US EditionTogo: Faure Gnassingbé, President of the Council under the new Constitution
- Faure Gnassingbé was officially installed on Saturday as the head of the Council of Ministers in Togo, taking on the top executive position within the government.
- This followed last year's adoption of a new constitution that abolished presidential elections and transferred power to Parliament, amid opposition claims of an institutional coup d'état.
- The new role has no term limits and grants Gnassingbé more power than ever, while a symbolic presidency was created under Jean-Lucien Savi de Tov, whose position is largely ceremonial.
- Gnassingbé's party, Union for the Republic, holds 108 of 113 parliamentary seats, and opposition parties have denounced the constitutional reform as a power grab to entrench the Gnassingbé family's 58-year rule.
- The reforms solidify Gnassingbé’s control over Togo’s institutions, signaling continued governance under the same family, with municipal elections in July serving as the first test under the new parliamentary system.
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Togo's opposition denounces new role of the country's leader as a 'constitutional coup'
A coalition of political parties and civil society groups in Togo has vowed to step up domestic and international pressure on President Faure Gnassingbe following his controversial appointment over the weekend as head of a powerful new executive body.
Togo: Faure Gnassingbé, President of the Council under the new Constitution
In Togo, the last straight line in the establishment of the Fifth Republic, one year after the promulgation of the new Constitution, on 6 May 2024. Yesterday evening, the government presented its resignation, accepted by President Faure Gnassingbé, according to a communiqué. On 3 May, the deputies are summoned to appoint the President of the Council, who will hold the executive power. Together with the senators, they will then elect a President …
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