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Opposition Parties in Chad to Boycott Coming December Elections

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Opposition Parties in Chad to Boycott Coming December Elections

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The polls are scheduled for December 29, and hopefuls can submit their candidacies between October 19 and 28. On Sunday (Oct. 13), the opposition parties, which have not taken part in the transition and don’t hold seats in institutions, called on Chadians to enforce an electoral blockade.

According to reports, about 15 opposition parties in Chad will boycott the upcoming legislative, provincial, and municipal elections. The group denounced a “corrupt” electoral register and complained that there were no guarantees that the elections would be free and fair.

The polls are scheduled for December 29, and hopefuls can submit their candidacies between October 19 and 28. On Sunday (Oct. 13), the opposition parties, which have not taken part in the transition and don’t hold seats in institutions, called on Chadians to enforce an “electoral blockade”.

 The party of Succès Masra, a former Prime Minister, has yet to clarify its strategy. The December 29th polls come months after a new organic law defining the composition of the new Parliament was promulgated. Chadians last voted in parliamentary polls in 2011.

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A new assembly was to be elected in 2015. However, the election was postponed multiple times because of the jihadist threat, COVID-19, and the transition that followed the death of late President Idriss Déby in 2021.