US EditionMadagascar’s president orders lie detector tests for candidates applying to be government ministers
Candidates for Madagascar's new government must pass polygraph tests to identify corruption, with officials seeking those at least 60% clean, President Randrianirina said.
- On Thursday, President Michael Randrianirina announced that anyone applying to become a minister in Madagascar's new government will be subjected to lie detector tests to root out corruption.
- Randrianirina, a colonel in an elite army unit, ousted President Andry Rajoelina last year after a weekslong uprising; he recently dissolved his Cabinet and appointed a new prime minister.
- Madagascar has acquired a polygraph machine and a specialist to vet candidates, with Randrianirina stating, "We are not looking for someone who is 100% clean, but someone who is more than 60% clean."
- Candidates who fail the polygraph test will not proceed to an interview, while those who pass will have an interview with Randrianirina and the prime minister.
- Within two years of taking power, Randrianirina has promised to hold new elections in the Indian Ocean nation, which is currently beset by poverty and home to around 32 million people.
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The new prime minister will become the head of the anti-corruption agency, which, along with the president, will only interview ministerial candidates who have passed a lie detector test.
Madagascar’s president orders polygraph for aspiring ministers
Madagascar's military leader, President Michael Randrianirina, announced Thursday that anyone applying to become a minister in the new government will undergo lie detector tests to screen for corruption—a rare and unprecedented vetting measure.
Michaël Randrianirina said she was not looking for someone who was "100 per cent clean but more than 60 per cent clean." An unprecedented method that aimed to convince the Malagasy people of the probity of the authorities, while they were facing accusations of corruption five months after they came to power.
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