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Chad: ‘NO! to the massacres of our children’

25 octobre 2023

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The TROP C’EST TROP coalition views with dismay the deterioration of the socio-political situation following the government’s unilateral decision to suspend recruitment for three years, as approved by the 2016 Finance Act.

It strongly condemns the use of force to repress the demonstration by unemployed graduates, pupils and students, who were simply expressing their frustration with the poor governance that characterises the regime. The methods used by the security forces do not protect citizens. On the contrary, they are intended to prevent, at all costs, the exercise of a constitutional right: freedom of expression, recognised in Article 12 of the Constitution of 31 March 1996.

This unpopular, unilateral decision, taken amid a severe political and social crisis linked to the biometric census contested by the entire population, comes at a time of demonstrations by unemployed graduates, pupils and students — including the protest of 4 February 2016 — and widespread anxiety about growing poverty. It is hardly conducive to social peace.

The security forces used excessive force not only against unemployed graduates, students and pupils, but against the population as a whole. The TROP C’EST TROP coalition therefore demands that the government:

  • immediately and unconditionally repeal the anti-social measure in the 2016 Finance Act;
  • dismiss the Minister of the Interior and the Directors of the Police and Gendarmerie;
  • prosecute the security and defence forces who fired live ammunition at demonstrators and members of the public;
  • immediately release the demonstrators who have been arrested.

We remind the government that no decision should be taken with a mercantile mindset, but rather in the interests of protecting citizens, as stipulated in Articles 17, 18 and 27 of the Constitution.

The coalition holds the government responsible, before national and international public opinion, for whatever may happen, since the use of force is not an effective way to resolve peaceful civic demands.

Issued in N’Djamena, 4 February 2016

Spokesperson
Ms NARMADJI Céline

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