Chad’s PM Masra Resigns after Disputed Election, Deby Confirmed Winner

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Chad’s prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra has tendered his resignation after interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby was confirmed as a winner of the May 6 presidential election, Masra said on Wednesday.
Masra, a staunch opponent of the junta, which seized power in April 2021, was appointed prime minister of the transitional government in January, four months ahead of the poll, in a move to appease the opposition.
Before the official announcement of preliminary results Masra claimed victory, alleging that electoral fraud was being planned.
Chad’s state election body said Deby had won the election outright with 61% of the vote and the constitutional council later confirmed him as a winner.
“In accordance with the constitution, I have today presented… my resignation and that of the transitional government, which has become irrelevant with the end of the presidential election of May 6,” Masra said on X on Wednesday.
Deby’s victory prolongs the rule of the family that has had a firm grip on power since Deby’s father took over in a coup in the early 1990s.

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