Padacké who was the runner-up in this month’s presidential election was appointed prime minister following last week’s battlefield death of President Idriss Déby.
Déby was killed the day after he won the presidential election, while fighting rebels who swept into Chad from their bases in Libya.
Padacké served as prime minister under Mr Déby until the post was abolished in 2018.
Meanwhile, an opposition leader, Yacine Abderamane, has refused to accept Mr Padacké’s nomination saying the transitional military council has no right to make such an appointment.
Saleh Kebzabo, a leading opposition political voice, has called for dialogue to discuss a route forward and for fresh elections.
Inevitably, the shock of Déby’s death has meant that the African Union and other sub-Saharan states will allow this new interim military regime some time to work out the route forwards.
Moreso, It is expected to see if the Chadian military will be able to sustain the substantial security commitments that Déby had taken on, especially in the subregion-the struggle to contain Boko Haram is an issue that directly concerns the security of Chad’s own territory and its economic interests.
