The Madagascar president announced on Monday that he would save his entire government, in a television profession after days of demonstrations during which at least 22 people were killed, according to the UN.

For the third day of the mobilizations of a movement named Gen zborn of the dissatisfaction for the endless water and electricity holidays and turned into open government dispute, thousands of protesters gathered on Monday in the capital Tannarb.

“According to Article 54 of the Constitution, I decided to stop the Prime Minister and the Government from their duties”the President said Rajolina Speaking on national television.

“Awaiting the formation of the new government, those who perform their duties will act with a temporary mandate. Within the next three days, we will receive the proposals for the next prime minister »the state leader added.

At least 22 people were killed, according to the UN since the start, on Thursday of demonstrations that plague the country and where protesters went back to the street yesterday afternoon demanding the president’s removal.

On the island of the Indian Ocean, which remains one of the poorest countries in the world, there are often popular uprisings against the rulers after its independence in 1960. They mainly led in 2009 to the former president’s departure Mark Ravalomana.

“At least 22 people were killed and more than one hundred were injured”said the UNHCR said in a statement issued on Monday.

“Among the victims are protesters and passers -by who were killed by members of the Security Forces, and others who were killed during extensive violent incidents and looting followed, committed by individuals and gangs that have nothing to do with protesters.”added to the announcement in which the High Commissioner Turkish Turkish denotes “Overwhelmed” by the “violent response of the security forces”.

With the mobilizations being carried out on Thursday, thousands of demonstrators through social media through the movement Gen z They took to the streets of the capital yesterday according to a group of the French agency. Their demands go beyond the initial dissatisfaction against continuous water and electricity holidays.

Several protesters wrote in banners ‘We want to live, not to survive’ a slogan that became emblematic of the movement.

Many more than at the late Saturday gathering, and many demonstrators dressed in black, started yesterday afternoon at the University of Antananarivo and shouted slogans demanding the resignation of the president. Rajolina.

The former mayor of Antananarivo, Andri Ratzolina51 years old, he took power from 2009 to 2014 with a coup after a popular uprising. He was then elected in 2018 and re -elected in 2023 in the elections that were disputed.

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