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Posted on Wednesday 23 December 2009 - 11:47
KingsleyKobo
Kingsley Kobo, AfricaNews reporter in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Madagascar security forces on Tuesday fired tear gas at opposition leaders and supporters outside parliament.
Riot police surrounded the assembly building from early morning, in a bid to dissuade the opposition supporters who said earlier they would install a new parliament and a new government by Tuesday, Reuters reported.

A protester said: "We have lost our jobs because of the crisis but the government won't listen to us even though it preaches about democracy. It's shameful."

Following Andry Rajoelina’s new decision to abandon a power-sharing deal, leaders from the three opposition movements decided to form a parallel government, which the leader said would never be.

He has sacked the consensus prime minister and appointed a colonel instead, to lead a transitional government which will organize parliamentary elections set for March 2010.

However, African Union-appointed Group of Contact said hope is not lost, that the group will hold another meeting in Mozambique without the Malagasy parties, to evaluate the situation in the world’s fourth largest island.

Rajoelina, a former DJ, came to power with military backing in March.

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