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DOHA — Details30 More than 100 rebels and opposition factions signed a peace deal with Chad's transition authorities on Monday, agreeing to engage in broader talks after years of turmoil, but the most powerful rebel group
Rebels agreed to a ceasefire and to join a national dialogue that Chad's leaders said could pave the way for elections in the Central African country. After agreeing, the delegates meeting in Doha applauded.
But Chad's Front for Change and Harmony (FACT) – the Libyan-based group that threatened to march on the capital last year – says negotiators have not heeded its demands. , immediately declined the transaction. release of prisoners.
Rejections by FACT and at least eight other rebel factions have overshadowed the celebration of the deal, which was hammered out after months of talks in the Qatari capital. rice field.
The interim military government is headed by Mahamat Idriss Deby, who last year announced that his father, the longtime ruler of Idriss Deby, was fighting FACT and other rebels in the north.
Initially, the Transitional Military Council said it would oversee the transition to democratic rule for 18 months, but that deadline was set.
"FRATRICIDAL WARS"
He said he believed the deal would lead to a sustainable peace.
“Most armed groups have signed this agreement and they will participate in a national dialogue. It's a forum for Chadians," he told reporters in Doha.
He said the interim government currently holds about 400 FACT prisoners and will not release them without assurance that they will not return to combat.
Monday, At a roadside stall in Chad's capital, N'Djamena, some patrons were reassured by the fighters' willingness to disarm, while others worried that the pact would not end the fighting.
"We have witnessed several peace agreements that have resulted in a bloody war between the various signatories," Patron Marius Golbe said over breakfast.
"We will believe in the Doha Accords only when the militants have laid down their weapons and been demobilized." spent and fended off a rebellion that called for his expulsion. Rebels, including FACT, have accused Debbie and his allies of repressive rule, extrajudicial killings and electoral fraud, which he denies. (Reporting by Andrew Mills; additional reporting by Mahamat Ramadane; writing by Alexander Cornwell and Cooper Inveen; editing by Toby Chopra, Bradley Perrett and Andrew Heavens)
