In Chad, the Constitutional Council began registering candidacy files for the presidential election on May 6 on Wednesday March 6. Finally, only the Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) party, of the late President Idriss Deby Itno, has so far submitted the candidacy of his son, Mahamat Idriss Déby, on Wednesday.
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With our correspondent in Ndjamena, Olivier Monodji
In Chad, the presidential election on May 6 will put an end to the Chadian transition which has lasted for three years. The Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), which built an imposing coalition around its candidate, claiming 211 signatory parties, wasted no time in submitting the nomination file. Mahamat Idriss Déby Wednesday March 6.
For Mahamat Zen Bada, secretary general of the MPS and coordinator of the Coalition for United Chad, there was no time to lose: “ It’s a strong signal to move quickly towards a return to constitutional order, and so I am very proud to have submitted it. I don’t see the rush, because a political party is made to take power through the ballot box. A political party is a machine for winning elections. A political party must be ready every day, even if we are told that the elections are in two days! »
Figure of the civil society platform Wakit Tama, Max Loalngar calls for the publication of the list of the Coalition for a United Chad so that, he says, “ History will remember it tomorrow “.
Opponents taken by surprise
Potential adversaries of the transitional president were taken by surprise by the announcement of the electoral calendar and the announcement of the date of May 6. Many are dissatisfied. The brother of former First Lady Hinda Déby, Abderahim Mahamat Acyl, president of the MJE party, is a likely candidate in the election.
“ We urge the transitional president to demonstrate responsibility by withdrawing his candidacy and allowing an electoral process open to all candidates, respecting the popular will. Democracy can only thrive in an environment where all citizens have an equal voice and fair access to political institutions. So we strongly condemn the submission of the president’s candidacy “, did he declare.
Among the parties expected until March 15, the Transformers must decide during the weekend.
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