Presidential pardon in Chad for Succès Masra: political rebound or uncertain future for the leader of the Transformateurs?
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MASRA'S RELEASE IN CHAD: A Pardon That Does Not Erase the Stains (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Two presidential decrees dated 14 August 2026 pardoned nine Chadian political leaders, including Succès Masra, a former prime minister sentenced in 2025 to twenty years in prison. The article analyses the political consequences of the pardon, which does not lift his conviction.
Presidential pardon in Chad for Succès Masra: political rebound or uncertain future for the leader of the Transformateurs? (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
Transformateurs leader Succès Masra was freed on 14 August through a presidential pardon, not an amnesty, after being sentenced to 20 years in prison and remaining ineligible. The article questions his political future.
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