The president of the transition in Chad, General Mahamat Idriss Déby, signed on Monday 7 November a decree appointing 104 new members to the Chadian parliament. The National Transitional Council thus increases from 93 to 197 national councillors.
In accordance with the conclusions of the Inclusive and Sovereign National Dialogue, 104 personalities join the National Transition Council. The transitional parliament is thus open to several forces of the nation. These new members come from the former politico-military movements that signed the Doha agreement, political parties, civil society, traditional chieftainships and other corporations that joined the dialogue last October.
Boycotted by a large part of the opposition, including two of the most powerful armed groups, the said meetings granted Mahamat Déby another 24 months as Chad’s transitional president. On 20 October, this extension of the transition was the subject of deadly demonstrations. About fifty people died, including ten members of the security forces, and about 300 were injured.
The demonstrators denounce a “dynastic succession” in Chad, ruled with an iron fist for 30 years by Déby senior, who was killed at the front against rebels in April 2021 and taken over by Déby junior.
