Pemungutan suara itu dilakukan menyusul keputusan oleh tiga partai politik terbesar, yang di antara mereka menduduki 97 dari 100 kursi di majelis nasional, guna mendorong pemerintah baru mencapai konsensus demi kepentingan kestabilan parlemen.
The vote followed a decision by the three biggest political parties, who between them hold 97 of the 100 seats in the national assembly, to push for a new government of consensus in the interests of parliamentary stability.