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The 2006 Chad presidential election will take place on May 3. The deadline to register as a candidate in the election was March 24, 2006. Due to a recently passed amendment to the Constitution of Chad, current president Idriss Déby will be able to run for a third term. The next President of Chad will face a growing conflict with Sudan, high unemployment, and a growing insurgency fueled by deserting members of the Chadian military and the United Front for Democratic Change rebel group. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the main page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in Leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time in Office 2 December 1990 – Present Predecessor Hissène Habré Date of Birth 1952 Place of Birth Fada, Chad Idriss Déby (born 1952) is the president of Chad and the head of the Patriotic Salvation Movement. ... List of Heads of State of Chad (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Affiliations:- See also:- Chad Heads of Government of Chad Colonial Heads of Chad lists of incumbents Categories: Lists of office-holders ... Combatants Sudan, United Front for Democratic Change rebel alliance Chad Commanders Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir (Sudan), Mohammed Nour (UFDC) Idriss Deby Strength ~120,000 est. ... In economics, a person who is able and willing to work at prevailing wage rate yet is unable to find a paying job is considered unemployed. ... The Military of Chad was dominated by members of Gourane, Zaghawa, Kanembou, Hadjerai, and Massa ethnic groups during the presidency of Hissene Habre. ... The United Front for Democratic Change (officially abbreviated as F.U.C.) is the largest Chadian rebel alliance, made up of eight individual rebel groups, all with the goals of overthrowing the government of current Chadian President Idriss Deby and after a two-year period, holding free and internationally monitored...

Chadian journalist Koumbo Singa Gali Sy said the election "will be a non-event. It's Deby against Deby."

Boycott

The election will be the first in the History of Chad in which no major opposition candidate will participate because of a boycott of the elections by Political parties in Chad in response to incumbent President Déby's decision to run for a third term. The only candidates are current President Déby, Agriculture Minister Albert Pahimi Padacket for the National Rally of the Chadian Democrats, former Prime Minister Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye for the National Rally for Development and Progress, Mahamat Abdoulaye for the Popular Movement for Democracy in Chad, and Ibrahim Koulamallah for the New African Socialist Movement party; the latter three are representatives of political parties allied with Déby's Patriotic Salvation Movement party.^[1] // Prehistory Human presence in Chad is very ancient, a humanoid skull found in Borkou is more than 3 million years old. ... A boycott is an action undertaken to abstain from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some organisation as an expression of protest or as a means of coercion. ... // In politics The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The National Rally for Development and Progres (Rassemblement National pour la Démocratie et le Progrès, also know as VIVA) is a political party in Chad, led by Delwa Kassiré Koumakoyé. Categories: Politics substubs | Chad political parties ... Politics of Chad Categories: Politics stubs | Chad political parties ...

On March 25 opposition leader Lol Mahamat Choua said in a speech to about one thousand supporters at a rally in N'Djamena, "We staunchly reaffirm that we are not taking part and will not endorse this masquerade. The elections announced for 3 May will not take place. They must not take place. You must contribute actively toward this end." In a meeting in mid March between Chadian opposition leaders, Chadian Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji, and United Nations representatives, Ngarlejy Yorongar, who ran against Déby in 1996 and 2001, but is boycotting this election, presented an 18-point proposal that called for a six-month extension of Déby's presidency to reform the electoral process. "Déby has refused our proposal; that's why I am not participating in the upcoming election." March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... Pascal Yoadimnadji (born 1950?) is the prime minister of Chad. ... United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

A local journalist said that for Déby "the game is up; he's going to fall. The main and most troublesome question is who is capable of taking his place?"

References

See also

• Elections in Chad
• 2005 Chad constitutional referendum
• Government of Chad
• 2006 Chadian coup d'état attempt
• Chadian-Sudanese conflict

Elections in Chad gives information on election and election results in Chad. ... The Government of Chad has been controlled by Idriss Déby and his Patriotic Salvation Movement since December 2, 1990, and officially since February 28, 1991. ... On March 15, 2006, a coup détat attempt against Chadian President Idriss Déby was foiled. ... Combatants Sudan, United Front for Democratic Change rebel alliance Chad Commanders Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir (Sudan), Mohammed Nour (UFDC) Idriss Deby Strength ~120,000 est. ...

External links

• L'actualité du Tchad (in French)