Cascade resignations in Chad where the Minister of the Armed Forces, General Daoud Yaya Brahim, and the Minister Secretary General of the Government, Haliki Choua Mahamat, one after the other gave up their apron following the broadcast on social networks of two separate videos of an intimate nature.
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With our correspondent in Ndjamena, Carol Valade
Barely a few hours separate the resignation of the Minister of the Armed Forces and that of the Minister Secretary General of the Government. Both were victims of the publication on social networks of videos of an intimate nature.
The two videos were broadcast on the same page, that of a mysterious “General Labo Mobil”, displaying a telephone number with the United States country code.
“ The Minister of the Armed Forces resigns so as not to let rumors disrupt the transition “, said those around him who specify that he retains the right to “ sue the authors for defamation “. “ It is a personal decision taken with full responsibility », indicated Haliki Choua Mahamat, contacted by RFI. He also plans to file a complaint.
To put an end to the controversy which had already been swelling for several days, the transitional Prime Minister, Saleh Kebzabo, “ accepted their resignations and thanked them for the service rendered to the nation », According to a press release from the Prime Minister.
A civil society activist in exile
Contacted by RFI, the page administrator, who did not reveal his identity, presents himself as a civil society activist in exile. He says he acted to “ denounce those who take advantage of their position to obtain sexual favors .
He defends himself from being manipulated. But in Ndjamena, many people see a settling of scores behind this affair. In any case, the two ministers should be replaced as soon as the transitional president returns on an official visit to Paris, according to a source close to the government.
In any case, the local press welcomes the gesture of the ministers and emphasizes that Chadit is very rare to see politicians resign.