
- Riana Andriamirindrarivonjy, one minute reading
If the definition of democracy is the power of the people, by the people and for the people, Madagascar's politicians have created their own meaning: "false power for the people only at election time". On the eve of a presidential election that is shaping up to be tendentious, with unusual and unannounced candidates and traditional candidates with the same faces, democracy has been transformed into a temporary and cultural obligation when politicians are concerned.