Four of the country's six provinces, which support Mr Ratsiraka, are threatening to secede.
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Five of the country's six provincial governors still back Mr Ratsiraka, who is popular in rural areas.
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Supporters of his rival, Didier Ratsiraka, the ex-president who claims to be president still, tightened their economic blockade of the capital, Antananarivo.