Chad’s interim leader Mahamat Déby on Sunday signaled his intention to run in the forthcoming presidential elections that will return the country to democratic civilian rule.
He is up against nine other candidates, including Prime Minister Succès Masra.
The election is scheduled to hold on May 6.
In his campaign speech, he promised to strengthen security and ensure peace and stability.
General Déby is widely expected to win the election which some opposition politicians have called an exercise in futility.
Main opposition leader and critic, Yaya Dillo, was killed in a shootout with security forces on February 28.
The government had accused him of being behind the attack on the headquarters of the National Security Agency. He denied the accusation.
The Constitutional Court also disqualified ten other candidates from contesting.
Déby took power after the death of his father in 2021 and had initially planned an 18-month transition to democratic rule. However, he postponed the elections until this year, triggering protests that were violently put down by security forces.
