In Chad, the ruling party’s congress, MPS, was suspended by its secretary general just days after it was announced that it would be held next weekend. Last week, the party’s first deputy had convened an extraordinary congress for the formation from June 12 to 13 with the theme “The Revitalization of the Patriotic Salvation Movement”.
This announcement of a congress followed by a cancellation clearly shows that there are differences within the movement, a power struggle, according to a political analyst.
Maneuvers
On the one hand, the party’s number two, Ruth Padja Madjidian, the first deputy general secretary to convene an extraordinary congress for the weekend and supported by a long list of personalities and notables including Abdel Kerim Idriss Deby, one of the former president’s sons. On the other hand, in a press release on Sunday evening, Secretary-General Mahamat Zen Badaqui suspended this congress by recalling that this is one of his powers.
Since President Idriss Déby’s death, MPS no longer has a president, so it will be necessary to appoint one, why these maneuvers to position themselves.
Getting rid of the old guard …
In N’djamena, some people are wondering about the time chosen to hold the congress, as the party’s general secretary has been in Paris for ten days for personal reasons. For a political analyst, it is undoubtedly a congress in his absence a sign that we are trying to exclude it.
Another observer adds that this is even an attempt by the new rulers to get rid of the old guard. If it does, this MPS Congress promises to be lively.
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