Overview
- The National Assembly voted 130–33 to remove President Andry Rajoelina for alleged abandonment of duties, a move the presidency labeled without legal basis.
- Leaders of the CAPSAT contingent announced they now command the armed forces and installed General Demosthene Pikulas as chief of staff during a ceremony attended by the defence minister.
- CAPSAT figures urged security services to refuse orders to shoot protesters and later insisted they were not staging a coup, saying they answered the call of the people.
- Rajoelina’s location remains unconfirmed after he said he was in a safe place, as multiple reports said he departed on a French military aircraft via Réunion to another destination.
- Nationwide demonstrations led largely by young people began on September 25 over electricity and water outages, with UN observers reporting at least 22 deaths.