CEP Lacks Authority to Change the Constitution as Intended by the National Pact for Stability

In Article 12 of the National Pact for Stability and the Organization of Elections, the signatories of the document agree to propose “a limited number of changes to the Constitution on the basis of consensus reached within society.” They provide that these changes will be submitted to a popular vote at the same time as the first round of the presidential and legislative elections. A member of the Electoral Council told Le Nouvelliste that the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has no mandate for such changes to the Cons