Madagascar court orders one-week postponement of presidential election
A court in Madagascar ordered a one-week postponement of the island's November election, a move that incumbent president Andry Rajoelina has opposed. The High Constitutional Court said in a statement on its website that it had ordered the first round of the election be moved to Nov. 16 from November 9 and maintained the second round election on December 20. The court gave no reason for the change. Soava Andriamarotafika, spokesperson for the Independent National Electoral Commission, said the postponement gave them more time to prepare for the vote. "This one-week postponement lightens our workload and the pace a little…