Constitution of Cape Verde
[2] Cape Verde is a country that consists of a group of islands off the western coast of Senegal.However, after the 1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état, the two countries separated, and the PAIGC became the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV).[5] In 1980, the first version of the constitution was written and adopted, and in 1981 it was amended to include Article 4, which established the PAICV as the only legal political party, forming a one-party state.Subsequently, in the 1991 Cape Verdean parliamentary election, Movement for Democracy (MpD) won approximately 70% of the seats in the National Assembly.Modeled after the Constitution of Portugal, the new amendment entrenched the ideas of political pluralism and a balance of powers in government,[7] creating a multi-party system.