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Monday, January 6, 2014
Madagascar’s former finance minister, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, has won Madagascar’s first presidential election since the coup in 2009. While the win went to Rajaonarimampianina his closest rival, Jean Louis Robinson, claims the vote was rigged. The claims by Robinson could keep the island nations political climate in turmoil for some time to come.
The electoral commission said Rajaonarimampianina won 53.5%of the December 20 vote. Robinson came in with 46.5% and is demanding a recount. Robinson’s supporters have filed an estimated 300 complaints to the electoral court, which has to rule on the commission’s provisional result by January 19.
“I urge the Malagasy people to await the final result in complete serenity,” Rajaonarimampianina told reporters.
The poll is meant to end a crisis that has driven out investors, cut aid flows and sharply slowed the economy.
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