Chad's Prime Minister Success Masra announced on Wednesday that he had submitted his resignation, just over two weeks after losing the presidential election to military junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
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“I have just submitted my resignation and that of the transitional government, which has become irrelevant due to the end of the presidential election,” Masra said on his Facebook page in a message confirmed to AFP by his team. .
The move is also in accordance with the constitution, he added.
Deby, 40, was declared interim president in April 2021 by a military junta of 15 generals after his father, iron-fisted president Idriss Deby Itno, was shot dead by rebels after three decades in power.
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According to the final results, he won the presidential vote on May 6th with 61% of the vote.
Mathra, also 40, who was a fierce opponent of Debi before becoming prime minister four months ago, won 18.5% of the vote but contested the result.
He claimed victory in the vote, which his party called a “masquerade” and which international rights groups said was neither credible nor fair.
(AFP)
