Madagascar government dissolved after deadly protests
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina said the United Nations solved the government after the protests under the leadership of the youth on the water and power cuts that the United Nations had been killed and more than 100 wounded.
Inspired by the “Gen Z” protests in Kenya and Nepal, the three -day demonstrations, the biggest demonstrations of the Indian Ocean Island over the years, and Rajoelina’s most serious challenge since its re -election in 2023.
“We acknowledge that the members of the government do not fulfill the duties assigned to them and apologize,” Rajoelina said on Monday, “We do not fulfill the duties assigned to them.” He said.
The President said he wanted to create space for dialogue with young people and gave measures to support businesses affected by looting.
“I understand the difficulties caused by anger, sorrow and power cuts and water supply problems. I heard the call, I felt pain, I understood the effect on daily life,” he said.
The United Nations High Human Rights High Commissioner said that the losses contain protesters and spectators killed by members of the security forces, and that they were also killed by individuals and gangs who were not associated with protesters and others were also killed in subsequent violence and others.
The Madagascar Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the wounded figures reported by the UN and said that the data did not come from the authorized national authorities and based on rumors or false information.
On Monday, the protesters came together at a university where the images of MG News Channel shook the banners and say the national anthem before trying to walk towards the city center.
After the authorities declared a curfew from the twilight last week, the police fired tear gas to distribute the crowd.
Protesters adapted a flag used in Nepal, where the Prime Minister forced the Prime Minister to resign in September and used similar online organization tactics as protests that raised the tax legislation in Kenya in 2024.
Rajoelina first came to power in the 2009 coup. He resigned in 2014, but after winning the 2018 elections, he became the president again, and in the December 2023 survey, he provided the third period in which his rivals said that he had been overshadowed with irregularities.
