The President of Madagascar refuses to step down as Antigov’t protests | News protest

The demonstrators make a 24 -hour president to “respond positively” to the demands, threatening “all necessary measures.”

The President of Madagran Andre Ragelna ignored the calls for his resignation through the movement’s protest movement in the country, which led to what he considered a plot of coup led by competitors.

The demonstrators moved to the streets of the capital, Antananarivo, on Friday after a “strategic” stop in Demonstrations near the daily Leaded by a movement known as “Gen Z”, which demanded the resignation of the president because of his alleged failure to provide basic services, including water and electricity.

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At least 22 people have been killed since the protests began on September 25, according to the United Nations. On Friday, the police fired tear gas to disperse the marches in the capital, and shots from Real TV TV showed.

“No one takes advantage of the destruction of the nation. I am here, standing here ready to listen, ready to expand a helping hand and … to present solutions to Madagascar,” said Rajina in a letter broadcast on his Facebook page.

He said, without providing evidence, that some politicians were planning to take advantage of the protests and thought about organizing a coup while addressing the United Nations in New York last week.

He said: “What I want to tell you is that some people want to destroy our country,” without naming those who claimed that they were behind this step.

The Gen Z movement rejected the Rajoelina speech as “meaningless”, and promised to take “all necessary measures” if the president does not “respond positively” within 24 hours to his demands.

There were protests in the northern coastal city of Mahganga and in the southern cities in Tollara and Vanantoa.

“Opportunistic groups”

Madagascar is still rich in resources, but it is still one of the poorest countries in the world, with 75 percent of its population of 32 million people below the poverty line in 2022, according to the World Bank.

The recent disorders were forced Rajoelina His government bag On Monday and calling for dialogue. At a post on the X account at the end of the week, he said he also met different groups during the past three days to discuss the situation.

The foreign minister of Madagascar, Rassa Ravarafavica, said the country faced a “huge electronic attack” and a “targeted digital processing campaign” launched from another country.

She said: “According to the analyzes of our specialized units, this process was initially directed from abroad by an agency with advanced technological capabilities.”

She claimed that “opportunistic groups” may “infiltrate” the protests and aim to “exploit the exposure of some Madagascar youth.”

Rajina, former mayor Lucananarivo, came for the first time in 2009 in 2009 after a coup that was ignited by an uprising that took off former President Mark Rafalmanana.

After sitting in the 2013 elections under international pressure, he was voted again to his position in 2018 and Re -elected In 2023.