Killing fields in Madagascar’s South: « The result of a poor administration » according to Manandafy Rakotonirina

This kind of phenomenon simply originates from « poor leadership » according to Manandafy Rakotonirina, leader of the MFM party. He believes the transition ruling power to be incapable of restoring any genuine rule of law, a matter of fact which drowns the country a little deeper into anarchy.

In consequence of the bloodbath engulfing the southern part of the island, the Marc Ravalomanana political sphere leaders require the Transitional Ministers of Justice and Armed Forces to pay the bill and step down. In Belo-on-Tsiribihina (West), three army officers got brought down by Dahalo militiamen. The same thing occurred in Betroka (South), a police officer and two state policemen, including the brigade commander, were killed in a clash. In Belo-on-Tsiribihina, sixty Dahalo militiamen captured 300 cattle heads, and then ambushed armed forces units. Near Betroka, one hundred of these outlaws raided a village.