Chad’s junta-appointed prime minister on Sunday stated he would contest Could 6 presidential elections, eight days after incumbent Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno introduced his candidacy.
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Former opposition chief Succes Masra returned from exile and signed a reconciliation deal with Deby Itno earlier than changing into premier this 12 months.
The opposition says his candidacy is a ploy to provide an look of pluralism in a vote the junta chief is certain to win together with his primary rivals useless or in exile.
Masra, 40, unveiled his election bid at a marketing campaign assembly attended by lots of of activists from his Transformers get together, saying he needed to “heal hearts and unite the folks”.
Responding to critics who disapproved of his determination to ally with the junta, Masra defended “an settlement of the courageous” that meant “our quest for justice isn’t remodeled right into a quest for revenge”.
(AFP)