Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
on 6 June 2005. The amendments to the
constitution
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When these pr ...
were approved by 66% of voters.
Background
The proposed amendments to the constitution included the removal of two-term limit on the President, the replacement of the
Senate
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with a Cultural, Economic and Social Council and giving the President powers to amend the constitution.
The amendments were proposed by incumbent
President
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Idriss Déby, who was due to complete his second term in 2006. In June 2001 Déby had promised to step down after his second term, stating: ''I make a public commitment: I will not be candidate at the 2006 presidential election. I will not change the Constitution ..What remains to do for me in my last mandate, is to prepare Chad for alternation in government''.
Campaign
While Dèby's
Patriotic Salvation Movement
The Patriotic Salvation Movement ( ar, الحركة الوطنية للإنقاذ, french: Mouvement patriotique du salut, MPS) is the ruling political party in Chad.
History
After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an uns ...
(MPS) campaigned for "yes", the opposition was divided among those who called for a boycott of the vote and those who called for a "no" vote. The abstentionists allied themselves in the Coordination des Partis politiques pour la Défense de la Constitution (CPDC), an alliance of 24 parties including the Rally for Democracy and Progress and the
Union for Renewal and Democracy
The Union for Renewal and Democracy (french: Union pour le renouveau et la démocratie) is a political party in Chad. Its current president is Sande Ngaryimbé, its first being Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué.Front of Action Forces for the Republic and the
Rally for the Republic – Lingui
The Rally for the Republic – Lingui () is a political party of Chad.
At the 2002 parliamentary election it won 1 out of 155 seats.
References
Political parties in Chad
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Results
By region
Aftermath
The constitutional amendment allowed Déby to contest the 2006 presidential elections, in which he won a third term.
2005
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