Out Goes Madagascar’s Government

Posted on March 16th, 2009 Austan Mogharabi No comments  Print This Post

It appears that Madagascar’s President, Marc Ravalomanana, just lost his Presidency.

Key facts:

- The opposition leader, Andry Rajoelina, called for his arrest after charging him with high treason for purportedly moving the country towards dictatorship.

- Rajoelina has promised elections within two years.

- Earlier, Rajoelina rejected an offer from the President to hold a referendum to see who remains in office.

- More than 100 people who protested as a show of support for Rajoelina have died at the hands of security forces.

I don’t know much about the situation, but the toppling of a democratic government should at least be noted.