Saleh Kebzabo knows it is easier to be an opposition politician in Chad than an armed rebel.

He is now working with other opposition leaders, including Salibou Garba of the Alliance Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Développement.

As leader of the Union Nationale pour la Démocratie et le Renouveau and former ally of President Idriss Déby, Kebzabo is now a spokesman for the umbrella group, the Coordination des Partis pour la Défense de la Constitution.

He wants a new national dialogue between the ruling party and the opposition before legislative polls in 2015 and presidential elections in 2016.