| Madagascar Referendum: Final count on constitutional revison |
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Apr.27.- In a ceremony to announce the final results of national referendum
early this month, HCC President Rajaonarivony Jean Michel said 75.33
% of the voters gave "yes" vote while 24. 67 % of them were
against it.
The results are exactly the same as they were announced by the Interior Ministry three weeks earlier. HCC is empowered to announce the final results of any national elections after some 20 days of investigations of the results accounted by the Interior Ministry, according to Madagascan law. ... The national referendum on revision of constitution, which had also been approved by a referendum in 1992, was held on April. President Marc Ravalomanana said on several occasions that the revision would accelerate economic development of the Indian Ocean island and create favorite conditions to realize the targets of the government economic plan, published last March. Analysts here said President Revalomanana, re-elected for second five-year term last December, intended to consolidate his power through the revision of the constitution. Under the revised constitution, all six autonomous provinces will be abolished ...[ full text ] Apr.7.- ... Statistics provided by the Interior Ministry showed that with 73.18 % of the vote counted by 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) on Friday, 145,2162 out of 203,9286 voters who cast their votes in the referendum approved the revision. With 480,6108 legal voters registered, the participation rate has been corrected to 42.43 % rather than some 20 % as announced on Thursday.
National referendum was held on Wednesday on revision of the
constitution, which was also approved by a referendum in 1992.
In the capital city of Antananarivo, which has the most registered
electors and the highest participation rate compared to the other
autonomous provinces, 74.93 % of the voters said "yes" to the
revision of the constitution.
However, at least four out of six autonomous provinces, "no" seems to
take the lead in the accountant by Friday evening. Under a revised version of the Constitution, all six autonomous provinces will be abolished with an aim to excise a better management of the country and the development of local will be mainly based village and district levels. Under revised clause of the constitution, English will be another national language besides Malagasy and French for Madagascar, which won its independence from France in 1960s. ... [ full text ] |
