ANTANANARIVO, March 9 (Reuters) - Madagascar's President Michael Randrianirina, who seized power in October, has dismissed his prime minister and the entire cabinet on Monday, his spokesperson said in a statement.
Randrianirina seized control of the Indian Ocean island nation in the wake of youth-led protests that forced out his predecessor, Andry Rajoelina.
* "The President will shortly proceed with the appointmentof a new Prime Minister, following the procedures set out by theconstitution," Harry Laurent Rahajason, director ofcommunication of the Presidency, said in the statement. * The statement did not provide an explanation for thedismissal.
(Reporting by Lovasoa Rabary; writing by George Obulutsa;Editing by Bate Felix)
