A constitutional referendum was held in
Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
on 17 December 1978. It followed the
1973 coup d'état by
Juvénal Habyarimana and the dissolution of the former
sole legal party,
MDR-Parmehutu. The new constitution created a presidential republic with no term limits for the
President, and made the
National Revolutionary Movement for Development
The National Revolutionary Movement for Development (french: Mouvement révolutionaire national pour le développement, MRND) was the ruling political party of Rwanda from 1975 to 1994 under President Juvénal Habyarimana. From 1978 to 1991, the ...
the sole legal party. The new constitution replaced the
National Assembly, which had been disbanded in 1973, with a new legislative body, the
National Development Council.
The constitution was approved by 89% of voters.
Elections in Rwanda
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Results
References
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Rwanda
Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...
Referendums in Rwanda
Constitutional referendums
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