Constitutional referendum in Bolivia in 2016
The constitutional referendum in Bolivia in 2016 was about a constitutional amendment that would have allowed the president to have more than two consecutive terms in office. The change was rejected.
background
In the presidential election in 2005 was Evo Morales elected to office and joined it to January 22 of 2006. At that time, the constitution did not allow re-election.
In a referendum on January 25, 2009 , a new constitution was passed that allowed the president to be re-elected once. Morales was re-elected in December 2009 and also won the election in October 2014 . This third term in a row was made possible by a decision of the Supreme Court, according to which, due to the constitutional amendment in 2009, the first term from 2006 to 2010 should not be counted. With the referendum in 2016, Morales wanted to achieve that he could run for a fourth term (2020-2025).
Result
The vote took place on February 21, 2016. The constitutional amendment was rejected with 48.7% yes-votes and 51.3% no-votes.
Individual evidence
- ^ New Bolivia constitution in force. February 7, 2009, accessed March 17, 2016 .
- ^ Christoph Titz: People refused Morales' option for a fourth term. In: Spiegel Online. February 24, 2016, accessed September 1, 2017 .