Chad votes in triple elections

Chad votes in triple elections after three years of army rule
Chad began voting on Sunday in a general election that is presented by the government as a key step towards ending military rule but has been boycotted by the opposition. The government has presented the elections as the final stage in the transition to democracy.
Chad heads to polls for triple elections after 3 years of army rule
Yesterday evening, the opposition Democratic Party of the Chadian People (PDPT) claimed that more than a thousand ballots intended for the sub-prefecture of Bongor had disappeared, and called for “vigilance” to “thwart the fraud networks” set up by the ruling MPS party.
Chad holds parliamentary election likely to cement president's grip on power
Chadians were voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election boycotted by the opposition that will likely consolidate President Mahamat Idriss Deby's power and complete the oil-producing nation's transition towards constitutional rule.
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Officials in N’djamena say Sunday’s vote will formally end a three-year “transitional period” that followed the 2021 death of longtime leader Idriss Deby Itno and the forceful takeover by his son, Mahamat Idriss Deby,
Chad votes in parliamentary election boycotted by opposition as military rule ends
Chadians are voting in a parliamentary and regional election that will end the three-year transitional period from military rule but which the main opposition is boycotting
Chad’s parliamentary elections marked by low turnout and opposition boycotts
Critics have dismissed the vote as a ploy to allow junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby to entrench his power.View on euronews
Video: Voting under way in Chad’s contentious parliamentary election
Voting under way in Chad’s contentious parliamentary election Voting is under way in Chad’s first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented as a key step towards ending military rule.
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