Constitution passes Sunday’s referendum, says EC

The electoral body announced on August 7 the unofficial outcome of the nationwide public referendum on the draft charter, saying 15,562,027 people or approximately 61.45% voted in favor of the draft whereas 9,784,680 people or 38.55% voted against.  As for the additional question, 13,969,594 voters approved the question while 10,070,599 people rejected the question. 

Voter turnout on Sunday was 27,623,126 which accounted for 55% of all eligible voters numbering 50,585,118. 

Following the referendum, the constitution will soon be promulgated while general elections are expected take place in 2017 as scheduled. 

Official results of the charter referendum will be released on August 10th.