Madagascar’s president dissolves government amid youth-led protests | Madagascar
Madagascar’s president Andry Rajoelina resolved the government after the protests on the water and power cuts under the leadership of the UN, who said that at least 22 people were killed and injured more than 100.
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 the most serious challenge that Rajoelina has been re -elected in 2023.
“We apologize if the members of the government do not fulfill their duties assigned to them, and we apologize, Raj Rajoelina said in a speech at Malagasy on television.
“I understand the anger, sadness and difficulties caused by power cuts and water supply problems. I heard the call, I felt pain, I understood the effect on daily life,”
Authorized, a new government before the establishment of a new premiere applications will be received, he said.
The President said he wanted to create space for dialogue with young people and gave measures to support businesses affected by looting.
Thousands of people dressed in black and cheering for Rajoelina’s resignation have walked in the capital Antanarivo since last week.
The police responded with a heavy hand, fired tears and rubber bullets to distribute crowds. More than 100 people were injured.
The UN’s Human Rights Office blamed a “violent reaction ver by security forces for some deaths, and accused other deaths caused by violence and looting by gangs who were not associated with protesters.
The Madagascar Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the wounded figures reported by the UN and rejected that the data did not come from competent national authorities and that they were “based on rumors or false information”.
On Monday, the protesters gathered at a university where they shook the banners and say the national anthem before they tried to walk towards the city center.
Police fired tears to distribute the crowd after the authorities declared a curfew from the twilight last week.
The protesters adapted a flag used in Nepal, where the Prime Minister of the protesters forced the Prime Minister to resign at the beginning of this month, and at the same time used similar online organizational tactics in Kenya, which reached the peak in Kenya last year.
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.
Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world, and in 2009, he has frequently experienced popular uprisings since he gained independence in 1960, including mass protests that pushed former President Marc Ravalomanana from power.
