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Attendance in Ndjamena for the funeral of President Idriss Déby, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with the Sahel presidents as well as with the President of the Chadian Transitional Military Council. Joint support was given to the ongoing civil-military transition process in the country, but firmness was also shown regarding the duration of the transition.
While the Charter, published on Wednesday, April 21, gives the President of the Military Council almost full powers, President Macron and his Sahel counterparts have insisted that this transition will have to be based on bodies other than the Military Council alone. .
“Everyone is well aware that the civilian aspect of the transition must have significant powers and that it will be necessary to have a satisfactory balance between the Transitional Military Committee and the civilian system that will be put in place,” we explain. the entourage of the French president.
The goal is, again according to the same source, “to start all the political forces and civil society in Chad so that the transition can work”. During the transition, the Sahelis and the French wanted to be fixed: eighteen months, no more.
Emmanuel Macron did not plan to meet with leaders of the opposition or civil society during this express trip, but his entourage ensures that contacts have been established with representatives of the Chadian political class, he explains – we hear all the messages.
[En direct] Chad: the funeral of Idriss Déby Itno
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