Diary of a Coup - Madagascar

April 2009

President Ravalomanana is scared. His people are protesting and former DJ Rajoelina has declared himself President. Yet with so much bloodshed and rioting can media shy Rajoelinas coup ever succeed?
Produced by SBS/Dateline Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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[LegendaryBlackGirl]

Your education is lost! Afghanistan is to Madagascar what Asia is to Africa. There are roughly 50 counties in Asia and Afghanistan is only one of them. Africa has 53 countries and Madagascar is just one of them. Your way of thinking and the worlds reality are not in sync. Go back to school.

[Bohemund]

So the crowd should have been allowed to break into the gate and stomp upon the bodies of policemen and the president? Geez. Get a life.

Police had to shoot an uncontrollable crowd. The West has become so degenerate.

[Odraciralot]

@Bohemund They were thugs, murdering their own people. The demonstrators were only "uncontrollable" because they were tired of being oppressed and not listened to. I guess we are "degenerates" because we despise murderous repression?

[thedudeabides3332]

@LegendaryBlackGirl Shut the fuck up.

[throbule]

Mad - A - Gas - Car......lol

[alphafirstoneyou]

stalin

[rabejaona]

This was an outrageous coup no matter how hard they tried to make it look like a civil demonstration....President Ravalomanana was democratically elected TWICE and has won every national elections while he was in office if he did have some shortcomings then they should have run against him for the next election....

[guayacan07]

High, mid and low classes are everywhere around the globe, the problem is the gap between classes. In some countries you can see a HOllywood-like crib and around the corner you will find a house built with plastic and cardboard, believe me I'v been there.

[CycleofFire]

he was a DJ now he is a president of a coutry

amerkanci

[Aynarchist]

Respect for the process is essential. A person can't just declare themselves supreme executive leader. A coup will always result in death and carnage, and should be reserved for the overthrow of only the most horrid tyrants, not just a greedy fool of a president.

[whogotsoul]

Good video, but rushed and edited at the end since things didn't happen that fast. The soldiers didn't raid the actual Presidential palace that night, this was only symbolic. Ravalomanana was staying at the other palace where his supporters rallied earlier, which is why the military didn't attempt to go there to avoid any bloodshed. Ravalomanana gave up and resigned a day or two after. He surrendered power to the military, which wanted no part in a "coup", so they handed power to Rajoelina.