Andry Rajoelina reviews the troops during the inauguration ceremony officially giving him the title of President of the Republic of Madagascar, at Mahamasina Stadium in Antananarivo on 19 January 2019. Madagascar's lower house of parliament voted on October 14, 2025 to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty, in a session dismissed by the presidency as "devoid of any legal basis". The resolution passed with 130 votes in favour, well above the two-thirds constitutional threshold required in the 163-member chamber, marking a forceful rebuke of the leader who has gone into hiding after weeks of street demonstrations over the island nation's governance.