{"id":100236,"date":"2025-10-25T18:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=100236"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:01:44","slug":"ousted-madagascan-president-stripped-of-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=100236","title":{"rendered":"Ousted Madagascan president stripped of citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, who was ousted in a coup last week, has been stripped of his citizenship by the new regime.<\/p>\n

The order, signed by new Prime Minister Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo, cited local laws stipulating that people who acquired foreign citizenship should lose their Malagasy nationality.<\/p>\n

Rajoelina, 51, obtained French citizenship a decade ago, prompting calls for his disqualification from the 2023 presidential election. But he defied those calls and went on to win.<\/p>\n

He fled the African island nation after weeks of protests over persistent power and water shortages, culminating in a military takeover led by Col Michael Randrianirina.<\/p>\n

Rajoelina has said he has gone into hiding for his own safety, and his whereabouts remain unclear.<\/p>\n

When he disclosed his French nationality months before Madagascar\u2019s last presidential election, he argued he had only secretly acquired it to make things easier for his children studying in France.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, he had faced demonstrations initially organised by youth movement Gen Z Mada and inspired by similar anti-government protests in Nepal, which were only exacerbated when his government responded with violence.<\/p>\n

Rajoelina sacked his energy minister and then his government \u2013 but this did little to quell the calls for him to step down.<\/p>\n

Protesters had hoped that Rajoelina would resign to pave the way for a smooth, democratic transition.<\/p>\n

Instead, he clung to power, eventually leading to Madagascar\u2019s elite military unit, of which Randrianirina was chief, to seize power.<\/p>\n

He has now been sworn in and has formed a new government, pledging to hold elections within two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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