US EditionChad: Constitutional Change Threatens Rule of Law, Democracy
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Chad: Abolishing Presidential Term Limits Threat to Democracy
The latest constitutional amendment in Chad abolishing presidential term limits is an assault on democracy and the rule of law. Development Diaries reports that on 03 October, 2025, President Mahamat Idriss Déby finalised the constitutional amendment abolishing presidential term limits, which had been fast-tracked and approved by both chambers of the parliament after they were voted on in mid-September. According to a report Human Rights Watch (…
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organizations in Chad, the Chadian Association for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights (ATPDH) and the Chadian League for Human Rights (LTDH), denounce the constitutional review, and in particular the abolition of the limitation of the number of face-to-face mandates making the democratic alternation in Chad hypothetical. Our organisations declare that this constitutional …
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