By Enyichukwu Enemanna
Chadian Prime Minister Succes Masra has announced his resignation from transitional government over two weeks after the junta leader Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno defeated him in presidential elections.
“I’ve just submitted my resignation and that of the transition government, which became irrelevant with the end of the presidential election,” Masra said on his Facebook page on Wednesday, a message that has since been authenticated by his team.
He further added that the move was also in accordance with constitutional provision.
Deby, 40, was proclaimed transitional president in April 2021 by a junta of 15 generals after his father, iron-fisted president Idriss Deby Itno, was shot dead by rebels after 30 years in power.
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He won the May 6 presidential vote with 61 percent of the ballot, according to final results.
Masra, also aged 40 and once a fierce Deby opponent before becoming prime minister four months ago, won 18.5 percent of the vote but contested the results.
He claimed victory in the ballot, which his party called a “masquerade” and which international rights groups had said would be neither credible nor fair.
He has since lost his bid at the Constitutional Council to see the election upturned.
