Loser in disputed Madagascar vote appeals to Africa states


  • World
  • Wednesday, 15 Jan 2014

Madagascar's presidential candidate Robinson Jean-Louis (C) of Avana party leaves after attending a post-election news conference by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, December 22, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - The defeated candidate in Madagascar's disputed presidential election appealed to African states to investigate alleged fraud in last month's vote, the first since a coup plunged the island into crisis five years ago, an aide said on Tuesday.

The aide to Jean Louis Robinson said he would outline "irregularities" to representatives of the Southern African Development Community and African Union, which both worked on a political deal to push Madagascar towards an election.

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