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The referendum was held on proposed security measures.[1][2] In January 2024, the Constitutional Court had blocked nine proposed questions.[3] Items F through K were structured as a popular consultation rather than a constitutional question.
Results
Nine of the eleven referendum measures passed, with a reported voter turnout of 72%.[4] The measures that were approved were all security-related, and that with the highest support permits the country's army to carry out operations with police without a state of emergency having been declared beforehand.[5]
Prop.
Theme
Yes
No
Blank votes
Invalid votes
Total
Registered voters
Turnout
Outcome
Votes
%
Votes
%
A
Army support to police in combatting drug trafficking, money laundering, arms trafficking, trafficking in persons, terrorism, illegal mining, extortion and intimidation, and organized crime
Recognizing international arbitration as a method of settling investment, contractual or commercial disputes
3,312,419
34.83
6,197,467
65.17
503,561
777,158
10,790,605
Rejected
E
Reform of the Labour Code regarding fixed-term and hourly contracts, when entered into for the first time
2,910,916
30.49
6,636,892
69.51
520,748
722,278
10,790,834
Rejected
F
Giving the Army competence for carrying out permanent control of weapons, ammunition, explosives and accessories on the routes, roads, roads and corridors authorized for entry to social rehabilitation centers
6,741,974
69.66
2,936,418
30.34
482,760
629,913
10,791,065
Approved
G
Increase in criminal penalties for terrorism and its financing, illicit production and trafficking of controlled substances, organized crime, murder, contract killings, human trafficking, kidnapping for ransom, arms trafficking, money laundering, and illegal activity with mineral resources
6,501,332
67.34
3,153,674
32.66
520,950
615,159
10,791,115
Approved
H
Reform of COIP to allow full criminal sentencing within a social rehabilitation center for criminal recruitment of children and adolescents, kidnapping for ransom, illicit production of scheduled controlled substances, illegal activity with mineral resources, possession of prohibited or unauthorized firearms, ammunition and explosives, unauthorized possession and carrying of weapons, extortion, disclosure of identity of an undercover agent, informant, witness, protected person, or protected judicial officer, influence peddling, solicitation of influence peddling, and frontmanship
6,429,400
66.68
3,212,147
33.32
535,928
613,824
10,791,299
Approved
I
Criminalization of civilians possessing or carrying weapons, ammunition, or their components that are for the exclusive use of the Armed Forces or the National Police
6,142,321
63.90
3,470,555
36.10
564,855
613,466
10,791,197
Approved
J
Allowing National Police and Army use of seized weapons
