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Togo adopts new constitution, parliament set to elect president

deserted streets during the curfew in the Limousine district in Lome on April 15, 2020. © AFP

Togolese lawmakers adopted a new constitution on Monday, moving the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system and giving parliament the power to elect the president of the small West African country.

The president will be chosen "without debate" by lawmakers "for a single six-year term", and not by the public, according to the new text.

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