Article Summary

This article reports on the new military leader of Madagascar, Michael Randrianirina, who plans to use lie detector tests for cabinet members to combat corruption. It highlights the youth movement's initial support but subsequent disenchantment with the new government, while also presenting both Randrianirina's stated commitment to fighting corruption as positive and one youth leader's skepticism about the polygraph tests as unreliable. The article aims to create a sense of urgency about political change in Madagascar while acknowledging the controversy around the methods used.