[2] Article 168 of the 2009 constitution allows the President and Vice-President to put themselves forward for re-election only once, limiting the number of terms to two.

The referendum was authorized by a combined session of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly on 26 September 2015, by a vote of 112 to 41.

[citation needed] It was illegal to buy or consume alcohol for 48 hours prior to the referendum to ensure voters took note of their decision.

[9] In September 2017 the Movement for Socialism applied to the Plurinational Constitutional Court to abolish term limits.

In November the court ruled in favour of their abolition, citing the American Convention on Human Rights.