Voting under way in Chad’s contentious parliamentary election

Voting is under way in Chad’s first parliamentary election in 13 years, which the government has presented as a key step towards ending military rule. Voters will choose a new parliament, provincial assemblies and local councils in one of the world’s poorest countries. The opposition has decided to boycott the votes in the North African nation of 18 million. Turnout was low in the capital N’Djamena when polling stations opened on Sunday. Election officials in the upmarket district where the president’s family and ruling dignitaries live put voter apathy down to the “cold weather”. Opposition parties have urged Chad’s eight million voters to shun elections whose results they said had been decided in advance. Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi reports from Chad's capital, N’Djamena. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Chad #ChadParliamentaryElection #ChadPolitics #ChadGovernment #ChadOpposition #TransformersParty #PatrioticSalvationMovement #MPS #SuccesMasra #MahamatIdrissDeby #AlJazeeraEnglish