Following clashes last week, a leading opposition leader and President of the Transformers party, Succes Masra has been summoned by the department of states security services.
Masra had called for the boycott of a forum launched by Chad’s military ruler, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
Speaking to supporters outside the headquarters of the party, Succes Masra, said he was fighting for justice and equality.
“It is in the name of justice and equality that we are here standing in the rain this morning”, he stated.
“It’s to go and listen to what they’re going to say to us but we’re not vindictive, it’s not to avenge. Our revenge is the national anthem and the march, that’s all. No scuffles”, appealed Denemadji, a supporter of “The Transformers” party.
Supporters of Succes Masra gathered in the capital, N’Djamena, before the police fired tear gas to disperse them.
The opposition leader asked his supporters to steer clear any form of confrontation with the authorities.
“You have stood up today to help me carry a kind of cross of justice and equality. So I’m going to ask you to be disciplined, not to boil over,” he added.
General Itno replaced his father in April 2021 after he was killed in an operation fighting insurgents. Deby promised “free and democratic elections” within 18 months.
