Here are some major reforms that the Burundi referendum promises.
Though the main focus of Burundi's Thursday referendum is the extension of President Pierre Nkurunziza's rule, the vote is certain to fundamentally change the politics and the governance of the country.
A new post for a prime minister, the scrapping of the second vice-president post and a clause that could change the Hutu and the Tutsi ethnic quotas in the Senate and the National Assembly, are all in the package.
The new constitution would also make it impossible for defectors from any political formation to re-enter a contest for at least two years.
Below are some major changes that the referendum vote promises vis-a-vis the current law:
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Article 289: A five-year deadline is granted to the Senate to evaluate the ethnic quotas in the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary after the establishment of the institutions resulting from this Constitution.