The authorities in Chad have announced that the country’s delayed presidential elections will take place in May.
This will be first election since end of civilian rule.
The vote is supposed to mark the end of a political transition that began in 2021, when former President Idriss Déby died after three decades in power.
In 2021, son of Gen Mahamat Déby was named his successor and promised to return the country to civilian rule.
“It is therefore imperative that the elections are held before Oct. 10,” the election agency said in a statement. “Beyond this date, the country will fall into a legal vacuum,” leader of National Election Management Agency (ANGE), Ahmed Bartchiret told reporters.
It will come off in two phases, the first round of the presidential poll will take place on May 6 and the second one on June 22.
The agency said it would publish the lists of candidates selected by the Constitutional Council on March 24.
📽 | Point de presse du président de l’Agence Nationale de Gestion des Élections (ANGE) Me Ahmed Bartchiret, annonçant le chronogramme des futures élections présidentielles au #Tchad. pic.twitter.com/fPyTzKMHTo
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