Qatari citizens have overwhelmingly voted to amend the national constitution in an historic referendum in the country.
Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ratified the constitutional amendments of 2024 to the Permanent Constitution of the State of Qatar, after reviewing the results of the referendum held on Tuesday, November 5.
Proposed constitutional amendments obtained an approval rate of 90.6 per cent of the total valid votes.
Qatar constitution referendum
The amendments are effective from the date of announcing the referendum results and to be published in the Official Gazette.
Minister of Interior and Chairman of the General Referendum Committee Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani announced that the draft constitutional amendments to the permanent constitution of the State of Qatar received a popular approval rate of 90.6 percent of the total valid votes.
He said that the results of the referendum resulted in the participation of 84 per cent of eligible citizens, as the percentage of votes in favour of the constitutional amendments reached 89 per cent, while the percentage of votes that did not approve reached 9.2 per cent.
The percentage of invalid votes reached 1.8 per cent.
