The Vice President of the Comoros survives an assassination attempt

Moroni (Comoros) (AFP) – Comoros Vice President Moustoidrane Abdou escaped an badbadination attempt Sunday when his vehicle was fired a few days before a controversial referendum on constitutional reform . badly damaged but the Vice-President is unscathed, there are no casualties, "told AFP the source who requested anonymity

Abdou was going to his home village from Sima to the west of the island of Anjouan.His car was burned near the largest city on the island, Mutsamudu, according to the source.

The attackers were fled Britain, the largest of the three main islands, following the incident

Abdou, one of the three vice presidents of the country, holds the production and energy portfolios in the government of President Azali Assoumani

Assoumani, elected in 2016, called for a referendum on July 30 on a constitutional reform that could allow him to be re-elected and retain his power beyond 2021, then that his current non-renewable term would end

Five years separate the three main islands from the Archipelago

The nation is plunged into crisis in April when Assoumani suspends the Constitutional Court, the highest court in the country, sparking protests from the opposition

One of his main detractors, ex-president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi was placed under house arrest, while another opposition leader was jailed following violent clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters.

Ahmed Said Jaffar, vice president of Abdou, called the referendum illegal "reject the dangerous abuse" of power.

The archipelago, which is located in the Indian Ocean between Mozambique and Madagascar and is one of the poorest countries in the world have been shaken many times by separatist movements and instability before the adoption of a new constitution in 2001 providing for the rotation of power between the islands.

The President does not have the power to dismiss the three Vice-Presidents. this constitution, but Assoumani's reform proposals would allow him to abolish their posts.

The former Colonel seized power during a coup in 1999, and then won a Democratic Election in 2002 to reign until 2002. [19659013] Assoumani, who went on to win a 2016 election marked by violence and allegations of electoral irregularities, said in May that "consulting the people is the most democratic process to amend the constitution".