In Chad, the National Election Management Agency (ANGE) has just announced the provisional results of the presidential election of May 6. Transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby is declared the winner with 61.03% of the votes.
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The President of the National Election Management Agency announced the provisional results of the presidential election and the victory of Mahamat Idriss Débyduring a ceremony at the Chadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Prime Minister, Succès Masra, is credited with 18.53% of the votes. Former Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacké obtained, according to these results, 16.91% of the votes. According to ANGE, the participation rate stands at 75.89%.
Earlier in the evening, the candidate Success Masra spoke out to claim a victory for his camp in the first round, causing an unprecedented and extremely uncertain situation at the head of state at the moment. In an address posted on Facebook, the Prime Minister and candidate in this election denounces “ violence » and fraud. “ The victory of the people at the polls is resounding » declared Succès Masra in particular. Statements made before the proclamation of the official provisional results by the ANGE.
The electoral agency had already taken everyone by surprise by announcing the results this evening, even though it still had ten days to do so. Success Masra pulled the rug out from under him in a way, by declaring himself the winner and calling on his activists to mobilize peacefully “ in the calm “.
In Ndjamena, a very large military force was deployed to patrol the city, points out our correspondent on site, Carol Valade.
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