President Idris Debbie Chad, announced on the 20th that he was injured and died in a battle with rebels shortly after the presidential election, which achieved six consecutive terms, is vying for the presidential campaign in N’Djamena on the 9th. N’Djamena=AFP Yonhap News
President Idris Devi Chad, 68, who remained in power for 30 years after frustrating numerous rebellions, was wounded and died in a battle with rebels shortly after the presidential victory, which achieved six consecutive years.
Military spokesman General Azem Vermandoa Aguna said in a statement that he read on a state-run TV broadcast on the 20th (local time) that President Debbie passed away while commanding Chad forces in a battle with rebels. The military council announced that it would conduct free and fair elections after governing the country for the next 18 months in an emergency situation.
The military council will be led by Mahamat Kaka, 37, the son of the late President Debbie and a four-star general. Maha Mart, who was nominated as the transitional president, has served as the head of the presidential bodyguard.
The military also announced that not only measures to dissolve the Cabinet and Parliament following the death of the President, but also to ban traffic and control borders at night (from 6 pm to 5 am the next day).
President Debbie, who achieved six consecutive days the previous day, is known to have gone to inspect the forces ahead fighting the rebels invading from neighboring Libya instead of attending a family celebration. The rebels invading from Libya’Chad Frontline for Change and Harmony’ (FACT) attacked the Chad border post on the 11th, the day of the presidential election, and then crossed the desert and headed south for hundreds of kilometers towards the capital N’Djamena.
President Debbie won overwhelmingly with nearly 80% of the votes. Although it has been criticized for a long time for human rights violations in the country, the presidential election was held while major opposition presidential candidates boycotted for reasons such as opposition party oppression, and the easy re-election of President Debbie was expected.
President Debbie, one of Africa’s longest-running leaders, survived numerous coup prayers and rebellions after ascending to power in the 1990 rebellion, but ended dramatically on his most delighted day.
President Debbie, who had been in iron fist for 30 years, was a Western friend fighting Islamic extremists in the semi-arid Sahel region. France, a colonial suspicion, helped fight back invasion by rebels twice in 2008 and 2019 by air strikes. The death of President Debbie is expected to disrupt Western counter-terrorism strategies in the Sahel region.
Chad is considered to have the best military force among the five Sahel countries, but it is the third poorest country among 189 countries in the world on the UN Human Development Index.
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