The head of the military junta in power, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, signed an agreement on Monday with around forty rebel groups, in the absence of the front for alternation and concord to Chad. The discussions will start on August 20 in N’Djamena.
Le Monde with AFP
Chad will enter a cycle of historical discussions aimed at putting an end to the disorders known on the national territory for decades. The head of the military junta in power, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, signed on Monday August 8, since Qatar, an agreement with around forty rebel groups intended to launch a national dialogue. Discussions will start on August 20 in N’Djamena.
Despite the hopes of the mediators in Doha, who sought to convince him until the last minute, the forehead for alternation and concord to Chad (FACT), one of the main rebel groups, did not however not signed the agreement. They are a total of forty-two, over forty-seven groups represented in Doha, to have affixed their signature to the agreement passed with the Chadian power. 2> “key moment for the Chadian people”
The arrangement, supposed to open the way back to civil power, was described as “key moment for the Chadian people” by the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, who spoke in a Video broadcast during the official ceremony in Doha. The UN chief nevertheless insisted on the need for an “inclusive” dialogue so that he can succeed.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Mohammed Ben Abderrahmane Al Thani, said that the agreement aims to establish “a peace that will replace the troubles and conflicts that the country has known for too long years”. For the past five months, various Chadian actors have been negotiating under the aegis of the Gulf emirate to end decades of troubles and instability in this country of 16 million inhabitants who have experienced several coups.
In the aftermath of the death of President Idriss Déby Itno, killed on the front against rebels in April 2021, his son, the young General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, had been proclaimed president at the head of a military council formed by fifteen generals.
He had immediately promised free and democratic elections within eighteen months, after the holding of this “inclusive national dialogue” with the political opposition and the innumerable rebel movements.