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"Mr President, honourable Members have highlighted at length the way in which the elections were rigged in Chad. Again we see that democratic elections or elections intended to be democratic, are not conducted democratically. In Chad it turned into a real electoral hold-up. A coup in democratic guise, and foreign public opinion must not be fooled.
We have spoken to the representatives of Chad, as Mr Bowis has already mentioned. The people of Chad have no faith in their democratic institutions and they have been proved right. Attempts are being made to convince us by submitting pieces of legislation that supposedly guarantee that the oil revenues will be duly returned to the population and that the development of both north and south will hence be promoted.
On the contrary, people warned us back then that President Idriss Deby, again undemocratically elected, would do nothing except use the oil money to strengthen his military power, and military power is replacing democratic power.
Reportedly no less than four and a half million out of six million inhabitants voted. Voting cards were distributed. They were sold. The population in the north was artificially increased and that in the south artificially reduced. To prevent the number of votes cast finally exceeding the number of inhabitants, votes from abroad by citizens of Chad were simply not counted. In short, we cannot accept such a travesty.
The complaints submitted up to now appear to have been all rejected by the highest authorities and reportedly the results of the election have been declared definitive. We simply cannot take this. In so doing we are depriving ourselves, our citizens and own democratic institutions of credibility.
I should also like to urge the French government most strongly not to shirk its responsibility. Whenever we go to a West African country, we can see the extent to which French influence is still present there. It serves purely neocolonial ends and we cannot support it.
Mr Yorongar, who was tortured, is here with us. I should like to pay tribute to him."@en1
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