Ousted Madagascar president blocked from going home
JOHANNESBURG — Former Madagascan president Marc Ravalomanana was blocked from leaving South Africa Saturday, after an airline refused to give him a boarding pass citing a letter from the Madagascan civil aviation authority.
"I am going to Madagascar for peace not war, why are they stopping me here now," a visibly irate Ravolomanana told journalists at the OR Tambo airport after an Airlink flight staff member told him she could not issue him with a boarding pass.
He was shown a letter from the Madagascan civil aviation authority which read: "Mr Ravolomanana Marc and company are non grata persons in Madagascar. So to preserve public order don't take them aboard."