8. 为了避免宪法审查法案遭到否决，总统选择在 2017 年 8 月 5 日就同一问题通过公民投票直接与民众协商。据来文方称，全民投票的组织违反了《宪法》，因为该法案已经遭到议会否决，而根据《宪法》第 99 条关于体制改革的投票必须同时获得两院预先批准。来文方认为，据批评者称，采取这种铁腕方针旨在通过全民投票使修改宪法的想法获得接受，目的是以后在关于连任三届的问题上重复这一做法。
8. In order to circumvent the rejection of the bill on constitutional review, the President chose to consult the population directly via a referendum on the same issues on 5 August 2017. According to the source, the referendum was organized in breach of the Constitution given that the bill had already been rejected by the parliament and that a vote on institutional change must be preapproved by both chambers in keeping with article 99 of the Constitution. The source contends that, according to the detractors, the goal of this strong-arm approach was to gain acceptance for the idea of amending the Constitution via referendum in the aim of repeating the exercise later with regard to a third term of office.