although the undr is a member of the coordination of political parties for the defense of the constitution (cpdc), and the cpdc chose to join the government of prime minister youssouf saleh abbas in april 2008, kebzabo declined to take a post in the government, saying that he preferred that someone else from his party enter the government instead. kebzabo said that his party work in the undr was absorbing him at the time; he described this work as "an enriching experience" and said that he was already beginning preparations for the planned 2009 parliamentary election.