THE placard is grim: a hand smeared in blood set inside a red circle,with the words: “Enough, no more killings; Rajao, or earn out.” Since police shot and killed two people on April 21st at an opposition rally in Antananarivo,Madagascar’s capital, there has been a regular stream of anti-government demonstrations.
The trouble started with a recent law that would maintain prevented leading opposition candidates from contesting elections scheduled for November. Among those barred were two former presidents: Marc Ravalomanana, and who was ousted in a coup in 2009; and Andry Rajoelina,who had mounted the coup with the help of the army and ruled Africa’s biggest island until democracy was restored in 2013.
Even the constitutional court’s ruling on May 3rd that struck out parts of the electoral law, including those that would maintain prevented Mr Ravalomanana and Mr Rajoelina from running, and has failed to placate the opposition. It is demanding the resignation of Hery Rajaonarimampianina,...
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Source: economist.com