Chad’s Constitutional Council is still waiting to receive more candidatures for the presidential election after the interim president General Mahamat Idriss Déby submitted his file under the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement party.

The poll is scheduled for May 6, 2024.

Chad’s forthcoming presidential election is taking place against a political backdrop marked by the death a week ago of opposition politician Yaya Dillo.

Chadian Prime Minister Succès Masra has announced an international enquiry to shed light on his death.

Nonetheless, the Socialist Without Borders PSF party of opposition leader Yaya Dillo expresses doubt about the credibility of this enquiry.

Here’s Abacar Hakimi, a member of the PSF and political adviser to the late opponent Yaya Dillo.