Ousted Madagascar President Relieved of Citizenship
Former Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, deposed through a putsch recently, has been stripped of his nationality under the new government.
This directive, authorized by the current PM Rajaonarivelo, pointed to Madagascan statutes specifying that citizens who gained overseas status would forfeit their citizenship of Madagascar.
He, fifty-one, secured French status a decade ago, leading to demands for his exclusion from the last national vote. Yet he ignored these demands and went on to win.
He fled the nation of Madagascar after extended demonstrations over chronic electricity and supply issues, leading to a military takeover spearheaded by Col Michael Randrianirina.
Rajoelina has said he has disappeared from view for his personal security, and his whereabouts are unknown.
After revealing his French nationality ahead of the election, he argued he had only secretly acquired it to simplify life for his kids enrolled in the European nation.
Over the past few weeks, he had faced demonstrations first arranged by youth group the Gen Z movement and inspired by comparable public dissent in another nation, which were further aggravated when his administration reacted with aggression.
The president dismissed his energy minister and then his government - but this failed to stop the demands for him to resign.
Protesters had hoped that Rajoelina would resign to pave the way for a orderly, change in leadership.
Conversely, he refused to step down, eventually leading to Madagascar's elite military unit, of which the colonel commanded, to take control.
Randrianirina took the oath and has formed a new government, promising to conduct a vote within 24 months.
