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Federation, Action for the Republic (French: Fédération, action pour la république, FAR/Parti Fédération) is a political party in Chad. It is considered a radical opposition party and is led by Ngarlejy Yorongar. The FAR supports federalism.

In the 1997 parliamentary election, the FAR won one seat in the National Assembly. Yorongar was the only FAR candidate to win a seat.

Its candidate for the 20 May 2001 presidential election, Yorongar, was a prominent critic of the Chad-Cameroon pipeline. According to official results, he won 396,864 votes, or 6.35%. Six opposition candidates were detained on May 30 after contesting the results. Yorongar, along with fellow opposition leader Abderhamane Djesnebaye, was tortured, including by being beaten with iron bars.

In the 2002 parliamentary election, the party won 10 out of 155 seats.

The party boycotted the 2006 presidential election.

The FAR was the only major opposition party to not sign a 2007 agreement that provided for improved electoral organization ahead of the next parliamentary election. Yorongar criticized the agreement as inadequate and said that there should instead be a dialogue involving the entire political scene, including rebels, the exiled opposition, and civil society, and that a credible election could not be conducted while a rebellion was taking place in part of the country.

References

1. ^ Political Parties of the World (6th edition, 2005), ed. Bogdan Szajkowski, page 118.
2. IPU-PARLINE page on 2002 parliamentary election.
3. ^ "RAPPORT DE LA MISSION D’OBSERVATION DU DEUXIEME TOURDES ELECTIONS LEGISLATIVES DU 23 FEVRIER 1997" Archived 2007-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, democratie.francophonie.org (in French).
4. Elections in Chad, African Elections Database.
5. "Chad: Violent crackdown on peaceful protesters" Archived 2006-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, Amnesty International, June 12, 2001.
6. IPU-PARLINE page on 2002 parliamentary election.
7. List of members of the Federation Parliamentary Group Archived 2007-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, May 2002.
8. "UNHCR Web Archive". webarchive.archive.unhcr.org. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
9. "Tchad: l'opposant Yorongar refuse de perdre du temps à signer un accord vain" Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine, AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), August 14, 2007 (in French).

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Active	Action for Renewal of Chad Chadian Action for Unity and Socialism Federation, Action for the Republic Les Transformateurs National Democratic and Federal Convention National Democratic and Social Convention National Rally for Development and Progress National Rally of Chadian Democrats National Union National Union for Democracy and Renewal Party for Liberty and Development Patriotic Salvation Movement People's Movement for Democracy in Chad Rally for Democracy and Progress Rally for the Republic – Lingui Rally of Democratic Forces in Chad Renewed African Socialist Movement Socialist Party Without Borders Union for Democracy and the Republic Union for Renewal and Democracy
Defunct	African National Party Chadian Democratic Union Chadian National Union Chadian Progressive Party Chadian Social Action Civic Action Front of Chad Democratic Front of Chad Grouping of Rural and Independent Chadians Independent Democratic Union of Chad Independent Socialist Party of Chad (1950) Independent Socialist Party of Chad (1955) National Union for Independence and Revolution
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