The wife of Madagascar's ousted President Marc Ravalomanana has filed
in her papers to stand in the country's presidential elections slated
for July 2013.
The former First Lady Lalao Ravalomanana who fled to South Africa
with her husband after he was forced out of power must have her
candidacy approved by the country's electoral court as she has not lived
in Madagascar for the length of time required by the electoral laws.
"As President Ravalomanana cannot stand in the presidential election,
his wife is our natural candidate," Mamy Rakotoarivelo, Member of
Parliament and former close associate of Mr Ravalomanana, told the
Reuters news agency.
Mr Ravalomanana was ousted in 2009 by supporters of Andry Rajoelina,
backed by the army, sending Madagascar into four years of both political
and economic instability
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