CHAD: Army leader’s party wins overwhelming senate majority

The party of Chad’s military ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby won 43 of 46 seats in the country’s first senate elections, according to final results released Tuesday. Chad’s senatorial vote at the end of February was the final stage of a political transition that began when Deby took power after the death of his father four […]

The party of Chad’s military ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby won 43 of 46 seats in the country’s first senate elections, according to final results released Tuesday.
Chad’s senatorial vote at the end of February was the final stage of a political transition that began when Deby took power after the death of his father four years ago.
Deby won a five-year term as president last May in an election boycotted by the opposition and described by international NGOs as “not free nor credible”.
Two seats in the senate originally allocated to Deby’s Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) were reassigned to two allied parties on appeal, Chad’s Constitutional Council confirmed in Tuesday’s final tally.
Swiftly after the results’ announcement Deby appointed the last 23 lawmakers needed to complete the senate, which will be responsible for the representation of autonomous communities.