Chad: the opposition in the street during an authorized demonstration
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Opposition demonstration in Ndjamena, Chad, July 29, 2021. © RFI / Madjiasra Nako
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About five hundred people demonstrated, this Thursday, July 29, 2021 in the morning, against the Transitional Military Council, the junta in power since the death of Idriss Déby Itno last April.
It is the first time that the authorities allow a demonstration of the opposition.
For nearly three kilometers, in Ndjamena, the demonstrators chanted slogans hostile to the junta and to France.
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With our correspondent in Ndjamena
,
Madjiasra Nako
At seven o'clock this Thursday morning, the first demonstrators arrived at the Hamama roundabout located not far from the Ministry of Justice.
A rally called for by the Wakit Tama opposition coordination.
At 8:30 am sharp, the procession set off and for more than two kilometers, slogans hostile to the Transitional Military Council and to France are regularly launched. The signs read: "
No to military power
", "
Macron outside Chad
". Unemployed graduates, retirees
and victims of the Hissein Habré regime
who are waiting to be compensated also joined the procession, each with his banner.
At ten o'clock, the procession arrived at the Esplanade du Palais on January 15.
The main leaders then took the floor to deliver an identical message, it is necessary to revise
the Transitional Charter
to set up a civil power: “
The Charter must be revised so that guarantees are inscribed in it.
This is everyone's claim!
It is the demand of the African Union, it is the demand of the European Union, it is the demand of all the partners!
"
At eleven o'clock, the demonstration finally ended, but the leaders of Wakit Tama who obviously did not appreciate the weak mobilization have already announced other marches for the weeks to come.
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