In Chad, is the presidential race launched? On the weekend of January 13 to 14, 2024, the MPS, the party in power under former President Idriss Déby, took the lead by proposing the leader of the transition, Mahamat Idriss Déby, to be a candidate in the ballot. This one still has to position itself. But, while this election does not yet have a date or instructions, all political forces are starting to think about the strategy to adopt.
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So few observers doubted the willingness of Mahamat Idriss Déby to participate in the elections – the transitional president of Chad had not yet given any sign of wanting to launch its campaign – the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) did it for him in him “ proposing » to wear their colors.
“ We know very well that it was the presidency that set all this up “, estimates an opponent, who speaks of “ precipitation ” and of ” forcing ”, with the consequence “ to make all future transition decisions suspicious, since the main player supervises the writing of the rules of the game “. A reference to the bills concerning the Constitutional Council and the electoral authority which will be debated by the National Transitional Council (CNT) next week.
Opponents of the new constitution are waiting to position themselves in relation to the vote
After a pre-campaign caravan during which he hammered out his program, the opponent Succès Masra became Prime Minister. “ He had no control over these bills or the formation of his team », Remarks a former presidential executive. “ One wonders if he is not there to support the processadds one of his opponents. Otherwise, if he wants to be a candidate, this team will quickly explode in flight “.
Opponents of the new constitution, such as former Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacké, Brice Mbaïmon or Max Kemkoye, are waiting to position themselves in relation to the ballot: they are demanding in particular a revision of the electoral register.
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