248. The new voting system adopted makes provision for the distribution of seats at two levels: at the level of the electoral constituencies and at the national level. The Opposition Parties were able, thanks to this system, to win for the first time, nineteen seats in the National Assembly in 1994. (Cf. Table on the increase of the number of seats of the Opposition in the National Assembly. Page 68). 249. All the amendments, listed above, offer increased guarantees to the credibility of the electoral process and allow the Opposition to add its contribution to the enrichment of political affairs and to the promotion of the pluralist democratic process. To these amendments should be added the relaxing of the conditions governing the allocation of the subvention granted to the candidates to the presidency of the Republic to allow them cover the costs of their electoral campaigns. In this context, the promulgation of the organic law n° 2006-7 of the 15th February 2006, amending the law n° 97-48 of 21st July 1997, relative to the financing of the Political Parties, increased the subvention granted to all the Political Parties to enable them take care of their operational costs. 250. The amendment of Article 48 of the electoral Code, under the terms of the organic law n° 2000-32 of the 21st March 2000, amending certain provisions of the electoral Code, is aimed at guaranteeing the total transparency of the voting process. This amendment compels the voter to take all the ballot papers with him before entering the polling booth. By the same token and with the objective of guaranteeing the transparency of the electoral process, organic law n° 2002-97 of the 25th November 2002, relative to the preparations for the system of permanent revision of the electoral lists, annulled the system of the annual revision of the electoral lists and established that of the permanent revision in order to facilitate the process of registration on these lists. Thus, since the entry into force in early 2003, of the system of the permanent revision of the electoral lists, close to 1,500,000 citizens, not registered beforehand, had their names added to the electoral lists for the general elections of 2004-2005. The rate of registered persons, among those who had reached voting age, increased to reach its peak in 2004, namely 82.56%. This rate was higher than that of 1999 (65.1%) and that of 1989 (62%). In 2004, the number of voters increased by more than a million, compared to 1999. The percentage of voters in 2004, among those who had reached the legal age in 2004, was 75.49%, whereas in 1999 and in 1994 it was only about 59%. 251. Furthermore, all disputes relative to registration or to removal from the Register are submitted for the consideration of the Revision Committee chaired by a Magistrate appointed by the Minister of Justice and Human Rights. The allocation of the chairmanship of this Committee to a Magistrate figures among the measures introduced by the 2003 amendment of the electoral Code. The same is true for the obligation to distribute the voters’ cards five months before the elections. Similarly, the voter’s card is given directly to the voter who acknowledges receipt of it by putting his signature in front of his name and surname. 55