Nigerien constitutional referendum, 2009
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A <entity_0> was held in <entity_3> on <entity_1>. On 5 June, the President and the Council of Ministers of <entity_3> approved plans for the <entity_2>, titled Referendum on the Project of the VIth Republic. On <entity_1>, the Constitutional Court ruled against Tandja's <entity_2> proposal, following a non-binding advisement to the President the month before. It claimed that less than five percent of the population voted and stated that "in boycotting the <entity_2>, <entity_3> people have clearly rejected the autocratic scheme of the President"; according to the CFDR, the turnout figures were "seriously inflated" and many of the "yes" votes were not from real voters. The Constitutional Court's decision confirming the <entity_2> results was announced on <entity_1>, thereby legally validating the outcome.
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