Chadian opposition leader Succès Masra has filed a legal challenge to the results of the 6 May election in which officials declared he came in second, behind junta leader and interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
Chad ian opposition leader Succès Masra has filed a legal challenge to the results of the 6 May election in which officials declared he came in second, behind junta leader and interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
Masra, who had already claimed victory and warned that Deby's team would try to rig the result, was placed a distant second, with 18.53 percent of the vote. "With the help of our lawyers, we have today filed a request with the Constitutional Council to reveal the truth at the ballot boxes," said Masra, including a refusal of access to polling stations or vote counting, a lack of voting material or even ballot boxes taken away by soldiers.
Deby seized power in April 2021 when rebels killed his long-ruling father, Idriss Deby, and his fellow generals proclaimed him the country's transitional president.
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