CHAD'S HIGHEST COURT CONFIRMED ON SUNDAY THAT PRESIDENT IDRISS DEBY HAD WON A THIRD FIVE-YEAR TERM IN ELECTIONS THIS MONTH, ALBEIT WITH A SLIGHTLY LOWER PERCENTAGE OF THE VOTE THAN INITIALLY ANNOUNCED, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SAID DEBY HAD TAKEN 64.67 PERCENT OF THE VOTE IN THE MAY 3 POLLS, WHILE HIS NEAREST COMPETITOR DELWA KASSIRE COUMAKOYE -- A PRO-DEBY PARLIAMENT DEPUTY -- WON JUST OVER 15 PERCENT. "THE CHADIAN PEOPLE GAVE ME A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE FIRST ROUND. I AM AT THE SERVICE OF ALL THOSE WHO VOTED FOR ME," DEBY TOLD REPORTERS AFTER THE RESULTS WERE CONFIRMED.
