Highlights: The High Constitutional Court stripped Christine Razanamahasoa of her mandate as deputy, and de facto of the presidency of the National Assembly. The former head of the Lower House will no longer sit in the chamber until the next legislative elections scheduled for May 29. The decision had the effect of shock waves. “ But who will still dare to maintain that we currently live in a state of law? », asks Hajo Andrianainarivelo, president of the opposition party Malagasy Miara Miainga (MMM)

The High Constitutional Court stripped Christine Razanamahasoa of her mandate as deputy, and de facto of the presidency of the National Assembly. The former head of the Lower House will no longer sit in…

Madagascar: after the ouster of the president of the National Assembly, the opposition protests

The High Constitutional Court stripped Christine Razanamahasoa of her mandate as deputy, and

de facto

of the presidency of the National Assembly. The former head of the Lower House will no longer sit in the chamber until the next legislative elections scheduled for May 29. In question, his recent positions considered contrary to the line of the executive. This sanction makes the opposition and some deputies from the majority group jump.

Christine Razanamahasoa, president of the Malagasy National Assembly. RFI/Marie Audran

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in Beirut,

Pauline Le Troquier

The decision

had the effect of shock waves. “

But who will still dare to maintain that we currently live in a state of law?

», Reacts on his X account, Hajo Andrianainarivelo, president of the opposition party Malagasy Miara Miainga (MMM).

Even within the majority, voices were raised. MP Paul Bert Rahasimanana – known as Rossy – points out the “

lightness

” of a decision taken in just two days, following an expeditious hearing at the High Constitutional Court.

Thursday evening, the judges of the Court in fact validated the request for forfeiture filed by the presidential coalition IRD, in light of recent

critical remarks by Christine Razanamahasoa

. A legal procedure that the opposition considers used for political purposes.

But for the power camp, it is indeed a question of sanctioning " repeated

" deviations

from the group's line of conduct which constitute, according to it, a real threat to "

stability

" and "

democracy in

Madagascar

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Contacted by RFI, the lawyer for the former head of the institution, Master Rija Rakotomalala, sees it as a force intended to bypass the defense. Instead of being treated as a simple deputy, his client should have first been stripped of her position as president of the National Assembly, before being ousted from her elected functions, adds the lawyer.

The timing chosen to announce the sanction, just before the Easter weekend, during which political and institutional life is at a standstill, deprived Christine Razanamahasoa of an immediate response. Since the announcement of her dismissal, the latter has remained silent.

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Madagascar: after the ouster of the president of the National Assembly, the opposition protests

Madagascar: after the ouster of the president of the National Assembly, the opposition protests

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