Idriss Déby Itno held a big meeting on Saturday 13 March in the main stadium in the capital. In front of a conquered public, the outgoing head of state, who had secured his victory in the first round, renewed promises to develop Chad.
as reported from Ndjamena, Madjiasra nako
It is from a platform located in the middle of the stadium’s lawn of more than 40,000 people that the head of state, all dressed in white, cap and scarf in the party’s colors, spoke in favor of galvanizing a crowd suffocating below more than 40 degrees. In a packed stadium, Idriss Déby tackles opposition leaders who have decided to withdraw from the presidential election after submitting their candidacy: “I understand why some are scared because you, the activists from 113 political parties, stand to support my candidacy. They were scared from the start and withdrew. ”
Security and diplomatic aspects
The head of state defends his thirty years of reign without referring to his economic record, but privileges security and diplomatic aspects. And on the protest, which has been raised for weeks and regularly suppressed by the police, it is justified: “that they understand that democracy is not disorder.”
Virulent diatribe
Sure of his victory, the head of state urges Westerners to send as many observers as they wish. And to the opposition, very active on social networks from abroad, Idriss Déby launches: “Some even today believe that those who colonized us yesterday can still change things in Chad”, before concluding with a virulent diatribe on the local Arabic languages.
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