After weeks of protests demanding his resignation, Madagascar’s embattled President Andry Rajoelina has declared he is taking refuge in a “safe place” following an attempted assassination.
Rajoelina, 51, said that “a group of military personnel and politicians planned to assassinate me” during a live Facebook broadcast to the country. Although he did not disclose his whereabouts, there had been unsubstantiated rumors that he had escaped the nation aboard a French military plane. It comes after two weeks of widespread protests to remove him from office, mostly spearheaded by young protesters.
The president dismissed his whole government and made other ineffective concessions in response to Rajoelina’s failed attempts to appease the young demonstrators, known as “Gen Z Mada.”
He hasn’t been seen since Wednesday, and Rajoelina’s office claimed over the weekend that an effort was being made to remove him from office.
As soldiers threatened to take control of the state TV offices on the island in the Indian Ocean, his speech to the nation was repeatedly postponed Monday due to the instability.
Finally, he stated in the Facebook broadcast: “Since September 25, there have been coup attempts and attempts on my life. A group of politicians and military officials plotted my assassination.
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