Madagascar impeaches its president

President Hery Rajaonarimampianina of Madagascar has been impeached in a vote late on Tuesday by the island-nation president.

The impeachment threatens to derail rebuilding efforts after years of crisis, analysts said.

The vote by 121 of 151 members of parliament has to be ratified by the country’s constitutional court. Rajaonarimampianina was elected at the end of 2013, after the country had suffered five years of political turmoil following the coup of 2009 that ousted Marc Ravalomanana from power.


Rajaonarimampianina critics said he has dragged the church into politics when half the nation are not Christians and failed to deliver on his promises.

Ahead of the parliamentary vote, the US embassy in Antananarivo urged the MPs to put the stability of the country first.