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]

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