Madagascar opposition leader proclaimed himself president.

SyuzhetyPolitichesky crisis Madagaskare17.03.2009Armiya to hand over power to opposition leader opposition leader Andri Razhuelina, on Tuesday received the authority from the Malagasy army, proclaimed himself President. On this March 17, said Agence France-Presse.
"Ravalomanana [former President] has resigned. Resigned Prime Minister and members of his Cabinet. I have led a transitional government. Thus, you can call me the President" - Razhuelina said in a telephone conversation with journalists from French TV channel LCI.
The new head of state promised to hold a legitimate presidential election in two years, and expressed the hope that the people of Madagascar will support him as President.
"The people gives power and deprives people of power. The people demand that I stood at the head of state, and we meet this demand", - stressed Razhuelina.
When asked whether he knew the whereabouts of excluded from the government of President Ravalomanana, Razhuelina answered that did not have such information, and added that he never sought his arrest. According to Razhueliny, it does not require the arrest of former president, but the law of Madagascar, which should determine the fate of Ravalomanana. According to some sources, Ravalomanana had requested political asylum at the U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo, but the U.S. Department of State denied this information.
  The political confrontation between President Ravalomanana and the opposition worsened in Madagascar in January 2009. As the island began on opposition supporters clash with police, the chief opposition Razhuelina declared himself head of state and President Ravalomanana in response to this, dismissed him from his post as mayor of the capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo. End of political standoff between Ravalomanana and Razhuelinoy was on March 16, when the Presidential Palace in Antananarivo, Madagascar joined the army. Shortly thereafter, the head of state was forced to resign, and the military to transfer power to 34-year-old Razhueline.