A constitutional referendum was held in

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on 6 June 2005. The amendments to the

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were approved by 66% of voters.

Background

The proposed amendments to the constitution included the removal of two-term limit on the President, the replacement of the

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with a Cultural, Economic and Social Council and giving the President powers to amend the constitution. The amendments were proposed by incumbent

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, who was due to complete his second term in 2006. In June 2001 Déby had promised to step down after his second term, stating: ''I make a public commitment: I will not be candidate at the 2006 presidential election. I will not change the Constitution ..What remains to do for me in my last mandate, is to prepare Chad for alternation in government''.

Campaign

While Dèby's

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(MPS) campaigned for "yes", the opposition was divided among those who called for a boycott of the vote and those who called for a "no" vote. The abstentionists allied themselves in the Coordination des Partis politiques pour la Défense de la Constitution (CPDC), an alliance of 24 parties including the Rally for Democracy and Progress and the

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and the

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Results

By region

Aftermath

The constitutional amendment allowed Déby to contest the

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, in which he won a third term.

References

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