sentences:  Like the leaders of the PNDS, Jackou was outspoken in his condemnation of attempts to extend President Mamadou Tandja's term beyond December 2009, when it was originally scheduled to end.At a rally on 22 December 2008 in Niamey, Jackou called such attempts a "nightmarish" ""coup d'état"" by the government's supporters.Jackou and the PNA-Aloumat chose to participate in the October 2009 parliamentary election, which was boycotted by the major opposition parties.