Chad: Elections delayed till 2011

  1. Posted on Monday 27 September 2010 - 10:54
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    Nangayi Guyson, AfricaNews reporter in Kampala, Uganda
    Chad's national electoral commission on Saturday delayed parliamentary and local elections to 2011 due to difficulties with preparations, according to AFP.
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    A delay comes after a meeting on September 14 between representatives of CENI, the government and political parties of all stripes.

    The Legislative elections were to take place at the end of November and local elections in December, with the presidential vote scheduled for April 2011.

    But Legislative elections are planned for February 20 local elections will take place on March 27 and the first round of the presidential election on May 8, 2011," said National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI).

    There, it was agreed that there was too little time to prepare properly for the elections.

    The early election dates "were almost impossible, given the constraints encountered throughout the (electoral) process" CENI President Ngarmadjal Gami told journalists.

    He cited delays in holding voter registration, in receiving equipment and the lack of staff to prepare voting lists, but said there was enough time to complete preparations by the new election dates.

    Chad's main opposition coalition, the CPDC, threatened last month not to participate in the elections, accusing President Idriss Deby Itno's government of failing to meet democratic pledges.

    The CPDC criticized the government's monopolization of the state media and "the interference of officials at all levels in the electoral process on the one hand, and the overuse of means and assets of the state for electioneering."

    The CPDC, which groups 20 parties including four in parliament, also highlighted "obvious manipulation" in the electoral commission.

    Since Deby seized power in a 1990 coup, the results of Chad's elections have been consistently disputed by opposition parties and civil organizations.

    The deal in 2007 between the CPDC and Deby's Patriotic Salvation Movement, which dominates parliament, was aimed at promoting stability in a country that has long been plagued by political violence.

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