In early 2015, Sassou-Nguesso organised a series of consultations with some of the country's major political players to look into the possibility of modifying a constitution that has been in place since 2002. 
Mwanzoni mwa 2015, Sassou-Nguesso aliandaa mfululizo wa mashauriano na baadhi ya watu muhimu kisiasa nchini humo ili kuangalia uwezekano wa kurekebisha katiba ambayo imekuwa ikitumika tangu mwaka 2002.