Incumbent Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina and his political rival, former president Marc Ravalomanana, will vie for the post at an election scheduled for November, part of a move aimed at defusing a political crisis on the Indian Ocean island.
Rajaonarimampianina’s agent submitted his application to the High Constitutional Court on Friday afternoon, while Ravalomana sent in his on Saturday.
“It’s here, if you remember, that we started five years ago, in August. The story started here, and we will continue it here because you ask for it,” Rajaonarimampianina said during a ceremony at a hotel in Antananarivo.
Rajaonarimampianina and two of his predecessors – Andry Rajoelina, who seized power in a coup in 2009, and Ravalomanana, the man he ousted – are the three most powerful politicians in Madagascar.
Rajoelina has also submitted an…
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