Special envoy of the facilitator of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) for Chad, the Congolese Minister of Tourism completed a four-day visit to the country on Wednesday October 23. Arriving with the objective of convincing all Chadian parties to participate in the legislative elections of December 29, Didier Mazenga left without having spoken with the leaders of the main parties who announced their intention to boycott the vote or who set conditions to take part.
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Calendar incompatibility with Max Kemkoye, the coordinator of GCAP, a platform which brings together fierce opponents of the Chadian power, standoff with the president of the Transformers, Succès Masra: Didier Mazenga, the special envoy of the facilitator of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) for the Chad left Ndjamena without being able to meet the two main political forces who decided not to participate in the legislative elections and the local elections of December 29.
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Before his departure, however, he wanted to recall the message he sent to all his interlocutors. After qualifying its mission as “ successful » and that its objective had been to “ convince all the actors [politiques] to participate in the next elections », Didier Mazenga, however, took advantage of his intervention to scratch the former Prime Minister and leader of the Les Transformateurs Succès Masra party. “ Without wanting to get into controversies, they are the same actors [ceux qui appellent aujourd’hui au boycott, NDLR] who, when they were in power, promoted this electoral law by saying that it is a good law. For my part, I advise everyone to go to the elections because boycotting the elections is useless! Better to organize and deploy witnesses in each polling station “, he notably asserted.
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“If he sees facilitation that way, it’s a shame! »
On the side of the Transformers obviously, these declarations go down very poorly. Number two in the party, Béni Sitack Yombatina was quick to respond: “ Can we still continue to believe in this facilitation? Isn’t there a bias towards one of the parties? HAS his exit from the presidency, [Didier Mazenga] clearly stated that there should be no boycott of the elections. This one, in fact, has another agenda: to push each other to vote. Well he’s wrong: I think that’s not what facilitation is. If that’s how he sees it, that’s a shame! », Launched Béni Sitack Yombatina, regretting that the special envoy of the facilitator did not bring together all the actors around a table to discuss the differences between them.
As for the president of GCAP, Max Kemkoye, squarely accuses Didier Mazenga of having stepped out of his role following his declarations at the end of his meeting with the head of state Mahamat Idriss Deby. “ What right does he have to come to our house to threaten us? », protests in particular the fierce opponent of Chadian power.
The position taken by the facilitator’s special envoy, on the other hand, delighted the government. According to one of its members, it is even consistent with its mission “ to accompany » power for a soft landing transition.
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