members of the association, their background, their moral integrity and occupation of each of them” Article 3 paragraph 1. “The Minister of Interior shall grant, or refuse within three months... the Minister of Interior shall then forward the file, regardless of the decision taken, to the Department of National Security for archiving” Article 5. “In the event of a final refusal to grant a request to form an association, this refusal shall be published in the Official Bulleting of the Republic of Chad through the Minister of Interior”. There are currently 2,407 associations listed on the register of the Ministry of Territorial Administration. 108. Concerning the establishment and functioning of political parties in Chad, the Government adopted Act No. 019/PR/2009 of 4 August 2009 on the Charter of Political Parties, which states in its Article 4 that: “Political parties shall be freely formed and shall conduct their activities in accordance with the laws and regulations in force, the principles of national sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and pluralist democracy”. The Government issued Decree No. 29/PR/PM/2012 establishing the conditions for political parties to be eligible for State subsidies with a view to enabling political parties to intensify the Nation’s political life. Article 2 of the Decree stipulates that “Political parties receive public funding in the form of an annual subsidy for their mission to promote the Nation’s political life. The amount of this subsidy is included in the National Budget”. 109. Currently, there are approximately 181 political parties in Chad. The plethora of associations and political parties and their ever-increasing numbers is an indication that national legislation in this area not only guarantees and facilitates their creation, but also does not in any way hinder the exercise of their activities. 110. As such, a Political Agreement to strengthen the democratic process in Chad was signed on 13 August 2007 between the presidential majority on the one hand and the democratic opposition on the other. The five main points of the Political Agreement to strengthen the democratic process in Chad relate to: the management bodies, the electoral register, changes to the electoral code, the general environment, and monitoring the effective implementation of this Political Agreement. This Agreement facilitated the organization of the presidential election on 25 April 2011, which resulted in the re-election of President IDRISS DEBY ITNO by 88.7% of the votes in the first round for a fourth term. 111. In a bid to strengthen political dialogue aimed at creating the conditions for the organization of transparent, credible and peaceful elections, the presidential majority, the democratic opposition and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 2 April 2013 establishing a National Framework for Political Dialogue (CNDP). Article 4 of the Memorandum of Understanding stipulates that “the purpose of the National Framework for Dialogue is to ensure consultations between the stakeholders, subject to compliance with the institutional mechanisms Page 30 sur 87