A referendum on the constitution for the Fifth Republic was erroneously announced for 24 March 2019 but has not actually been officially scheduled.
The referendum was required because the opposition parties in Parliament refused to sanction the revised wording.
[2] On 24 January 2022, following a coup d'état, the military announced on television that Kaboré had been deposed from his position as president.
[4] On 31 January, the military junta restored the constitution and appointed Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as interim president.
[6] In December 2023, a new draft revision of the constitution is adopted by the government, relegating French as a working language and abolishing the High Court of Justice, which judges political figures.