Chad is a country still in national mourning and the Chadians are awaiting, following a historic week in which President Idriss Déby died, the installation of a transitional military committee led by his son, Mahamat, and a national funeral, on Friday, April 23, in the presence of a dozen foreign leaders. The various representatives of civil society and religious communities called for discussions to preserve peace in the country, especially the Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
Our special envoys François Mazet and Boris Vichith went this Sunday morning, April 25, to the office celebrated by the Archbishop of Ndjamena.
Notre-Dame Cathedral is still being repaired, a few hundred believers meet under the capital, where Bishop Edmond Goetbé Djitangar delivers a Sunday home dominated by the need for peace and openness in the political game.
“Our country is going through a sensitive but crucial moment in its history and many citizens are wondering about its future given what is happening today.”
At the end, the parishioners, including Mathilde, do not want anything else: “All Chadians must have peace in their hearts. Because the war we suffered so much! This ultimate sacrifice of our late President is to announce a new era in the country, peace. ”
Peace is a word but above all deeds, she insists. Opinion shared by Bandiara, a retired official: “The transitional authorities must reach out. Power cannot be handled by itself. The military’s confiscation of power does not solve anything and we want it to be a division. ”
A possible distribution of power will be at the heart of political discussions in the coming days.
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