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Incumbent Madagascar President Vows To Reject Election Recount


VOA News
28 Apr 2002 22:40 UTC
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Madagascar
Didier Ratsiraka 
VOA photo - C. McDonough 
Madagascar's incumbent President Didier Ratsiraka says he will not accept the results of an election recount due Monday, which deepens the country's political crisis.

 Mr. Ratsiraka's statements on Sunday follow threats by his supporters that they too will reject the results of a recount.

 In Senegal last week, the president and rival opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana agreed to settle their election dispute by calling for a recount. Mr. Ratsiraka called the High Constitutional Court conducting the recount "illegal," and demanded a referendum. Both men claimed the presidency after a close election in December.

 Madagascar has been in turmoil since Mr. Ravalomanana, mayor of the capital, Antananarivo, declared himself president in February. He alleged the election had been rigged and refused a court-ordered run-off vote, insisting he was the winner.

 At least 32 people have been killed in violence related to the dispute.
 
 

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