offices to prevent the new mayor from coming to work.
Mr Rajoelina says he will set up a transitional administration unless President Marc Ravalomanana steps down.
Dozens of people have died in protests in the last week amid the bitter power struggle between the two men.
Mr Rajoelina's replacement as mayor has been named as Guy Randrianarisoa, a local city official.
The sacked mayor accuses the president - a 59-year-old self-made millionaire who won re-election in 2006 - of misspending public money and being a dictator.
The African Union has condemned any moves to overthrow the president and warned the rivals not to resort to unconstitutional methods to settle their dispute.
Analysts say Mr Rajoelina has successfully tapped into widespread frustration with the government, but may have over-played his hand in trying to overthrow the president.
The large and beautiful island off the south-eastern coast of Africa has lurched from one crisis to another, putting off investors interested in exploiting its rich mineral reserves, its spices and its potential for tourism, correspondents say.
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By the international community standard, any means to ask or force a president to resign is a coup. Even democratic means such as demonstration are not acceptable.
RépondreSupprimerThe president can violate the constitution but opposition must follow the constitution to the letter.
The constitution is written for the opposition, not for the president!
Do you really think it’s in the constitution that the president can shoot on and kill empty-handed protesters when they try to enter a presidential palace? Do you think it’s in the constitution that the president can shut a private station if it criticizes his regime? Do you think it’s in the constitution that the president can order the army to ban protesters the access to the 13 may square?
The president can use undemocratic and unconstitutional means to stay in power whereas protesters and the opposition must use democratic and constitutional means to get power!!!
Really strange!
By the international community standard, a president who uses undemocratic and unconstitutional means to stay in power is a dictator. BUT the international community doesn’t allow you to force a dictator out of power by unconstitutional and undemocratic means.
Saddam Hussein was a dictator. Is the eviction of Saddam Hussein or is the invasion of Iraq a democratic and constitutional means?
Does the international community really think, it is possible to force a dictator out of power by democratic and constitutional means? Tell us in Madagascar how to do that?
Ravalomanana supporters argued that Andry Rajoelina and Monja Roindefo paid their followers and the “CAPSAT mutineers” to fulfil their ambition.
RépondreSupprimerIsn’t Marc Ravalomanana the richest man on the island, why didn’t he offer a higher bid?
If Andry and Roindefo gave the CAPSAT 700 millions of Malagasy francs (about 70.000 euros), why didn’t Ravalomanana and his supporters offer a higher bid of 1 billion of Malagasy francs (about 100.000 euros), which is pocket money for a man like Ravalomanana? Belive it or not, the TIKO group daily turnover is more than 1 billion!
If the reason of the mutiny was just a “good amount” of money, damn, solve the problem with just a “bigger amount” of money and basta !
If the reason of the protests was just the number of people on 13 may place, why didn’t Ravalomanana paid those protesters a higher amount of money in exchange for not coming in 13 may square?
As far as I know , Monja Roindefo or Andry Rajoelina is not as rich as “legalists”, are they ?
Do you want to know what Andry followers chanted? TSY VOAVIDY VOLA!!!! (translation: you can’t buy us ! we are out of price! Our support for Andry is priceless!)
In a nutshell, money has nothing to do with the CAPSAT mutiny or the protest on 13 may square.
before i go, let it be clear, protesters didn't ask for the moon or something else, they asked for democracy, they didn't ask to lower the price of rice, they didn't ask for a better health care system and so on....
RépondreSupprimerthey just want to express their views, as simple as that.