By RFIPosted on 29-11-2019Modified on 29-11-2019 at 23:15
The political class is divided on a possible deployment of Chadian troops in the central zone of G5 Sahel. The military was asked to reinforce Barkhane and to face repeated attacks by jihadist movements in the Sahel.
It is in the zone of the three borders, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger that the Chadian troops could be deployed. If no official announcement has yet been made, the presidential majority welcomes this eventuality.
" If we do not deploy our troops in brother African countries, Chadians should not be surprised that one day we, in turn, will be attacked," said Jean-Bernard Padaré, a member of the MPS power. To secure the Chadians, it is better to go fight the jihadists where they are right now. "
For its part, a large part of the opposition also supports the Chadian effort in the fight against terrorism . But she questions the human and financial cost of such a deployment and would like the National Assembly to be consulted.
At the request of the G5 (?), Deby deploys 3,000 men in Mali. How can he, alone, decide the fate of our children sent to death without informing the nation, let alone consulting the New Assembly? And under what conditions ???
Saleh Kebzabo (@saleh_kebzabo) November 28, 2019" Can President Déby alone decide the fate of Chadians he can send to any front in Africa? wonders Saleh Kebzabo, the president of the National Union for Democracy and Renewal (UNDR). It has to stop. Chad should not be the country supplying men here and there without asking permission. When we send the children of others to the front, we must still be informed of the conditions. Will they be paid, by whom, how? "
The Constitution provides that the National Assembly is consulted only if the intervention of troops outside Chad exceeds four months.
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