Where Then From Here?

 An option that has already split the beleaguered nation. The new constitution proposes a decentralised unitary State. While its opponents, who have called for a boycott of the vote, demand a federal system of government. Arguing that it will enable the provinces to develop autonomously. And faster, given the country’s vast size of 1,284,000 square kilometres. Proponents of a “Yes” vote however warn that a federal system of government could divide the country further.
Lieutenant General Mahamat Idriss Itno, who leads the Transitional Military Council, has had a tough time steering Chad to stability. Since taking over after his father, Idriss Deby Itno was killed on April 21, 2021 following injuries from a battle with rebels. Apart from contesting his manner of accession to power, the opposition has repeatedly staged street demonstrations against his rule. For not living up to his promise to hand over power in 18 months.
One of such protests - on October 20, 2022 - resulted in scores of deaths and hundreds detained. After which opposition leader, Succes Masra, the mastermind of the protests, fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC on self exile. Following talks mediated by DRC President, Etienne Tshisekedi between the Chadian government and Masra’s Les Transformateurs political party, the young opposition leader finally returned home on November 3, 2023. But in a dramatic change of mind this week, Succes Masra called on Chadians to vote “Yes” in Sunday's constitutional referendum! Thereby breaking ranks with many of his followers and political comrades.   
Signed on October 31, 2023, the deal amongst others commits Masra to “favour actions facilitating the ...