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Oct. 25 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) has decided to appoint this Tuesday the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Félix Tshisekedi, as the new person in charge of the transition process in Chad.
The organization, within the framework of a meeting in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has urged the United Nations and the African Union (AU) to maintain their diplomatic, financial, material and technical support necessary for the transition in the country, as the Tchadinfos news portal has collected.
Among the guests were three African heads of state: the president of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, as well as the head of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, and the president of Chad himself, Mahamat Idriss Déby.
Tshisekedi has deplored the tragic violent events that occurred during the protests registered last week in the country against the military junta, which resulted in almost fifty people dead, and has called for saving the transition process.
The CEEAC has also entrusted the president of the agency’s commission, Gilberto Da Piedade Verissimo, to continue consultations with the AU to achieve its support for Chad, according to the Alwhida news portal.
Last week, demonstrators took to the streets to protest the two-year extension of the political transition period and the maintenance in power of Mahamat Idriss Déby, son of the former president. The balance of the repression is estimated at about fifty dead and about 300 wounded, especially in N’Djamena, Mundu and Kumra, according to the new head of government, Salé Kebzabo.
The protests took place after the board decided to extend the mandate of Déby for another two years, who initially planned to leave office to return power to civilians. The general was appointed president by the Army in 2021 after the death of his father, Idriss Déby Itno, who had led the country since 1990.
