Chad sets date for national dialogue in August
Chad’s interim military government has announced that it will hold a national dialogue starting 20 August, state TV Tele Tchad reports.
A decree signed by Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacké announcing the date was read by government spokesperson Abdraman Koulamallah on the national broadcaster.
The NDI is a precursor to elections promised by interim President Mahamat Idriss Déby when he seized power following his father’s death last year.
The military is increasingly coming under domestic and international pressure to return the country to civilian rule.
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Bob Menendez has warned that the US will “hold to account” Mr Déby and the ruling junta over the transition.
A prominent protest movement has called for protests on Saturday to demand the junta give assurances that its members will not stand in elections due in 2023.
Wakit Tamma is also demanding clarity on the transition and the departure of French troops from the country. It accuses France of backing the junta.
Opposition leader Succes Masra urged the transitional leader last month to explain why the government had been unable to organise the dialogue, which was supposed to take place in May.
source: bbc
