General Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, head of the military junta in power for the past three years, was elected President of Chad with 61% of the vote in the April 11 election, according to final results announced Monday by the Constitutional Council. A week ago, Masra declared himself the winner of the election. An hour after the Constitutional Council announced that it had rejected his request for the vote to be annulled, Masra admitted defeat in a "message to the nation" posted on social media. "With this decision by the Constitutional Council ... we have exhausted all national legal avenues and, even if we do not agree with the figures announced today, there are no other legal avenues left at the national level," he said. The Constitutional Council's decision "is binding on all actors", he wrote, adding: "The demands of the people require us to find a political response that goes beyond legal remedies." "I ask you to remain mobilised and to remain peaceful," concluded the prime minister, a 40-year-old economist by training. Masra was one of Déby's fiercest opponents before becoming his prime minister four months ago. According to the Constitutional Council, Masra came second in the presidential election, with 18.54% of the vote. His party denounced the poll as an "electoral farce" a week ago. The question now is whether he will remain prime minister. The opposition has called Masra a "traitor" since he signed a "reconciliation agreement" with General Déby, who appointed him prime minister on 1 January. On 9 May, hours before the provisional official results were announced, Masra claimed "victory in the first round", according to a compilation of votes carried out by his activists across the country. The election marks the end of a three-year military transition and the return to constitutional order in the country, but many observers believe that everything has been set up to keep the Déby "dynasty" in power, after the death of Mahamat's father, dictator Idriss Déby Itno, reportedly killed at the front by a rebel group in April 2021. Mahamat Déby was supported from the outset by the army, in April 2021, and by part of the international community - led by France - which was quick to condemn putschists in other parts of Africa. Read Also: Mahamat Déby Itno is officially the President-elect of Chad (Portuguese version)