Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno widely expected to win poll as observers voice doubts over electoral process
The election was supposed to take place in October 2022, but Itno opted instead to extend the rule of the junta in the vast central African country. That decision led toAmong his nine opponents, the closest challenger is his prime minister, Succès Masra, of the Les Transformateurs party. A favourite among young people in Chad, Masra has gone from economist to opposition politician in exile to prime minister in six years.
with security agents. His death “highlights the dangers facing opposition politicians in Chad, particularly as elections approach”, said Lewis Mudge, Human Rights Watch’s central Africa director. Another former premier, Albert Padacké, who has run for the presidency three times, was disqualified along with nine others including Lydie Beassemda, the only female candidate. The disqualifications led opposition parties to call for a boycott and protests. Wakit Tamma, an alliance of civil society and opposition, has said the election is an extension of a “dynastic dictatorship”.
“People in Chad are experiencing a dire situation economically … people don’t feel very confident in the political system,” said Remadji Hoinathy, an N’Djamena-based researcher with the Institute for Security Studies thinktank. “But at the same time we see that paradoxically, there have been a lot of people mobilised on the streets and during different campaign meetings.
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