2023-11-29 09:21:29
There are not only two, but four high-ranking officers who were arrested on the orders of the executive in the affairs of recalcitrant soldiers in Madagascar, according to the daily newspaper of the African continent, Africa Intelligence, in its issue yesterday. . This daily reveals that the dismissal of Major General Andrianavoany Ratsisetrainarivo Razafy, commander of the Ikopa-Analamanga defense zone (ZDS), has a connection with the repression of the movement of the collective of candidates at the beginning of the month.
He would have refused to send an additional contingent to the May 13 square for the weekend of November 4 and 5. Then, he was laid off, sacked and replaced by General Dera Zafindravalomanananarivelo, before being questioned by the Fiadanana criminal brigade on November 16. This African media indicates that “he would still be placed under house arrest”.
The names of the three other senior officers who would also be placed under house arrest were also revealed by Africa Intelligence: General Ottman Itibar second deputy to the commander of the national gendarmerie, Colonel Michaël Randrianirina ex-commander of the Toliara infantry battalion and Colonel Rampanarivo and former Recamp battalion commander. It is not yet known whether the latter two are the senior officers placed in preventive detention at the Tsiafahy prison this week for attempted coup d’état.
The authorities remain cautious and have not yet officially communicated on the subject. A few days before the official proclamation of the presidential results by the HCC, the political context remains tense.
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