In Chad, the African Union delegation continues its consultations on the transition course of. It has now been 4 days since AU’s envoys have been in Ndjamena to satisfy the brand new authorities on website. The delegation is led by two males: Nigerian Bankole Adeoy and Djiboutian Ambassador Mohamed Idriss Farah, PSC President. The latter solutions questions from our particular envoys to Ndjamena, Julien Boileau and David Baché in an interview recorded earlier than the announcement of the composition of a brand new authorities.
RFI: How is your work in the meanwhile, are the consultations going properly. How many individuals have you ever been capable of meet?
Mohamed Idriss Farah: We’re virtually midway by way of the mission. We met with crucial political actors: the Transitional Navy Council, Basic Mahamat. We additionally met the newly appointed Prime Minister, as properly because the Speaker of Parliament, the President of the Supreme Courtroom, non secular leaders, African ambassadors primarily based right here. So we should now discuss with the opposition as an entire, to civil society and, after all, to the diplomatic corps in Chad.
Have you ever already managed to have assurances concerning the circumstances, concerning the strategies of the transition which are going down??
Firstly, it’s a primary activity for the African Union and the Peace and Safety Council to ship a high-level mission to research what truly occurred … the president’s dying [Idriss Déby], how the president’s dying was discovered. There are such a lot of rumors on social networks particularly that we wished to know precisely what the issues have been.
And on this subject?
We proceed. We examine, we take heed to everybody. After I discuss with you, I cannot say “that is the scenario”. However what can also be essential is to indicate solidarity within the African Union to come back right here and check out to have a look at all points with the intention to actually make the best resolution. Now the bottom line is to know: will the remedy assist heal or kill? This is the reason we’re right here to have a wider studying.
We return to this query of the “remedy.” Earlier than that, certainly one of the goals of this mission is to establish the circumstances of this transition, its period, the division of companies between civilians and troopers in the long run Nationwide Transitional Council. Did CMT offer you any assurances on this topic??
For the distribution of companies, it is going to after all be Chadians to choose. However on the request of the Transitional Navy Council, they have been obtained and inspired. However in themselves, they’ve proven us their readiness to essentially enable the inclusion of this variation, which is vital and which is able to result in the institution of a Transitional Nationwide Council appearing as Parliament. Then they’ve their constitution. We’ll attempt to observe this complete course of and we can even look into the chance, as we did in Sudan, of maybe sending a particular envoy to assist them.
You talked concerning the query of “treatment“To translate your feedback, these are potential sanctions as a result of the constitutional order has not been revered. The place are you on this reflection inside your mission??
We take a look at all points. After all, even earlier than it got here right here on 22 April, the Council had a session on all these primary points. We’d like to see what the optimistic points are or what impact a sanction can have. It is not simply Chad. There’s the complete. We all know the function of Chad within the struggle in opposition to terrorism, violent extremism. It’s on this spirit that I stated earlier that we should study what the remedy can be.
We all know that the nations of the African Union are fairly divided on this difficulty of the remedy, whether or not or to not impose sanctions on Chad. Has there been a type of harmonization of positions for the reason that starting of the work or are there all the time these contradictions??
There are all the time contradictions anyway if you find yourself a gaggle, and particularly with 15 member states within the Council, that’s the rationale that leads us right here. There we’re midway. In the approaching days we could have extra particulars, but it surely is apparent that the problems are actually kind of identified by all members of this high-level delegation.
You due to this fact ask your self the query of those sanctions. How can they be dangerous? You talked about the struggle in opposition to terrorism. However concretely, how it might be problematic to sanction Chad?
To start with, Chad is dedicated on a number of fronts. It’s a rustic that has all the time felt battle for the final thirty years, conflicts, rebels succeeding rebels.
And at present there are additionally the Sahel Entrance, Mali, Niger …
After all the G5 Sahel. Then there’s additionally Boko Haram within the Lake Chad space. So it was essential for us to know what the prospects for the brand new group are.
As a result of sanctions in opposition to Chad could name into query this army presence, that is what you are saying?
It’s potential. I am not saying it is going to be computerized, but it surely is potential. We’re used to sanctioning nations that transcend the constitutional framework, however the distinction on this mission is in relation to all these points to attempt to know. Not solely to discuss with the transitional authorities but in addition to discuss with all actors. And that’s what is going to actually allow the Council to make the most effective resolution for this nation.
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