A constitutional referendum was held in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

on 13 and 14 December 2015.Voting extended for Central African referendum after violence
Reuters, 14 December 2015 The referendum was originally scheduled to be held on 5 October 2015, prior to general elections,Central African Republic council adopts new constitution
ENCA, 1 September 2015 but was later delayed. Violence on polling day led to voting being extended for another day. The new constitution was approved by 93% of voters.Central African Republic voters say yes to new constitution
Deutsche Welle, 22 December 2015

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followed on 30 December.

Background

The new constitution was approved by a large majority in the Transitional Council on 30 August 2015. It provides for the creation of a Senate and a National Election Authority, as well as requiring decisions made by the President and Prime Minister to be approved by ministers, and for the government to inform the National Assembly when a contract relating to mineral resources is signed. Only 15,000 copies of the new constitution were published.

Results

References

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