Andry Rajoelina, former President of the Transition (2009-2013) came to offer his condolences to the families of the victims of the demonstrations of 21 April. Several thousand people and opposition deputies gathered in the centre of Antananarivo on 23 April 2018, in the square of 13 May, without the police intervening, to offer their condolences to the families of the victims of the events of 21 April which caused the death of two persons.