"Our hand will always be extended, but on condition that there is no slip-ups and that there are no challenges when the supreme truth of the ballot box emerges," says Mahamat Assileck Alata, Chadian minister and deputy campaign director of For a United Chad Coalition, one day after results declared a victory for General Mahamat Idriss Déby Into in the presidential election. Just hours before the official provisional results were announced, Prime Minister Succes Masra had declared himself victor in the vote. The former opposition leader appointed prime minister in January, had warned that Deby's team would rig the results to ensure he won. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES