The electoral body said President Mohamed Idriss Deby’s party won 124 of the 188 seats in the National Assembly in a vote that was boycotted by the opposition.

Chad’s ruling party secured majority in last month’s election parliamentary elections This was largely resisted by opposition parties, according to provisional results.

President Mohamed Idriss Deby’s Patriotic Salvation Movement party has won 124 of the 188 seats in the National Assembly, Electoral Commission Chairman Ahmed Batqiret announced late Saturday.

The participation rate was 51.56%, which the opposition said showed voters doubted the effectiveness of the campaign.

Deby’s party sees the December 29 election as the final stage of the country’s transition to democracy after a military ruler took power in 2021.

This acquisition follows die Debby’s father, long-time president Idriss Debby Itno, stayed in power for three decades. Mohamed Deby finally wins last year’s controversial race presidential vote.

The vote, which also includes municipal and regional elections, is Chad’s first in more than a decade.

Deby has said the election will “pave the way for the era of decentralization that the Chadian people have long awaited and longed for,” referring to the distribution of power from the national government to provincial and municipal levels.

“guessing game”

The election was boycotted by more than 10 opposition parties, including the main Transfiguration party, whose candidate Suxes Masra came second in the presidential election.

The main opposition has called the election a “guessing game” and fears it will be a repeat of a presidential vote that election observers say cannot be trusted.

Last month’s vote came at a critical time for Chad, which is grappling with multiple security challenges – from attacks by Boko Haram militants in the Lake Chad region to Ending decades-long military cooperation With its former colonial power France.

The severing of military ties echoes recent moves by Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, which have all expelled French troops and forged closer ties with Russia following a series of coups in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa. .

This week, security forces foiled an attack The government called it a “destabilizing attempt.”