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Togo Parliament To Review Contested Constitution Reform

Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin in November 2023 (Credit: AFP)

Togo's leader Faure Gnassingbe has sent a controversial constitutional reform that would allow lawmakers to elect the president back to parliament for "a second reading", a government minister announced Friday.

Parliament, dominated by Gnassingbe's UNIR party, on Monday adopted the law that would switch Togo from a presidential to a parliamentary system, giving the assembly the power to elect the president for a single six-year term.

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