Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, the son of Chad’s former ruler and current interim military leader, has been elected president of the African country. On Thursday, the Constitutional Council confirmed the result of the presidential election on May 6, which Déby won with 61% of the vote. It rejected objections from the opposition. “The irregularities identified by the candidates are not such as to jeopardize the regularity of the electoral process,” explained the president of the council. The country of around 19 million inhabitants has never experienced a peaceful transfer of power since its indepen…