Military seizes power in Madagascar as president impeached > 월드뉴스

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — An elite Madagascar military unit said Tuesday it had taken power of the Indian Ocean nation after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina following weeks of anti-government protests.
Rajoelina, who was in hiding reportedly out of the country, had late Monday refused demands to step down from a protest movement that started on Sept.
25 and won the backing of the CAPSAT military unit at the weekend.
CAPSAT commander Col.
Michael Randrianirina read out a statement at the presidential palace suspending the constitution and saying the unit would set up a governing committee composed of officers from the army, gendarmerie and national police.
"Perhaps in time it will include senior civilian advisers.
It is this committee that will carry out the work of the presidency," Randrianirina said.
"At the same time, after a few days, we will set up a civilian government." "We have taken power," he confirmed to AFP afterwards.
After the announcement, officers from the unit rolled through the capital in armoured Humvees and pick-up trucks en route to

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