Madagascar again has an elected president, the winner outgoing regime
Antananarivo - Hery Rajaonarimampianina, supported by the strong man of the regime of transitio Andry Rajoelina, is officially the new Malagasy president since Friday, first head of State elected since the coup of 2009 which had isolated the island from the international community.
Mr. Rajaonarimampianina, 55, former Finance Minister of the regime installed early 2009 by the young mayor of Antananarivo, was "declared officially president of the Republic of Madagascar" by the Special Electoral Court (these) president, François Rakotozafy, which dismissed the application for annulment lodged by the defeated candidate.
The new president won 53.49% of the vote during the second round held in the quiet in December. The participation rate was 50,72%.
Robinson Jean Louis, the candidate knighted by the former deposed president Marc Ravalomanana, still in exile in South Africa, won 46.51% of the vote.
He spoke of "massive fraud" and particularly challenged the electoral list, while observers have deemed free and credible ballot. The ESC has tried to puncture the abscess through Tuesday a confrontation in private closed between lawyers on both sides.
On the institutional level, Madagascar could know a scenario "Poutine", outgoing president becoming Prime Minister and keeping most of the power.
The Rajoelina camp is indeed in a position to appoint him Prime Minister after swept away the relative majority in the National Assembly according to provisional results.
Mr Rajoelina has been prevented to attend the presidential election, under pressure from the international community which feared unrest. It had chosen to support one of the two candidates qualified for the second round.
Mired in a major political crisis for five years, the island still worked by tension, which recently expressed during clashes with the police on a University campus that made a death last week.
Major political crisis five years
The challenges that await the new president are huge, starting with the political stabilisation, key of a restart of tourism (15% of GDP currently) and the realization of prospecting oil and mining projects.
Madagascar, which had seen enviable growth under the era Ravalomanana - this was before the global financial crisis - has backtracked in many areas.
Since 2009, the country ended up banished from the nations, investors have deserted, and international aid has dried up, causing a serious economic crisis and a general impoverishment of the population.
Seven out of 10 children do not end primary school. Poverty pushes many locals in begging and petty crime is on the rise, theft, assault multiplying including in tourist areas.
Struck by an invasion of locusts unprecedented in 2013, which is added to the traditional related to cyclones, droughts and deletions four million inhabitants on 22 are food insecure, according to the Food Programme (WFP).
The deforestation of the island contributed to an epidemic of plague that killed 75 people at the end of the year 2013.
The great unknown is also due to the attitude of former president Ravalomanana, also to stand for election by the international community. His wife Lalao is since 2013 return to Madagascar, very active politically, while itself is still forbidden to stay on the island.
Discrete Minister of finance and the Budget, Mr. Rajaonarimampianina was able to somehow manage the finances of a country deprived of international assistance. Even if his involvement in the regime who ran the island for more than four years earned him suspicion by his opponents to have covered some illegal trafficking.
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Antananarivo - Hery Rajaonarimampianina, supported by the strong man of the regime of transitio Andry Rajoelina, is officially the new Malagasy president since Friday, first head of State elected since the coup of 2009 which had isolated the island from the international community.
Mr. Rajaonarimampianina, 55, former Finance Minister of the regime installed early 2009 by the young mayor of Antananarivo, was "declared officially president of the Republic of Madagascar" by the Special Electoral Court (these) president, François Rakotozafy, which dismissed the application for annulment lodged by the defeated candidate.
The new president won 53.49% of the vote during the second round held in the quiet in December. The participation rate was 50,72%.
Robinson Jean Louis, the candidate knighted by the former deposed president Marc Ravalomanana, still in exile in South Africa, won 46.51% of the vote.
He spoke of "massive fraud" and particularly challenged the electoral list, while observers have deemed free and credible ballot. The ESC has tried to puncture the abscess through Tuesday a confrontation in private closed between lawyers on both sides.
On the institutional level, Madagascar could know a scenario "Poutine", outgoing president becoming Prime Minister and keeping most of the power.
The Rajoelina camp is indeed in a position to appoint him Prime Minister after swept away the relative majority in the National Assembly according to provisional results.
Mr Rajoelina has been prevented to attend the presidential election, under pressure from the international community which feared unrest. It had chosen to support one of the two candidates qualified for the second round.
Mired in a major political crisis for five years, the island still worked by tension, which recently expressed during clashes with the police on a University campus that made a death last week.
Major political crisis five years
The challenges that await the new president are huge, starting with the political stabilisation, key of a restart of tourism (15% of GDP currently) and the realization of prospecting oil and mining projects.
Madagascar, which had seen enviable growth under the era Ravalomanana - this was before the global financial crisis - has backtracked in many areas.
Since 2009, the country ended up banished from the nations, investors have deserted, and international aid has dried up, causing a serious economic crisis and a general impoverishment of the population.
Seven out of 10 children do not end primary school. Poverty pushes many locals in begging and petty crime is on the rise, theft, assault multiplying including in tourist areas.
Struck by an invasion of locusts unprecedented in 2013, which is added to the traditional related to cyclones, droughts and deletions four million inhabitants on 22 are food insecure, according to the Food Programme (WFP).
The deforestation of the island contributed to an epidemic of plague that killed 75 people at the end of the year 2013.
The great unknown is also due to the attitude of former president Ravalomanana, also to stand for election by the international community. His wife Lalao is since 2013 return to Madagascar, very active politically, while itself is still forbidden to stay on the island.
Discrete Minister of finance and the Budget, Mr. Rajaonarimampianina was able to somehow manage the finances of a country deprived of international assistance. Even if his involvement in the regime who ran the island for more than four years earned him suspicion by his opponents to have covered some illegal trafficking.
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