{"id":272447,"date":"2024-12-29T14:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/29\/voting-under-way-in-chads-contentious-parliamentary-election\/"},"modified":"2024-12-29T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T14:32:44","slug":"voting-under-way-in-chads-contentious-parliamentary-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/29\/voting-under-way-in-chads-contentious-parliamentary-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting under way in Chad\u2019s contentious parliamentary election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Voting is under way in Chad\u2019s first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented as a key step towards ending military rule.<\/p>\n<p>Voters will choose a new parliament, provincial assemblies, and local councils in one of the world\u2019s poorest countries.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition has decided to boycott the votes in the North African nation of 18 million. Turnout was low in the capital N\u2019Djamena when polling stations opened on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Election officials in the upmarket district where the president\u2019s family and ruling dignitaries live put voter apathy down to the \u201ccold weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties have urged Chad\u2019s eight million voters to shun elections whose results they said had been decided in advance.<\/p>\n<p>The boycott leaves the field open for candidates aligned with President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who was brought to power by the military in 2021 and then legitimised in a presidential election in May. Opposition candidates denounced this election as fraudulent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge all my compatriots on the electoral roll to come out and vote en masse,\u201d Deby posted on Facebook, alongside photos of himself casting his ballot on what he called a \u201chistoric day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Nothing\u2019s been done yet\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, Succes Masra, leader of the opposition Transformers party, said: \u201cThe fabricated results are already in the computers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrice Lumumba Deoumoundou, an unemployed 39-year-old, told the AFP news agency he had voted Sunday morning in the hope of \u201cchange across the board\u201d \u2013 more jobs, fewer price rises, \u201cmore justice\u201d and \u201cmore equality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing\u2019s been done yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As in previous elections, soldiers, police officers and nomads voted on Saturday for logistical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Chad\u2019s electoral agency said there had been \u201crecord\u201d turnout, with more than 72 percent in the army and 54 percent among nomads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot at stake locally in these elections,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nomads came to ask the people who will be elected tomorrow to improve their living conditions,\u201d said Sheikh Djibrine Hassabakarim, one of their representatives.<\/p>\n<p>He said climate change had made life hard for his community, killing livestock, triggering clashes among sedentary farmers and making it hard for them to feed their families.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transition to democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Polling stations, which will remain open until 6:00pm (17:00 GMT), are being monitored by about 100 foreign election observers and representatives of political parties.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday evening, the opposition Democratic Party of the Chadian People (PDPT) said more than 1,000 ballots intended for the sub-prefecture of Bongor had disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>It called for \u201cvigilance\u201d to \u201cthwart the fraud networks\u201d it said had been set up by the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS) party.<\/p>\n<p>Voting is taking place against a backdrop of recurring attacks by the armed group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad region, the ending of a military accord with former colonial master France, and accusations that Chad is interfering in the conflict ravaging neighbouring Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>The government has presented the elections as the final stage in a transition to democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Deby took power in 2021 after the death of his father, who had ruled the Sahel country for three decades.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting is under way in Chad\u2019s first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented as a key step towards ending military rule. 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