Chad´s national Reconciliation Dialogue proposes a prolonged transiti

N'Djamena, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) An internal commission at Chad´s National Reconciliation Dialogue proposed to extend the transition to elections by two years, keep the head of the military junta as head of state and then allow him to run for president at the ballot box.

September 29, 2022
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The news came after nearly 18 months agreed by the Military Transitional Council (MTC) to return power to civilians through ‘free and democratic’ elections.

The military government also pledged to the Chadians and the international community that it would not run in the upcoming presidential elections.

Two days before the DNIS is due to close, an internal commission proposed to hundreds of delegates on Wednesday that they adopt the following resolutions: “to renew the transition for a maximum of 24 months”, “to keep the MTC president Mahamat Déby in office, who becomes the president of the transition”.

Above all, the commission proposes that “every Chadian in general and the leaders of the transition, in particular, be eligible to vote and stand for election” in two years.

The internal commission also proposed on Wednesday to the DNIS a six-year term for the future elected president, renewable only once “without the possibility of revision”, even by referendum.

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