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Madagascar's main opposition candidate in this year's presidential race, Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko, has sued over incumbent Andry Rajoelina's controversial victory.
The impoverished country goes to the polls on Thursday after weeks of protests over alleged electoral irregularities.
In Madagascar, proponents of a coalition consisting of 11 opposition contenders in the presidential election came together for a protest in Antananarivo, while supporters of incumbent president and candidate Andry Rajoelina assembled to show their support for him.
Can a judoka throw Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina off his podium as head of state? Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko, a former judo champion and head of the African Judo Union, and believed to be Russia’s candidate, is the top contender for Rajoelina’s throne in the November presidential elections. Siteny, if we may call him that, is a charismatic legislator whose candidature is causing alarm in State House, say analysts. He has created a political movement called MIHAVA TOUR (‘listening to the population’), which aims to give the floor to the people directly.
Madagascar goes to presidential elections in November with its slim prospects of change resting on a judoka.