(10 Feb 2002)
1. Various shots of thousands of protesters in Antananarivo's Independence Square
2. Crowds holding up placards
3. Protesters dancing and singing
4. Various of crowds
5. Wide view across thousands of people
6. SOUNDBITE: (French) voxpop, protester:
"Actually we are in confrontation as a result of these rigged elections. We demand that the president leaves his office and respects the will of the people."
7. Various of mass rally
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marc Ravalomanana, Opposition leader:
"Yes, because we want exactly to build the true country. During the last 45 years we've had no true democracy in this country and now I ask them to follow me and to build it together and to work together and they're very happy and their motivated for this reason, to build in this country a real democracy." (reporter question: So you're quite confident you're going to be president soon?) "Yes, I'm confident. Sure." (question: when?) "That's a good question. We will see, we will see - not so far."
9. Various of Ravalomanana arriving at Independence Square opposition rally
10. Ravalomanana shaking hands with supporters
11. Various of Ravalomanana waving to crowd
12. Wide of rally
STORYLINE:
Madagascar's opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana said on Monday he's confident he will soon be president.
Ravalomanana made the prediction in Antananarivo, where hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters staged a peaceful protest in the capital's Independence Square, calling for President Didier Ratsiraka's resignation.
Demonstrations have been held daily since the results of the presidential election were released three weeks ago.
Ravalomanana won the first ballot, held on 16 December last year, with more than 200,000 votes over Ratsiraka.
But the High Constitutional Court has certified results that say he secured only 46% of the vote, short of the absolute majority needed to avoid a second round of voting on February 24, 2002.
Ravalomanana claims the election was not carried out fairly and says he has evidence proving he secured at least 52% of the vote.
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