In Chad, the Supreme Court announced on Thursday December 28 the final results of the constitutional referendum of December 16 and 17. More than eight million Chadians were called to vote on the draft Constitution which should allow a return to constitutional order through elections. While the organizing commission had already given provisional results, these were marginally confirmed by the Supreme Court: the “ Yes » won with 85.90% of the votes, against 14.10% for “ No “.
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With our correspondent in Ndjamena, Olivier Monodji
President of the Supreme Court Samir Adam Annour proclaimed the final results in the presence of members of the government, parliament and diplomats. The announcement also came after the examination and rejection of appeals filed by political parties, such as RNDT-Le Réveil.
From now on, Chadians have a fundamental law which maintains the form of the decentralized unitary state. A victory for the coalition of “ Yes » led by transitional Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo.
Supporters of federalism had called for a vote “ No “. For them, only the form of a federal state can help Chad emerge from underdevelopment: they highlight the success of this model in other countries such as Nigeria or Germany.
Other groups which had called for a boycott – united around the coalition of the Consultation Group of Political Actors (GCAP), the Credible Opposition Front (FOC) and former Prime Minister Pahimi Padacké Albert – insist and talk about a biased process. They requested the annulment of the results, but were not followed by the Supreme Court.
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