{{A Madagascar court has jailed a presidential candidate ahead of a troubled lead up to elections tentatively set for August and hoped to restore constitutional rule.}}<\/p>\n
Mr Laza Razafiarison, a former World Bank analyst, was arrested by the police in Antananarivo on Tuesday morning,<\/p>\n
He appeared in court Wednesday on a charge of holding an unauthorised rally in the capital, which police broke up with tear gas.<\/p>\n
The court ordered his detention at the Antanimora prison for public disorder, alongside seven others.<\/p>\n
Other presidential candidates have been banned from visiting him.<\/p>\n
Mr Razafiarison, an underdog, is one of the 41 candidates hoping to become the next leader of the island’s 22 million people.<\/p>\n
He has called for the immediate departure of President Andry Rajoelina, saying this would unlock the country’s prevailing political crisis.<\/p>\n
The candidate also called for immediate elections, accusing the president of deliberately extending the crisis, sparked by a military-backed coup in 2009.<\/p>\n
“I’m not fighting for a post in the transitional government, I’m advocating to save Madagascar. That’s my mission,” Mr Razafiarison told media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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