The President's Draft of the Constitution

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The existing constitution was approved in two thousand 14 in a referendum. It went through multiple drafts before it was put to voters. This time, there was no real public consultation. The law professor who led this commission has since denounced the president draft. He says it's very different from what they submitted and calls it dangerous.

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