Chad: the campaign for the referendum divides the political class

On October 31, 2023, a so-called agreement in principle was signed between the president of the Les Transformateurs party, Masra Succès, and the Chadian government. This agreement, under the aegis of the facilitator of the ECCAS (Economic Community of Central African States), Félix Tshisékédi, enabled the return of Succès Masra to Chad, one year after the events of October 20, 2022. But this agreement is not unanimous among the Chadian political class, especially the point relating to the amnesty of the perpetrators of the events of October 20.

An agreement in principle that goes down badly with the Chadian opposition. In a firm voice, the Consultation Group of Political Actors (Gcap) denounces the agreement between the Transitional Government and the Les Transformateurs de Succès Masra party.

For these opponents, this sounds like a betrayal. But, for Les Transformateurs, it is a logic of national reconciliation. “We, the activists of this party, can only thank the president for signing this agreement ,” declares Ndig-ngar Djimhodoum. _"_ It is to reconcile the Chadian people as the president himself said, there is a time to wage war and there is a time to reconcile, to make peace" , adds Moïse. Allaramadji

One of the points of the agreement in principle of October 31 in Kinshasa establishes the general amnesty of the authors of the deadly repression of October 20, 2022 . An aspect that the president of the Union of Progressive Workers for Cohesion, **Théophile Madjitoloum Yombombé, contests. “If the government party which contributed directly or indirectly by creating these massacres on our young people, if the perpetrators are found guilty, let them answer . ”

For Dr Evariste Ngarlem Toldé, political scientist, the amnesty compromise found between the transitional power and The Transformers does not erase international prosecutions. _"_ We can estimate that it is an agreement which only commits the president of the Transformers and the government, but which does not absolve the government of certain obligations in particular. Tomorrow, perhaps the Chadian military will answer for certain of their actions before the international criminal court .

Success Masra has planned a rally for this Sunday with his activists, the very first after his return to the country.