Supporters of Madagascar’s opposition leader, Andry Rajoelina, at a rally in Antananarivo on Saturday. Siphiwe Sibeko/ReutersMadagascar Reaches Showdown for Control -- New York Times
JOHANNESBURG — Madagascar’s chief opposition leader, Andry Rajoelina, emerged from two weeks of hiding on Saturday, declared he was taking charge of the nation and told a crowd of thousands of cheering supporters that he was giving the president, Marc Ravalomanana, a deadline to step down.
“We will wait four hours,” he declared, delivering his ultimatum. He promised that when the time was up, he would personally walk to Iavoloha Palace and tell the embattled and increasingly isolated president to move along.
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