The "National Dialogue" in Chad keeps Mohamed Idriss Deby as interim president for two years

The "National Dialogue" in Chad on Saturday officially named General Mohamed Idriss Deby Atno as the head of a two-year "transitional" phase in preparation for "transparent" elections, 18 months after he assumed power at the head of a military council.

This dialogue was boycotted by a large section of the political opposition and civil society, denouncing the "inheritance" of the government, in addition to a number of the most powerful armed rebel movements.

This assembly also approved the possibility of Deby running for the presidential elections at the end of the transitional period, despite an opposite promise made to the international community 18 months ago.

Saturday in N'Djamena, the "comprehensive and sovereign national dialogue", which opened on August 20 after being repeatedly postponed, concluded with a speech by General Deby, 38, according to an AFP correspondent at the place.

In particular, the head of state promised a "new transitional phase" dedicated to "adhering to the deadlines set in order to return to the constitutional order."

The army had announced him as a transitional president on April 20, 2021, at the head of a transitional military council that includes 15 generals, on the same day as the announcement of the death of his father, Idriss Deby Atno, who was killed at the front after ruling Chad with an iron fist for nearly thirty years.

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