More than two weeks after having launched a dry and indefinite strike on March 22, following several attacks on magistrates by sworn agents, the two magistrates’ unions finally won their case and were received on Tuesday April 5 by the General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, surrounded by several of his ministers including those of Public Security and Justice.
In its report published on its official website on Tuesday, at the end of this meeting, the presidency of Chad assured that the president ” acceded to the complaints of the magistrates “. From the outset, the magistrates considered that responses to their demands were the responsibility of President of the Transitional Military Council, the PCMTas he is known in the country, and supreme head of the judiciary.
The list of promises made by General Mahamat Idriss Deby to magistrates is long. It reports the construction of a courthouse in Ndjamena and the granting of long-promised privileges and benefits. The Head of State also promises the provision of all magistrates in gowns and handguns as well as the deployment of guards in all jurisdictions or the provision of justice to all perpetrators of acts of aggression. towards magistrates.
In exchange, the President of the Transitional Military Council demanded that the unions put an end to the evils that plague the sector, in particular corruption.
For the main union of Chadian magistrates, “ the question is not whether or not we were satisfied with the answers of PCMT Mahamat Idriss Deby “, explains today its secretary general, Djonga Arafi. He says he prefers to wait until they are implemented first.
For this, the head of the military junta in power has appointed General Djimadoum Tiraïna to head a committee which will be responsible for ensuring that the measures are implemented. For its part, the executive office of the magistrates’ union intends to organize a general meeting within two days. She must decide the lifting, or not, of the strike slogan.