Antananarivo (ANTARA News) - Madagascar`s former president Albert Zafy said Wednesday he will set up a new transitional authority to replace the current government that came to power after a 2009 coup.

"From this week, we will establish transitional institutions until real negotiations are held to form a real transition," Zafy told AFP after a meeting of opposition groups in the capital Antananarivo.

Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar`s de facto president, has been at loggerheads with three former presidents, including Zafy, since rejecting a deal to form a power-sharing government with them following negotiations in 2009 and 2010.

His own efforts to carry out reforms and hold elections have repeatedly floundered and he has been isolated by the international community.

"We have waited for too long. The people have waited for too long," said Zafy, denouncing Rajoelina`s government as illegal.

Zafy, who led Madagascar from 1993 to 1996, did not explain how he intended to carry out his plan.

Since Rajoelina toppled president Marc Ravalomanana in March 2009, the Indian Ocean island has remained in a political limbo and international efforts to resolve the crisis have so far been ineffective. (S008/K004)

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