Chad: civil society organizes a permanent monitoring of the national dialogue
Abderamane Ali Gossoumian, national coordinator of the Call for Peace and Reconciliation Monitoring Committee (CSAPR), at the Ndjamena headquarters © Sidy Yansané/RFI
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After the opening ceremony last Saturday and a postponement of a few days, the work of the inclusive and sovereign national dialogue must restart this Wednesday, August 24 in the afternoon.
Until the end of the week, the participants will first work on setting up the dialogue bodies, with the adoption of rules of procedure and the installation of a presidium.
Among the approximately 1,400 participants are civil society organizations.
They have already taken steps to constantly monitor this dialogue, in order to make their proposals heard in real time for the rest of the transition.
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With our special correspondent in Ndjamena
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Sidy Yansané
Just after the installation of the Transitional Military Council at the head of the country last year, more than 80 civil society actors launched reflections on the role to be played during this period.
This resulted in the creation of a citizen Observatory of the transition, the purpose of which is to operate a permanent watch to alert on any shortcomings noted during the inclusive and sovereign national dialogue.
Abderamane Ali Gossoumian, the national coordinator of the Committee for monitoring the appeal for peace and reconciliation, explains that this watch "
will follow daily the debates which will be broadcast live on national television to try to note the important points and to proposals that can be transmitted to our colleagues who are in the room.
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The system will also allow the CSAPR to raise concrete proposals on the actual progress of the transition.
For example, the need to involve the Chadian population in the debates.
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Many Chadians have survival problems,
" recalls Abderamane Ali Gossoumian.
With the flooding of the city of Ndjamena, they are forced to spend nights outside.
How do you expect them to be interested in this political process
?
It is not a question of privileging only political questions, but questions of development in general.
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The military authorities had pledged to complete the transition next October.
An unrealistic deadline for holding a truly constructive dialogue, according to the network of civil society organizations, which supports an extension of the period, as long as it is the subject of a general consensus.
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