Civil societies kick as Togo’s president signs new constitution that eliminates elections

The new constitution has been widely condemned by the opponents and civil societies saying it would allow his family to extend their six-decade-long rule.

The report revealed that there was a crackdown on civic and media freedoms ahead of the vote, as the government banned protests against the proposed new constitution and arrested opposition figures. In mid-April, a French journalist who arrived to cover the elections was arrested, assaulted and expelled. Togo’s media regulator later suspended the accreditation process for foreign journalists.

However, the almost 20 years that Gnassingbe has already served in office would not count toward that tally. A group of about 20 civil society organizations in Togo have called for protests to defend and reinstate the country’s constitution.

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