Democracy : a very important change coming up in Madagascar ?
Here In Madagascar, 34, young mayor of Antananarivo, Andry Rajoelina defied malagasy government warnings to hold a major rally in the capital and called for democracy againt dictatorship.
"Power belongs to the people. They can seize it (but) the government is proving to be a dictatorship every passing hour," said Rajoelina, nicknamed TGV, or high speed train for his rapid-fire personality.
Orange Revolution in town ? mob were among of thousands of demonstrators who had turned up earlier at a city square gathering, addressed by the mayor.
"Nowhere in the world has a military force ever succeeded in overcoming the force of the people," Rajoelina,
Standing on his Mercedes, leading the crowd in a main square in the capital.
Rajoelina, 34, ran against Marc Ravalomanana's party as an independent candidate in municipal elections in 2007 and since taking office has grown into the regime's most vocal opponent.
He has repeatedly condemned what he says are shrinking freedoms in Madagascar and also fiercely criticised a massive project to lease vast swathes of farmland to South Korean industrial giant Daewoo ... a greaddy treat like "ant vs elephant" will says my friend.
Tension increased sharply on the island after the Mayor of Madagascar's capital Antananarivo Andry Rajoelina labelled President Marc Ravalomanana a dictator and called a national strike. The mayor's supporters plundered a national radio station and set fire to it earlier today.
Madagascan media report three people have been killed yesterday in a mass anti-government rally. The demonstration started in protest against the closure of a critical television station...
This is not the Africa I want ...
