00:00What's next for Madagascar, the leader of the military rebellion who seized power after the ouster of Ange Razoel,
00:12fueled by a Gen Z protest there, saying he's taking the position of president.
00:18That Colonel Michael-Andrea Narin speaking in an interview with the Associated Press.
00:25He says it would be a period of 18 months to two years before the reins of power are handed back.
00:32Well, for more, let's cross to the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo.
00:38Lova Rajaralina is a special advisor to the former president, Ange Razoel.
00:46Thank you for speaking with us here on France 24.
00:50Yes, it's not the first time.
00:52What is your reaction to this promise by the military to hand back power within two years?
01:05First, to be honest, it's not, you know, a social protest while being supported by the military.
01:13It's only a coup.
01:14They use the Gen Z protestation, legitimately protestation, to get the power.
01:20And if you just see the reaction of the Jay-Z people in the, you know, social medias,
01:25they are already very surprised because this is the beginning of the first time that they take the power.
01:31They didn't say nothing about the place of the youth in the new governments.
01:38And this is why we are very, very surprised, very unhappy.
01:46And to be honest, it's not a legally way to find a solution to resolve the problem in Madagascar because we have a lot.
01:56I know it's not easy, I know it will be complicated, but to have this kind of junta to get in power is not a good sign for the democracy of Madagascar.
02:07And have you spoken with the former president and do you have confirmation of his whereabouts?
02:16Yes, we talked every day with him, every time, because he is very involved and very worried about what's happening in Madagascar.
02:29He's still the former president.
02:30He just made an official statement this morning just to reaffirm that the decision of the ICC is not legally tested.
02:38The declaration of the Genta is not legally and until now, he's still the president.
02:47So he's in the mind of struggle to fight for the democracy and to find a way to find solution of social contestation that we have through 10 days ago.
03:03Well, there's been remarks, again, a statement put out by France this Wednesday, the former colonial power urging Madagascar to show restraint and responsibility.
03:17And it is essential, it says, that democracy, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law be scrupulously preserved.
03:26Your reaction to that statement and to the fact that it was on a French plane that Ange Radzoel left the country?
03:33I won't confirm anything about how we get, you know, out of Madagascar, because it was a question of safety of the president.
03:42He had been seriously pregnant, but this Genta, and he was preparing an official, you know, an official trip to find solution of, you know, electricity emergency.
03:58So the way how he get out of Madagascar, for me, it just details the main point is what the president, Ange Radzoel, will come back with him to Madagascar.
04:15And now they just benefit this, the fact that he was out to take, to say that they take the power, but we are totally opposed of that.
04:25So for us, it's not legal.
04:28We don't recognize the Genta of the former, you know, president.
04:34For us, it's only Andhra Zewelin.
04:35Lova, Raja, Rarunila, thank you so much for being with us.
04:41From Anton and Erivo, we'll get different perspectives as well on what's unfolding in Madagascar in the France 24 debate that's coming up in some 30 minutes' time.
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