section_path: Results
section_name: Results
paragraph_text: Results
  
  On 17 November, Interior Minister Hermann Immongault said that the referendum had passed with over 91% support after an estimated 53% turnout but that the final results would be announced later by the Constitutional Court. On 29 November, the Constitutional Court validated the results of the referendum, definitively adopting the constitution. On 19 December, the new constitution was promulgated by the president.