Chad’s civil groups doubt independence of poll monitoring agency - May 06, 2024
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As Chadians vote Monday in the presidential election, civil groups, including the Chad Bar Association, are expressing concern about the independence of the national agency monitoring the elections (ANGE) and of the Constitutional Court. Djerandi Laguere Dionro (Jay-Rahn-gee Lal-geh Dee-oh ro) president of the Chad Bar Association, tells VOA’s James Butty, most of the members of these two institutions are also members of the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS).
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