2023-12-18 07:24:51
Andry Rajoelina returns for a second term. He officially took office as President of the Republic of Madagascar for a new 5-year term last Saturday during his inauguration with great fanfare at the Barea Mahamasina Stadium.
The ceremony took place in the presence of members of the High Constitutional Court (HCC), Heads of Institutions including Christine Razanamahasoa and the former President of the Senate, Herimanana Razafimahefa. The first class Grand Cross insignia as well as the Grand Master’s collar of the Malagasy National Order and the Grand Cordon were presented to the President of the Republic, Andry Rajoelina, by the new Grand Chancellor, General Marcel Razanakombana Ranjeva .
Among the international guests are the President of the Republic of Angola and President of SADC, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, the President of the Union of Comoros also current President of the African Union Assoumani Azali, the President of Mauritius, Prithvirajsing Roopun , Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mozambican President Filipe Nyus, President of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló.
During his speech, Andry Rajoelina thanked the voters who led to his re-election for this second term. “The Malagasy people have opted for the continuity of the work started, prioritizing security and development (…) I stand as president of all the people without exception. My commitment is to work tirelessly to raise our country to the top and make it shine,” he declared.
“Despite the challenges that have stood in our way over the last five years, the pandemic, the drought, the devastating cyclones and even the low blows and political betrayals, we have moved forward, built and constructed, but above all created close and useful to the population in the districts, in order to catch up with the development delay accumulated over several decades,” boasted the new tenant of alavoloha in his inauguration speech.
For this second term, his program will be structured around three pillars: human capital, industrialization and governance. “The objective is to produce and transform in Madagascar everything that the population needs on a daily basis,” he said.
He also affirms that he wants to redouble efforts in the fight against all forms of corruption serving individual interests to the detriment of the general interest. Projects such as the 97km pipeline in the south of the island or the highway linking Toamasina and Antananarivo will, according to him, be continued for the next five-year term.
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