Chadian leader, Idriss Deby. and the head of the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kodi Mahamat, have disagreed on the dates to hold legislative and local elections.
Deby is demanding consultations during this year or January 2020, while the INEC is proposing the month of April or November 2020.
At his last meeting with the political class earlier in September, the Chadian leader, after accepting an amendment to the Electoral Code, instructed the bodies responsible for organising the elections, namely the National Framework for Political Dialogue (CNDP), the Permanent Bureau of Elections (BPE) and the INEC, to propose an electoral calendar.
In response, Mahamat put forward the idea of linking legislative elections to local elections and organising the electoral consultation in April 2020 or November 2020.
However, President Déby, through his chief of staff, has argued that he has made commitments to hold elections at the end of this year or no later than January 2020.
On this basis, the Presidency wanted the CNDP, the BPE and the INEC to work together to achieve this.
In a statement sent last Thursday, 19 September 2019, to diplomats accredited to Chad, Foreign Minister Mahamat Zène Chérif said that the elections will take place on time.
– APA
