Tandja was constitutionally required to step down from office in December, as that was the end of his second five-year term in office, but the changes he made to the constitution allowed him to stay in office for three more years.
Tandja alitakiwa na katiba kuondoka madarakani mwezi Disemba, kwani huo ndio ulikuwa mwisho wa muhula wake wa pili wa kipindi cha miaka mitano mitano madarakani, lakini mabadiliko aliyoyafanya kwenye katiba yalimruhusu akae kwenye madaraka kwa miaka mimgine mitatu.