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Togo is a sore finger amongst the African phallanges. I doff my hat to
the AU, ECOWAS and Western organizations that are doing everything
legitimate to get this latter-day demo-dictator out of an office he
usurped with the connivance of a semi-illiterate tribalistic military
junta. Come on! We cannot just sit there and give carte blanche to
myopic vertue-barren beings to gamble with the fate of millions of
campatriots by tinkering with the highest law of the land(the
constitution) with impunity.
Let pressure continue to be mounted on FAURE AYADEMA. He will flee
before long. He is running out of steam for already as testified by his
peregrinations around Africa in a vain bid to drum up support for his
ill-fated contraption, called government.
PETER VAKUNTA
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From: e3ryarl <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, February 25, 2005 11:56 am
Subject: AU and Togo's Sanctions
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> BBC NEWS: Friday, 25 February, 2005, 17:48 GMT
>
> AU calls for wider Togo sanctions
>
> The African Union has suspended Togo from the pan-African body,
> calling for sanctions against the country to be endorsed across
> the continent. The moves follow growing international anger at
> Togo's military-installed leader, who took power hours after his
> father's death earlier this month.
>
> Faure Gnassingbe has pledged to hold presidential elections but
> has rebuffed calls to step aside immediately. The AU urged Mr
> Faure to restore constitutional order by stepping down. The calls
> from the 53-member union echo those of the European Union and the
> US as well as African regional body, Ecowas.
>
> Thrown out
>
> Delegates from the AU made the decision to suspend Togo at a
> meeting in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
>
> "The Council call for the restitution of constitutional order in
> the country, that is for Faure Gnassingbe to leave office," said
> Said Djinnit, the body's commissioner for peace and security.
>
> The AU also voted to endorse sanctions already imposed by Ecowas
> and said all its member states should ensure they enforce the
> measures. Togo's ambassador, Koffi Esaw, was asked to leave the
> meeting after the vote. He defended his country's decision to
> hand power to Mr Faure. "I totally agree with how the power was
> handed over to the new president because we were facing a very
> dangerous situation," he said. "There was the prospect of unrest
> and the only way to avoid the unrest was to take the action we did."
>
> Discontent
>
> Although Mr Faure has promised elections within 60 days, as
> stipulated by the constitution, this has done little to quell
> discontent from African neighbours and beyond.
>
> The AU said any future elections would not be legitimate as the
> country's constitution had been violated.
>
> Constitutional amendments swiftly introduced to legitimise Mr
> Faure's appointment have since been partly reversed. Togo says he
> is now legally the interim president.
>
> The country's ruling party was expected to nominate Mr Faure as
> its new leader on Friday, replacing his father, Eyadema
> Gnassingbe, who ruled the country for 38 years.
>
> In a effort to bolster his position before the talks, Mr Faure
> visited Gabon late on Thursday and then flew to Libya where he met
> leader Muammar Gaddafi.
>
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