Several hundred students are demonstrating this Antananarivo from the Malgasic capital on Monday, October 6, on Monday, October 6, on the 12th of a protest movement that immersed the country in a sharp political crisis, the AFP journalists found.
Madagascar has been the theater since September 25 of a protest movement that initially denounced the incessant cuts of water and electricity and has moved from a broader challenge of power in place and, in particular, the head of state Andry Rojoelina.
“The future of this country will depend on all of us”
The group at the origin of the movement requested new events on Monday, with the University City of Ankato, on the outskirts of the city, as a starting point for the capital.
“The future of this country will depend on me, you, all of us,” he married the leaders of the microphone, calling the protesters not to run out of steam in this university district of Ankato, home of the 1972 revolt that led to the departure of the first president of this particularly poor island of the Indian Ocean, Philibert Tsiranana.
“It is clear that democracy in Madagascar is not respected at all. In addition, they destroy it brutally,” he accused another leader, in reference to the evaluation of at least 22 dead and the hundred injured announced by the UN last week, a balance denied by the malgastic authorities.
The procession, composed of students but also of inhabitants, went to the center of Antananarivo. At noon, it was blocked by a barrel of the police, which forbade them to progress.
On Monday, Toliara, another demonstration was reported in the big city in southern Toliara, where protesters burned tires on the road, according to the images transmitted by local media. The situation was quiet in the port city of Mahajenga (north), where stores and schools were open.
A weakened power, a mediation in gestation
On Saturday, President Rajoelina, part of the protesters of whom demanded the departure, continued his consultations with representatives of the private sector and the administration, including unions.
The Head of State dismissed his entire government on September 29 and the country is still waiting for the appointment of a new prime minister.
The Christian Council of the Churches of Madagascar (FFKM) said it was ready on Friday to guarantee mediation between power and protesters.
Source: BFM TV
