The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, said he resigned his government following the violent protests against repeated interruptions of water and electricity throughout the Indian Ocean country. «I decided to revoke the functions of prime minister and government. Pending the formation of the new government, those who are in office will play the role of interim ministers, “he said in a television speech to the nation. For the high commissioner of the UN for human rights, Volker Türk, at least 22 deaths in protests are.
New protests in Madagascar, tear gas on protesters
Thousands of people gathered in Madagascar for new anti -government manifestations in different cities of the island. In the antitanarivic capital, the security forces dispersed the crowd with tear gas, as they saw journalists from the France-Presse agency. Last week there were two days of protests that resulted in clashes with the police and who mainly involved young demonstrators, called to action on social media through a movement called ‘Gen Z’ and who expressed anger for the persistent interruptions of water and electricity in the country.
Today an growing crowd marked the capital of the president, asking for the president, Andry Rajoelina. A declaration issued last night by the Movement also asked for the resignation of the government and the prefect of Antananarivo. Thursday protests in the capital were followed by widespread looting all night, without any response from the police. Generation Z, which includes people born between the late 90s and the beginning of the years 2010, said that “groups of anonymous individuals have been paid to plunder numerous clubs in order to obscure the move and the current struggle”. The protests also took place in Antsiranana, at the northern end of Madagascar.
UN, ‘Shock for murders and injured in protests in Madagascar’
“I am shocked and saddened by the murders and the wounded in the protests for the interruptions of water and electricity in Madagascar”: the UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, declared it in a note, exhorting “the authorities to guarantee respect for freedom of expression and peaceful meeting”. Türk condemned the “violent response” of the Madagascar. Anti -government, during which his office states that “at least 22 people were killed and more than one hundred wounds”.