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<\/figure>\n\n\nAccording to some legal experts, the constitution essentially limits the power of future presidents by imposing a one-term limit and giving more authority to a position known as the president of the council of ministers, which is akin to a prime minister. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the opposition worries that Gnassingb\u00e9 would use the position as a means of consolidating his control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Catholic Christian clergy has pleaded the president not to sign the bill into law. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSuch an important subject which will profoundly change the political life of the country must give rise to broad consultation and a more inclusive national debate,\u201d say the Conference of Togolese Catholic bishops said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They believed that the current parliamentarians “should only manage urgent and current affairs” and that it would be improper to change the Constitution while elections were still going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the April 20 parliamentary and regional elections, They finally urged Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 to “engage in an inclusive political dialogue, following the results of the elections” scheduled for April 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe know that the struggle will be long and hard, but together with the Togolese people, we will do everything we can to prevent this constitutional coup d\u2019\u00e9tat,\u201d said Eric Dupuy, a spokesman for the opposition National Alliance for Change party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201dWe\u2019re calling on the population to reject this, to oppose it massively,” he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Togo’s activists and opposition leaders on Wednesday (Mar. 27) called for protests to stop the country’s president from signing off on a new constitution that would scrap future presidential elections and could see Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 extend his rule. The country’s parliamentarians approved a new constitution earlier this week that does away with direct elections and…<\/p>\n