In Chad, the controversy continues around the appointment of police officers. While the authorities are accused of favoritism, the president finally reacted in the direction of appeasement.
The wind of protest had become very strong, it was necessary to react quickly, recognizes a senior Chadian official. Mahamat Idriss Deby therefore distanced himself from his Minister of Public Security, who was behind the two angry decrees, and tried to calm the anger that had even won the CNT a few days ago.
The Head of State asked his government ” to rectify the situation, facing the dissatisfaction legitimate of his compatriots “, he said in a message launched Sunday from Iriba, in the province of Wadi-Fira, where he is traveling, announced the Chadian presidency website Monday, January 2.
In response ” to the positive, legitimate and well-founded criticism expressed by a good number of our fellow citizens “, the transitional president indicated that he had asked the government to issue another decree which “ corrects shortcomings in favor of underrepresented provinces on this famous list.
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It’s a first. Until now, the authorities had always denied the fact that the power ” was confiscated by a small group “, rejoiced a politician.
It is a good gesture, but not enough, says, for his part, the president of the opposition party AND, Salibou Garba. For him, ” one cannot integrate into the police force children barely ten years old or a member of the family who has neither the level nor the training required ” or “ recruit all the way “.
The solution, he says: It is quite simply necessary to cancel the orders which have been taken and which do not respect the standards. You have to recruit agents, fill vacancies, respecting the rules. The texts exist, they must be applied rigorously “.
Salibou Garba therefore calls on Mahamat Idriss Déby to put an end to what he calls ” a mismanagement » which undermines the « unity and national cohesion “.