Chad: the opposition largely disappointed with the national dialogue which is coming to an end

Chadian transitional president Mahamat Idriss Deby (C) during the opening ceremony of the dialogue, in N'Djamena, Chad, on August 20, 2022. AFP - AURELIE BAZZARA-KIBANGULA

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It's time to take stock after the end of the debates at the inclusive and sovereign national dialogue on Wednesday in Ndjamena, somewhat to everyone's surprise.

These meetings were, in fact, to be closed this Thursday with the adoption of the general report of these meetings.

At the end of the dialogue, the President of the Transitional Military Council becomes the next President of a transition of up to two years.

And he will be able to run for the first post-transition presidential election, despite the veto of the African Union.

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Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno will concentrate, in the opinion of specialists and the opposition, all the powers in his hands with the abolition of the Transitional Military Council.

He will also have the right granted to him to appoint or dismiss the Prime Minister, as he sees fit.

Finally, he will have the right to run for president in the first post-transition election.

A decision which enormously divides Chadian society and which was rejected by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union which demands that no member of the CMT can

.

And at this point, the MPS and its supporters are jubilant, while the oppositions, whether political parties or civil society, speak of a cold shower.

The MPS, the former party of late President Idriss Deby Itno, accused of having kept all its influence during this period, does not hide its satisfaction.

"

 ", rejoiced its spokesperson, Jean-Bernard Padaré, who assures that this meeting has made it possible to put the refoundation of Chad on track.

It is the same for the many supporters of Mahalat Idriss Deby Itno, very numerous in the Dialogue, as noted by RFI.

“ 

A masquerade

” for the opposition

 This is not the case for opponents who denounce “ 

 ”.

Tatorbé Tamaïdjé, of the Mojes party, speaks of “

” and wonders if those who boycotted this dialogue were not right.

In the boycott camp, there were notably several politico-military groups, including the three main ones, Success Transformers Masra and Wakit Tama.

During the dialogue, certain denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, political parties or even personalities, also slammed the door of dialogue "

", according to them.

An argument that the ruling party brushes aside, recalling that the vast majority of delegates, representative of all of Chad "

 ".

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