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Madagascar’s Michaël Randrianirina targets elections in 2027

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Madagascar’s president of the Refoundation, Colonel Michaël Randrianirina, says he wants to respect the announced timetable, which provides for a new Constitution and elections in 2027. He presents this timetable as his political commitment in an interview with United Nations Radio, according to 2424.mg.

Colonel Michaël Randrianirina, Madagascar’s president of the Refoundation, plans to hold elections from July 2027 under the Refoundation timetable he is advocating. He said he believed the timetable would be respected in an interview with United Nations Radio on the sidelines of his trip to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

The timetable also provides for the adoption of a new Constitution. The elections remain conditional on the completion of the electoral reform process and the conclusions of the ongoing consultation. The Malagasy Ceni was also cited in an article about the July 2027 electoral timetable.

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