Les Transformateurs

The Transformers
المحوِّلون
Les Transformateurs
FounderSuccès Masra
Founded29 April 2018
IdeologyPan-Africanism
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
ReligionIslam
Website
app.transformateurstchad.africa

The Les Transformateurs (English: The Transformers; Arabic: المحوِّلون) is a political party in Chad.[1] It was part of the opposition to the Chadian President Idriss Déby, and the Transitional Military Council that succeeded him after his death in 2021.

History

The party was founded on 29 April 2018 by Succès Masra, to bring together Chadians "from the outside as well as from the inside" and to turn the country into a functioning social democracy.[2][3][4][5]

Masra and his party played a prominent role in the 2022 Chadian protests, condemning security forces for violence against protesters.[6] Masra fled the country in the aftermath of the protests and lived in exile in the United States for some time.[7][8] In his absence, the party's registration was temporarily suspended by the Transitional Military Council, but was reinstated in January 2023.[9]

On 1 January 2024, Masra was appointed Prime Minister of Chad, following an agreement brokered by the Economic Community of Central African States permitting Masra to return to Chad after an amnesty was granted to him.[10]

In the 2024 presidential election, Succès Masra ran for president as a candidate of the Les Transformateurs party. It was the first time in Chad's history that a president and a prime minister faced each other in a presidential election.[11] Masra won only 18.5% of the vote, the 2nd-most voted candidate at the elections, but lost by a significant margin to incumbent president Mahamat Déby.[12]

Election results

Presidential elections

Election Party candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
2024 Succès Masra 1,148,245 18.54% — — Lost Red XN

References

  1. ^ "Northern People's Congress (NPC) - Oxford Islamic Studies Online". www.oxfordislamicstudies.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  2. ^ Olivier, Mathieu (18 May 2018). "Succès Masra, de la BAD à la politique : " Il faut mettre fin à l'idée que le Tchad est un butin de guerre "". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. ^ Fall Diagne, Hamet (20 September 2022). "Succès Masra: qui est cet opposant au régime tchadien?". BBC News Afrique (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. ^ Ehlert, Stefan (4 August 2016). "Chad's Deby unwilling to quit". DW. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  5. ^ "In Pictures: Most Corrupt Nations". Forbes. 3 April 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Several killed in crackdown on anti-government protests in Chad". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  7. ^ "Tchad: l'opposant Succès Masra a annoncé son retour d'exil". RFI (in French). 11 August 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Tchad: un mandat d'arrêt international émis contre l'opposant Succès Masra". RFI (in French). 5 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Au Tchad, les partis d'opposition de nouveau autorisés après trois mois de suspension". Le Monde (in French). 21 January 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Tchad: l'ex-opposant Succès Masra nouveau Premier ministre". Radio France Internationale (in French). 1 January 2024. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Chad main opposition figures barred as leaders cleared for election". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  12. ^ "Chad's interim leader Déby wins presidential vote, says election body". France 24. 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-05-10.


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