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A Madagascar service contingent adjacent the superior connected Saturday called connected soldiers and information units to “join forces” and “refuse orders to shoot” astatine protesters, portion respective 1000 marched successful the capital.
The United Nations connected Friday called connected the Madagascar authorities to debar unnecessary unit against protesters, aft respective were injured successful clashes with constabulary the time before.
“Let america articulation forces, military, gendarmes and police, and garbage to beryllium paid to sprout our friends, our brothers and our sisters,” soldiers of a ample subject basal successful Soanierana district, connected the outskirts of Antananarivo, said successful a video released Saturday morning.
They called connected soldiers successful different camps to “refuse orders to sprout your friends”.
“Close the gates and await our instructions,” they said. “Do not obey orders from your superiors. Point your weapons astatine those who bid you to occurrence connected your comrades-in-arms, due to the fact that they volition not instrumentality attraction of our families if we die.”
It was unclear however galore soldiers had joined the telephone connected Saturday.
In 2009, the subject basal successful Soanierana led a mutiny successful a fashionable uprising that brought the existent president, Andry Rajoelina, to power.
The recently appointed curate of the equipped forces called connected troops to “remain calm” successful a property league Saturday .
“We telephone connected our brothers who disagree with america to prioritise dialogue,” Minister General Deramasinjaka Manantsoa Rakotoarivelo said.
“The Malagasy service remains a mediator and constitutes the nation’s past enactment of defence,” helium said.
The station Madagascar soldiers impulse colleagues to ‘refuse orders’ to sprout protesters appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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