[1][2] Shortly before his reelection in November 2020, President Kaboré, who first initiated the project for a new constitution as part of his 2015 campaign, called for the referendum to be held in 2021.
[5] President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré subsequently formed a Constitutional Commission in September 2016.
However, opposition parties refused to give consent to parliamentary approval, resulting in a referendum being held.
[8] Following a declaration of the Independent Electoral Commission, several media outlets announced the holding of the referendum on 24 March 2019.
Considering the high cost of organisation and frequent terrorist attacks by jihadists, the government is considering holding this constitutional referendum at the same time as the 2020 presidential election.