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Chad’s interim Prime Minister Succès Masra has filed a petition at the Constitutional Council challenging the preliminary results of last week’s presidential election.
According to the results, General Mahamat Idriss Déby won 61.3% of the votes, while Succes Masra, received 18.53%.
“With the help of our lawyers, today we submitted a request to the Constitutional Council to reveal the truth of the ballot boxes,” Mr Masra announced in a social media post on Sunday.
He said the results should be annulled, alleging that some ballot boxes were stuffed and others were carried away by soldiers to be counted elsewhere.
“Some opposition members have been arrested, while Mr Masra and his supporters have been threatened,” his party added.
However, Mr Masra reiterated that his followers remain “peaceful for the love of our country”, insisting that “the change you want to see cannot happen in a destroyed country”.
The Constitutional Council is set to decide in the coming days whether to uphold the preliminary results or annul them, as requested by Mr Masra and Yacine Abdramane Sakine, another candidate who lost the election.
