Marc Ravalomanana
Antananarivo, Former president of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana was sentenced to hard labor for life for involvement in the incident known as the murder of February 7, 2009. Ravalomanana himself was in exile in South Africa since March 2009.
"Ravalomanana has sentenced penal servitude for life for murder and additional murders," said attorney Ravalomanana, Hanitra Razafimanantsoa, as reported by AFP, Saturday (28 / 8).
On February 7, 2009, guards fired without warning Ravalomanana proved to the crowd who is doing the action towards the presidential palace. The incident killed at least 30 people and wounding more than 100 people. Of the 18 people who have been tried in court, 14 people have been sentenced to hard labor for life.
The defendants defended by two lawyers Assessor after they decided to walk out at the beginning of the examination by reason of "striking violation of human rights lawyer", said Razafimanantsoa.
He added that he and his client have not decided whether they will appeal. Lawyer assess the punishment imposed to prevent Ravalomanana of Madagascar and back to run again in the next election.
Island in the Indian Ocean that has been mired in political crisis since late 2008. The crisis has caused jatunya Ravalomanana in March 2009. He was replaced by Andry Rajoelina, which at that time received military support.
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