The African Union Commission(AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has clarified his silence on the Chadian elections.
In a statement through his spokesperson Ebba Kalondo, Faki said it would be a violation for him to comment on the election as it would amount to a breach of the AU Peace and Security Council decision.
AU PSC is the only Continental body responsible for peace and security issues.
The body formally prohibited the military from standing in the elections as soon as the Military Council was installed in Chad.
"Since then, the PSC has reiterated this position in all its communiqués, the most recent of which, issued on May 11 2023, extended the ban to all transitional authorities and expressly stated that "members of the transitional authorities must not take part in the planned elections, in accordance with the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance". Aware of this provision, the transitional authorities did not wish the AU to observe these elections," Faki said.
"Given these established facts, it is impossible for the Chairperson- son of the Commission to pronounce on the results of such elections, unless he were to violate the decisions of the PSC, which he is obliged to respect."
Chad is set to become the first of Africa's current junta-led states to move to democratic rule with the presidential vote.
The new government, came a day before the swearing-in ceremony of interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
Deby, who seized power the day rebels killed his father President Idriss Deby in 2021 and declared himself interim leader, got 61 percent of the vote, well ahead of second-placed candidate Succes Masra with 18.54 percent, the council said on Thursday.
