Chad prime minister resigns after disputed vote winner confirmed
Al Jazeera
Military government chief’s victory in presidential polls prompts Succes Masra to resign from transitional post.
Chadian Prime Minister Succes Masra says he has handed in his resignation, weeks after his defeat to military government chief Mahamat Idriss Deby in the presidential election.
Masra – a staunch opponent of the military government, which seized power in April 2021 – was appointed prime minister of the transitional government in January, four months before the election, in a move to appease the opposition.
“I’ve just submitted my resignation and that of the transition government, which became irrelevant with the end of the presidential election,” Masra said on Wednesday.
The move, he said on X, was also in accordance with the constitution.
Deby, 40, was himself proclaimed transitional president in April 2021 by a military government of 15 generals after his father, iron-fisted President Idriss Deby Itno, was shot dead by rebels after 30 years in power.
