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ANTANANARIVO. — Madagascar will hold a much-delayed presidential election on October 25, organisers said yesterday, in a vote designed to end a deep political crisis prompted by a coup four years ago. Parliamentary elections will follow on December 20, along with a second presidential round if the October vote does not deliver an outright winner, the electoral commission said.
The new dates follow two earlier postponements amid a lack of funding and controversy over the candidacies of three top contenders.
An electoral court last Saturday dropped the names of Andry Rajoelina, the wife of his exiled rival Marc Ravalomanana, and a former president after the three refused to withdraw from the presidential race.
Former disc jockey Rajoelina ousted president Ravalomanana in an army-backed coup in 2009. — AFP.
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