Togolese cast ballots for parliament and regional representatives
Togolese voters are casting their ballots Monday to elect members of parliament and regional representatives. The vote could become be a referendum on the controversial constitutional reform adopted this month which allows for the president to be elected by parliament. A key opposition leader told VOA last week that the opponents will resume protests because the revised constitution is intended to keep President Faure Gnassingbe in power, who, together with his late father, have ruled Togo for over 50 years. Gilbert Bawara, Togolese minister for civil service, labor, and social dialogue, tells VOA’s James Butty, Togolese voters will have the final say about the new constitution when they cast their ballots Monday.
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