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A parliamentary election will be held in , Ravalomanana cited the need to adapt to the situation under the Constitutional Changes passed earlier this year as grounds for dissolving parliament before the end of its term in May 2008. The decision was finally announced on 26 July 2007 after a Council of Ministers meeting; the ministers had agreed to reduce the number of parliamentarians from 160 to 127 to be elected in the 119 Districts Of Madagascar across the country. The High Constitutional Court released its official list of 1,542 validated candidates on (TIM) nominated candidates for all constituencies; these candidates include only about a fifth of the TIM deputies in the previous National Assembly. Many of the deputies not nominated by TIM as candidates are running as independents instead. Seven ministers in the government have also been nominated as TIM candidates. An alliance of opposition parties failed to nominate a single candidate in each constituency, and there will be multiple candidates from the alliance in most constituencies. The former ruling party AREMA is divided on whether to contest the election. The faction of the party associated with former president Didier Ratsiraka has chosen not to participate, unlike the faction associated with Pierrot Rajaonarivelo . The Ratsiraka faction sought to prevent the Rajaonarivelo faction's participation, but on August 23 the High Constitutional Court ruled that it could participate.Iloniaina Alain, "Madagascar: Arema pro-Pierrot Rajaonarivelo - la HCC donne son feu vert" , ''L'Express de Madagascar'' (allAfrica.com), August 25, 2007 . REFERENCES |
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