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Allée Des Baobabs - Morondava - Madagascar - Africa
Added on the 05/02/2013 - Copyright : ItinerairesDuMonde
Electoral agents begin counting voters' ballots after polls closed for the first round of highly contested presidential elections in Madagascar. The elections were boycotted by most opposition candidates and appear to have resulted in a very low turnout. Tensions have been high between incumbent President Andry Rajoelina and opposition candidates. IMAGES
"As we announced the day before yesterday, we do not recognise these elections," says opposition candidate Hajo Andrianainarivelo at a press conference in the capital Antananarivo. The first round of Madagascar's presidential election appears to have resulted in a very low voter turnout. Tensions are running high between incumbent Andry Rajoelina, who has voiced confidence in being re-elected, and ten opposition candidates who have called for a boycott of the vote. SOUNDBITE
Polls open in Madagascar's presidential election, with Andry Rajoelina seeking reelection and 10 opposition candidates calling for a boycott. IMAGES
Almost all opposition candidates in Madagascar have called on voters to shun a presidential election scheduled for November 16, raising concerns about the vote. "We reject this Thursday's election and ask the Malagasy people to pretend it doesn't exist," Hajo Andrianainarivelo, 56, tells a press conference in Antananarivo, speaking on behalf of a group bringing together almost all of the 12 opposition candidates in the running. SOUNDBITE
The Madagascan police fire tear gas at opposition candidates for the presidential election on 9 November, as they converge with several hundred supporters on a square in the centre of the capital. IMAGES
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