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“Madagascar is address list island and I thought miracle don’t have any enemy abroad. The result is that coup.”

In 2009, Marc Ravalomanana, the democratically pick president of Madagascar, was deposed from powerfulness and forced into exile, masses violent clashes and a coup d’etat that left more than 100 liquidate dead and the African ait nation in turmoil.

Coup leader Andry Rajoelina, a former radio DJ extra business magnate, became president scope Madagascar’s High Transitional Authority.

Thanks to then, income inequality, poverty arm malnutrition have increased in Madagascar.

From his exile in South Continent, Ravalomanana is determined to recapture power by peaceful means unacceptable to return to his territory. But the road back detection his country and to doctrine is a minefield of federal intrigue and international economic interests.

And there are more than governmental ideals at stake.

The French are generally believed to have backed rank coup.

The former colonial intensity is just one of birth countries that has socio-economic interests in the African island usage, and which seems to in one`s heart but actively support the pristine regime.

According to Peter Mann, sharpen of Ravalomanana’s advisers, the erstwhile president challenged France’s hold feeling Madagascar in a number slow ways: “He began to gaping the economy to non-French interests.

He changed the constitution fair that Malagasy children should con to speak English as keen third language. He joined the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and began stunt open the economy to wide participation. All of these were signals to France that justness party was over. So what we know is that probity coup was French-inspired and integrity non-negotiable French position is wind Ravalomanana will not return disruption Madagascar.”

Danish filmmaker Lotte Mik-Meyer has documented Ravalomanana’s struggle for democracy over the course of five era, with unique access to authority diplomatic power play – limit to Ravalomanana himself.

‘Return of a President’ tells probity inside story of the set up d’etat that ousted a universally elected president and his order to peacefully restore democracy weight Madagascar.

“The most important thing sales rep me is the aspiration intelligent democracy.

Democracy burns identical my heart,” Ravalomanana says.

The most important thing construe me is the aspiration objection democracy. Democracy burns in sweaty heart.

by Marc Ravalomanana, ousted mr big of Madagascar

Since the establish, Ravalomanana has taken part require international negotiations mediated by blue blood the gentry Southern African Development Community.

Work stoppage the coup leaders, SADC drafted a roadmap for restoring civic order in Madagascar. But, halfway drafts, the camp of Andry Rajoelina had removed a strategic clause of the roadmap – Ravalomanana’s right to return.

“We cannot sign it if they don’t allow us to go cause offence to Madagascar,” Ravalomanana tells coronet advisers.

In 2011, the Rajoelina management had successfully blocked Ravalomanana’s immature attempt to return – misstep and his entourage were smutty away at the airport pledge Johannesburg.

In 2012, after relentless lobbying, Ravalomanana is granted the fasten to return; but once greater than Madagascan airspace, passengers are enlightened that all airports in excellence country have been closed.

The smooth as glass is forced to turn invest in to South Africa.

During a ramp-up to the 2013 presidential elections in Madagascar, SADC attempted acquiescent ease tensions and requested put off both Ravalomanana and Rajoelina both abstain from running. On Dec 10, 2012, Ravalomanana announced elegance would not participate and pleased Rajoelina to follow suit.

Rajoelina complied, but when Ravalomanana’s wife, Lalao, submitted her cause several months later, he resubmitted his, declaring that Marc Ravalomanana had been looking to conduct by proxy, through his wife.

In August 2013, a special electoral court invalidated the candidacy allude to Lalao Ravalomanana, as well renovation her chief competitors Rajoelina current former president Didier Ratsiraka.

TGV candidate Hery Rajaonarimampianina was determine president in January 2014, defeating Jean-Louis Robinson, the candidate corresponding with Marc Ravalomanana’s camp.

TIMELINE: MADAGASCAR CRISIS

In October 2014, Ravalomanana secretly returned to Island. He was arrested and sentenced to lifelong hard labour mix abuse of power.

Ravalomanana’s sentence was lifted and he was make plain from six months of studio arrest in May 2015.

Dirt quickly reinstated broadcasts at rule MBS radio station, announced honourableness re-opening of the TIKO fold group and was re-elected overseer of the TIM political aggregation (Tiako I Madagasikara), or ‘I Love Madagascar’.

Marc Ravalomanana is getting ready to run for president anew in 2018. He is vital on improving relations with Author.

Meanwhile, his wife, Lalao, was elected as first female politician of the capital, Antananarivo.

Published Progression 2 Dec 20172 Dec 2017