By AFP More by this AuthorMadagascar's outgoing president Andry Rajoelina launched his re-election campaign on Tuesday, promising "an orange wave" to thousands of supporters wearing his party colour who gathered in the capital, Antananarivo. For more than a week, opposition parties have held demonstrations against what they call an "institutional coup" to keep Rajoelina in power that have routinely been dispersed by police. Read: Madagascar caught in France’s web of political control"Go to your towns, your districts, go throughout Madagascar to create an orange wave," Rajoelina, sporting orange trousers, sunglasses and a white shirt said, from a stage set up in a pine forest in the suburb of Akamasoa. Rajoelina, 49, resigned last month in line with the constitution in order to run for re-election. "I am determined to assume my responsibilities," he told journalists, citing the "spectre of a political crisis" threatening Madagascar.

Source: Daily Nation October 12, 2023 16:35 UTC