Question 34245 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Jean-Luc Mélenchon draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the new revelations concerning the disappearance of the Chadian opponent Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, which occurred twelve years ago. This mathematician was kidnapped in Chad on February 3, 2008, by the presidential guard of President Idriss Deby. Everything suggests that he died very quickly after his arrest. Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh was a university. He taught mathematics at the Faculty of Orléans, before becoming rector of the University of Ndjamena. Several times minister in Chad, he opposed the presidency of Idriss Deby. In a country ravaged by war, Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh chose a peaceful opposition. He paid for it with his life. In France as in Chad, his kidnapping triggered strong emotion. Human rights organizations, French Mathematical Society (which awards a prize each year in memory of Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh), mobilized to raise awareness about this disappearance. In 2010, a resolution was unanimously passed by the National Assembly. She asked the Government to engage with Chad so that all light is shed on the fate of Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh. President Nicolas Sarkozy had promised: “France wants the truth, and I will not give in on this point.” Unfortunately, no concrete progress has taken place since then, despite the constant mobilization of parliamentarians. On November 13, 2020, a journalistic investigation returned to this affair by publishing the content of diplomatic telegrams and supporting DGSE notes. This article states, like other press titles before it, that French nationals, some of whom civil servants, could be involved in the death of Mr. Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh. En 2010, the Government committed to the national representation to do everything possible to ensure that responsibilities, including French ones, are established in the disappearance of Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh. The MP calls on the Minister to ensure that this solemn promise is kept. Emmanuel Macron's government is certainly allied to that of Idriss Deby. We remembers that in 2019, the French air force bombed Chadian rebels who were absolutely not jihadists. The France Insoumise parliamentary group had at the time called for a debate in the National Assembly on this problematic diversion of France's mission in the Sahel. The fight against terrorism in this region cannot be the pretext for all compromises. France would honor itself by helping to ensure justice be made for Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh based on the revelations that now make it possible. He wants to know his position on the subject.

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