Challenge swiftly followed the appointment. The SDP Mario Rakotovao is already been criticized by the opposition. Leaflets and stickers spread across the city are the new weapons, though not threatening enough to stand against the official appointment.
Toamasina’s former mayor has not been the first TIM figure to have undergone the same fate. Gervais Rakotomanana is indicted for public funds embezzlement, and various others of his counterparts stemming from the formerly empowered party are in the High Authority of Transition’s sight