Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Kyrgyzstan voting on constitutional changes, 11 December 2016, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5975a33314.html [accessed 6 June 2023]
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December 11, 2016
Kyrgyz are voting in a constitutional referendum that could shift key powers from the president to the prime minister and effectively outlaw same-sex marriage. Voters in the mostly Muslim former Soviet republic will approve or reject the entire package of 26 proposed amendments with a single "yes" or "no" vote. President Almazbek Atambaev and Prime Minister Sooronbai Jeenbekov were among early voters in Bishkek. (RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service)
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