A referendum on remaining in the
Comoros
The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...
was held in
Mayotte on 8 February 1976.
[Mayotte, 8. Februar 1976 : Verbleib bei den Komoren]
Direct Democracy The proposal was rejected by 99.42% of voters.
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Background
The French National Assembly
The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...
passed a law on 31 December 1975 allowing for the independence of the Comoros without Mayotte. A referendum was subsequently organised in Mayotte for February 1976 to determine whether residents of the territory wished to remain part of the Comoros or stay under French control.[
France vetoed a United Nations Security Council proposal to call off the referendum.]
Results
References
{{Mahoran elections
Mahoran Comoros referendum
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
Referendum
Mahoran Comoros referendum, 1976
Mahoran Comoros referendum