 To this end, the constitution declares that each administrative subdivisions be governed by elected local assemblies, but no local elections have taken place, and communal elections scheduled for 2005 have been repeatedly postponed.The CIA World Factbook estimates the military budget of Chad to be 4.2% of GDP as of 2006.Given the then GDP ($7.095 bln) of the country, military spending was estimated to be about $300 million.