The Qatifi Constitutional Referendum, 2016 was a constitutional referendum held in the Islamic Arab Republic of Qatif on the 27th October 2016. The referendum was intended to shape Qatif's political system in light of the Ba'athist-military coup d'état in August 2016, which brought Khaled al-Zaidi to power. The referendum was intended to entrench Ba'athist rule in Qatif by radically changing the nature of Qatifi democracy, as well as give more powers to the President. The referendum also intended to rename the country as the "Arab Socialist Ba'ath Republic of Qatif".