2007 Chechen constitutional referendum

A constitutional referendum was held in the Russian republic of Chechnya on 2 December 2007, together with the Russian parliamentary elections.[1] 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.[2]

The referendum succeeded with 85% of the vote in favour.[3]

See also

• Politics of Chechnya

References

1. Interfax > Politics Archived May 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
2. derStandard.at
3. Chechnya: Kadyrov to Rule for Years