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Opposition condemns designation of Chad's military ruler as presidential candidate

People wait to cast their votes during the constitutional referendum at a polling station in N'Djamena, Dec. 17, 2023. [AFP]

Opposition parties in Chad are condemning the entry of the country's military ruler into the 2024 presidential race. General Mahamat Idriss Deby seized power after his father's death, declared himself interim president, and pushed through a new constitution which enables him to run for president in this year's delayed elections.

In the nationally televised broadcast Saturday, Mahamat Zene Bada, secretary of Chad's former ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement or MPS party, said that military ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby is the party's candidate for the central African state's presidential elections expected later this year.

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