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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Cote d’Ivoire’s parliament voted to hold a referendum on a new constitution. The motion to hold a referendum was approved in the National Assembly with 233 votes in favor and six against. Seven lawmakers abstained.
Among other measures that would be removed from the constitution is the controversial nationality clause. The clause states that presidential candidates must prove that both parents are natural born Ivoirians. It also states that they must have never claimed citizenship of another country.
Through the referendum, President Alassane Ouattara is looking to create the new post of vice-president to take over and complete the president’s term if he were incapacitated or died in office. As it stands now the speaker of parliament is second in line to the presidency.
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