Voters In Madagascar Want End To Crisis Sparked By Coup
- Publisher:
- Wochit
- Publication Date:
- 20 December 2013
- Tags:
- Madagascar, Governance
Madagascar's voters cast ballots on Friday in a run-off presidential election, but many expect old political rifts to persist and see no quick fix for their battered economy after a coup five years ago drove away investors and donors. Voters have a choice between a former finance minister backed by outgoing President Andry Rajoelina, the disc jockey-turned-statesman whom the army helped to power in 2009, and an ally of Marc Ravalomanana, the leader who was ousted in the coup. There is no clear favorite, as the candidates had little public prominence until this election. If neither wins a clear mandate, analysts say it could make for more political wrangling, prolonging the crisis on the poor island of 22 million people, of whom nine out of 10 live on less than $2 a day. The economy contracted 4 percent after the coup.
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