A week after the start of the demonstrations, the head of state explains the origin, according to him, of this chaotic situation.
A plot to commit a coup during his absence. During a live broadcast on his Facebook page, President Andry Rajoelina announced that Madagascar would be the victim of a cyber attack aimed at organizing mass manipulation to destabilize the country and sow chaos, “As was the case in other countries such as Nepal and the Philippines”said Andry Rajoelina. To hear it, it is the most active young people on social networks that would be targeted. An allusion to the Gen Z movement, at the origin of the great demonstration of September 25 which ended in looting. The head of state claims that this operation was orchestrated and piloted by foreign hands. He evokes organizations, countries and agencies that finance demonstrations to orchestrate an illegal takeover that would not go through democratic elections. The objective would be to put power in the hands of accomplices to the country to promote the exploitation of the mining resources of Madagascar. It would be robots that would be at the origin of the messages received by “Young people led by the fiery youth”. He also mentioned the existence of opposition politicians who took advantage of the occasion.
Armed militias. According to the head of state, at the origin of this situation of troubles is a well-organized organization which plans to prevent his return to the country after the General Assembly of the United Nations. These people would even have uttered death threats against him and according to his explanations, he avoided Ivato and had to land in another airport to return to the country. For Andry Rajoelina, the young people grouped within the Gen Z movement and the artists who support their movement are mistaken. He thus encouraged the latter to be vigilant because according to the president, there are armed militias in the ranks of demonstrators.
Open to dialogue
Andry Rajoelina said he remains open to dialogue. “” Any war always ends around a table “, He hammered, while saying that he does not want to destroy the country or provoke a civil war. He also encourages his supporters, who wish to organize a counter-demonstration, to do so in calm and preserving appeasement. He also offers them not to demonstrate on the street. Andry Rajoelina recalled that he was elected by the Malagasy people for a 5 -year term. Addressing people of Gen Z, the tenant of Iavoloha recalled that in the event of a change in unconstitutional power, Madagascar would be sanctioned by the international community and all the funding of current projects would be suspended. According to him, a new crisis would slow down development and the country may regress from 10 to 15 years back. “” I will never accept it “, He argued. Continuing on his momentum, President Andry Rajoelina called on everyone to set up the Community inhabit (Citizen vigilances at neighborhood level). To hear it, malicious people would plan to sabotage the equipment and infrastructures of Jirama. It would be a question of exploding the transformers of said company. The head of state also calls Jirama employees to denounce those behind these maneuvers.
Davis R.