Madagascar’s military-led government, which seized power this month, appointed a cabinet on Tuesday of mostly civilian ministers, including some prominent critics of ousted president Andry Rajoelina.<\/p>\n
The appointments mark a key moment in Madagascar’s political turmoil as the military consolidates power while it tries to address economic hardship and political divisions.<\/p>\n
The military\u00a0staged a coup\u00a0earlier this month after Rajoelina fled the Indian Ocean island nation following weeks of youth-led protests. Colonel Michael Randrianirina was\u00a0sworn in as interim president days later.<\/p>\n
MILITARY-LED PANEL TO RULE FOR UP TO TWO YEARS<\/strong><\/p>\n Randrianirina has said that a committee led by the military will rule for up to two years alongside a transitional government until new elections can be organized.<\/p>\n The cabinet of new Prime Minister Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo, announced on national broadcaster TVM, includes 25 civilians and four military or paramilitary officers.<\/p>\n Christine Razanamahasoa, who was stripped of her position as president of the national assembly by Rajoelina’s party last year, was named foreign minister, while Fanirisoa Ernaivo, a Rajoelina opponent living in exile, was named justice minister.<\/p>\n Economics professor Hery Ramiarison was appointed finance minister.<\/p>\n Security officials were appointed to the ministries of the armed forces, public security, land planning, and the gendarmerie.<\/p>\n GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS CHRONIC POWER, WATER SHORTAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n The government will be tasked with addressing the chronic power and water shortages that triggered the protests against Rajoelina, as well as broader economic challenges.<\/p>\n Between 1960, when Madagascar won independence from France, and 2020, economic output per capita nearly halved, World Bank data shows.<\/p>\n There was no immediate reaction from protest leaders to the cabinet appointments.<\/p>\n Rajoelina, impeached by lawmakers after he fled abroad, has condemned the army takeover and refused to step down while in exile, despite the High Constitutional Court ratifying the new government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Madagascar’s military-led government, which seized power this month, appointed a cabinet on Tuesday of mostly civilian ministers, including some prominent critics of ousted president Andry Rajoelina. The appointments mark a key moment in Madagascar’s political turmoil as the military consolidates power while it tries to address economic hardship and political divisions. The military\u00a0staged a coup\u00a0earlier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,2362,33],"tags":[1402,1086,4517],"class_list":["post-18402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-africa","category-featured","category-politics","tag-andry-rajoelina","tag-madagascar","tag-michael-randrianirina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}