Madagascar's president urges respect for constitution, ignores calls to resign

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The twice-delayed speech marked his first public address since a mutinous army unit backed anti-government protests, and followed reports that the 51-year-old leader had fled the country.
49% : While acknowledging that the constitutional framework should be respected, Ravalomanana called for the head of state to step down.
48% : "I was forced to find a safe place to protect my life," he said, without revealing his location.
47% : "He is clearly not open to dialogue, it is not even certain he will take part in national consultations or engage with stakeholders," he told RFI.
44% : Rajoelina has not appeared in public since Wednesday and his address, set for state television and radio, was twice delayed Monday as armed forces attempted to seize the state broadcaster.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.