Madagascar's president dissolves National Assembly, escalating crisis Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina said on Tuesday he had dissolved the lower house of parliament, escalating a standoff with youth-led protesters and the military that forced him to flee the island.

#Madagascar spirals deeper: President #Rajoelina dissolves the National Assembly via decree even as #protests mount and legitimacy crumbles. #PoliticalCrisis #GenZUprising #Africa #ConstitutionUnderFire www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

When “due process” dies then so does Constitutional protections for the people from the government. If anyone can be disappeared by accusation only then “innocent until proven guilty in a court of law” is also disappeared. These concepts are older than America. #ConstitutionUnderFire