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Pressure mounts for military to hand over power Opposition open to joint civilian-military rule (Recasts with military statement)
By Edward McAllister and Mahamat Ramadane
N DJAMENA, April 25 (Reuters) - Chad s ruling military council has rejected an offer from northern rebels for a ceasefire and talks, calling them outlaws who needed to be tracked down and arrested for their role in the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby.
The rebels, known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT), said on Sunday that they were ready to discuss a political settlement, two weeks after they poured over the border on election day demanding an end to Deby s 30-year rule.
Chad s civil society groups are calling for a public demonstration, demanding the dissolution of the Transitional Military Council, which is headed by the new leader General Mahamat Idriss Déby.
He was appointed following the shocking death of his father President Idriss Déby, who died this week after battling rebels on the frontline. We are calling on the Chadian population all over the country to take to the streets on Tuesday for a public demonstration, and we will stay on the streets if we are not listened to, said one of the civil society group s leaders Max Loalngar. We place ourselves under the protection of the African Union and the United Nations and ask that mechanisms be urgently set into motion to ensure the protection of citizens, to take charge of the process of comprehensive and inclusive dialogue to build a consensual transition and to create the conditions that guarantee a lasting political handover, he told a press conference on Saturday.
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