5. 据来文方称，毛里塔尼亚自 2016 年 10 月以来一直处于严重的政治危机中，起因是总统希望修改宪法。来文方解释说，2016 年 10 月，总统发起了一场政治对话，目的是修订《宪法》，使他能够第三次连任。2016 年 10 月 30 日，数千名毛里塔尼亚人举行示威，反对由此产生的法案。来文方指出，修改《宪法》将破坏 2005 年结束独裁统治的政治过渡带来的脆弱体制平衡。2007 年结束的过渡期促成了一部《宪法》的起草，其主要贡献是限制总统任期的时长和连任次数。总统任期五年，只能连任一次。
5. According to the source, Mauritania has been in a serious political crisis, stemming from the President’s wish to amend the Constitution, since October 2016. The source explains that, in October 2016, the President initiated a political dialogue in the aim of amending the Constitution to allow him to stand for a third term. On 30 October 2016, thousands of Mauritanians demonstrated against the resulting bill. The source notes that amending the Constitution would undermine the fragile institutional balance ushered in by the political transition of 2005 that put an end to the dictatorship. The transition, which ended in 2007, led to the drafting of a Constitution whose major contribution was to limit the length and number of presidential terms. The President is elected for a five-year term, renewable only once.