The President of Madagascar announced on the evening of Wednesday August 11 the suspension of all the ministers of the Malagasy government, pending a forthcoming reshuffle.
Andry Rajoelina, who implicitly renews his confidence in his Prime Minister, Christian Ntsay, announced jointly with him that "the functions of all the ministers who are members of the government end" on Wednesday.
They are no longer responsible for shipping current affairs until the appointment of their successors, adds the press release without specifying when this announcement could take place.
This suspension comes in a context of worrying inflation but also of an alleged affair of a foiled coup, in which around twenty people, including two Frenchmen and several senior officials of the Malagasy army, were arrested.
In all, 21 people were presented to an investigating judge last week in Antananarivo, eleven of whom were imprisoned in the wake, including the two French.
On July 20, six people, including the French, were initially arrested for their alleged involvement in an "investigation for endangering state security".
They are accused of having "devised a plan for the elimination and neutralization of various Malagasy personalities, including the head of state," announced the public prosecutor.
The Madagascan head of state, elected in 2018, strongly condemned, Sunday, this alleged coup, stressing that "the difference of views does not justify a murder", in an intervention on public channels of TV.
With AFP
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