Inauguration of Mahamat Idriss Deby follows disputed election and marks an finish to 3 years of navy rule.
Chad’s newly elected president, Mahamat Idriss Deby, has been sworn in to succeed his late father after three years as an interim chief underneath navy rule within the northcentral African nation.
Shortly after, the nation introduced that Allamaye Halina would assume the submit of prime minister after Succes Masra introduced his resignation from the place this week.
Talking at an inauguration ceremony within the capital in N’Djamena on Thursday, which adopted contested elections earlier this month, Deby stated: “To my brothers and sisters who didn’t select me … I wish to say that I respect your selection, which contributes to the vitality of our democracy.”
Deby received a sweeping 61 p.c of the Might 6 vote that worldwide NGOs stated was neither credible nor free.
He was proclaimed transitional president in April 2021 after rebels killed his father, Idriss Deby, who had himself dominated Chad since a coup within the early Nineties.
Deby was rapidly endorsed as transitional chief by a global neighborhood led by France, whose forces in recent times have been eliminated by navy regimes in former colonies Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. France presently has 1000 troopers in Chad.
The swearing-in on Thursday marked the tip of three years of navy rule in oil-rich Chad, one among Africa’s poorest nations, making official what the opposition has denounced as a Deby dynasty, accusing the clan and its allies of controlling the primary establishments of energy.
New prime minister
Following the inauguration, Chad named Halina, who was beforehand its ambassador to China, the brand new prime minister in a decree learn out on state tv.
Masra, who resigned from the submit on Wednesday, was Deby’s fundamental rival within the election.
He had solely served as prime minister for the reason that starting of the 12 months, having returned to the nation underneath a reconciliation settlement after a interval in exile following a crackdown on protests in opposition to navy rule.
The opposition chief got here second within the election with 18.54 p.c of the vote, unsuccessfully difficult the consequence on allegations of fraud.
After the Constitutional Council rejected his bid, he known as on supporters to “stay mobilised” however “peaceable”.
Eight African heads of state and overseas dignitaries, together with Franck Riester, France’s minister for overseas commerce and Francophonie, attended Deby’s swearing-in ceremony.
The presidential time period runs for 5 years and could be renewed as soon as.
