Chechen constitutional referendum, 2007

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A constitutional referendum was held in the Russian republic of Chechnya on 2 December 2007, together with the Russian parliamentary elections. Among the changes proposed were:

extension of the mandates of president from five to seven years and of parliament from four to five years;

removing restrictions on presidential terms

adopting a unicameral parliament with 41 MPs (instead of the 58 MPs the lower house had up to that date);

adding the Chechen language as a state language alongside Russian;

let future constitutional changes be decided by parliament.

The referendum succeeded with 85% of the vote in favour.

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Chechen constitutional referendum, 2007 Wikipedia

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