Demonstration from the three mobilities: repression and arrest

The deployment of forces over Anosy is fantastic. These privates armed with assault rifle are officially meant to master eventual riots. Police forces’ presence has, in itself, a challenging effect, and there deterrents pop up at any occasion. The use of force actually has nothing to do with peacekeeping. His mission has turned colonel Ravalomanana into the joint political opposition’s black sheep of the imposed regime. The Analamanaga region’s first state police responsible official promised not to be disappointing them.

« These demonstrators were, beforehand, confined in the Magro square, behind private fences. Now they are going down to the street, and creating troubles », justified the colonel. As results of all three attempts to stage demonstrations, seven persons have been arrested. One man indicted of targeting police officers with stones is being held in custody. Two other men have been temporarily released, one of them being in charge of the loudspeakers rented by the demonstration’s promoters. Four other individuals are waiting for the prosecutor’s assessment of their indictment of breach of public order and destruction of public good.