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Great news indeed, Richard! The scenario in Togo is one that warrants
perpetual vigilance.Many questions remain unanwered in my mind:
1)Why are these elections being rushed?Does the Togolese constitution
not stipulate a 60-day intervalin the wake of presidency vacancy for
elections to be held?
2) Why is Abass Bonfoh the acting the PRESIDENT of togo now? Who is
he? What became of the constitutional rights of the national assembly
president?
3)Is Bonfoh not of the same tribe as the AYADEMAS by any by any chance?
election observers had better be serious about what they are doing in
that minunscule country. Any inattention on their part is likel to
yield disastrous results.
Let's keep hope and alive and give Togolese political role-players the
benefit of the doubt.
PETER VAKUNTA
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From: e3ryarl <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2005 12:19 pm
Subject: Togo: Fambare Ouattara & Free Elections!!!
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> Friends,
>
> Great and continued impressive events
> unfolding in favor of the 'will of the
> people' and true democracy. The
> transformation of the Togolese politics
> is quite dramatic.
>
> It's a blessing to be a witness of it
> all. don't you think?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Richard
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> BBC NEWS: Tuesday, 1 March, 2005, 16:15 GMT
>
> Africa envoys urge free Togo poll
>
> A delegation of West African leaders has urged Togo to hold "free,
> fair and credible" elections next month and has appointed a chief
> poll observer. Niger's Mai Manga Boukar will monitor "daily
> preparations" for the poll.
>
> His team will also ensure "fair access by all political parties to
> public media" and that security forces were observing "strict
> neutrality". The announcement follows talks with the opposition
> and new leader Abass Bonfoh in a bid to end the month-long crisis.
>
> Mr Bonfoh was named as Togo's new president after strong
> international condemnation of the "coup" which led to Faure
> Gnassingbe succeeding his father Gnassingbe Eyadema.
>
> After West Africa imposed sanctions, Mr Faure stepped down but
> said he would be the ruling party's presidential candidate.
>
> Debris
>
> As President Tanja Mamadou of Niger and President Amadou Toumani
> Toure of Mali arrived in Togo's capital Lome on Monday, the police
> were clearing away the debris after hundreds of opposition
> supporters took to the streets.
>
> The protesters, who threw stones and tried to erect barricades,
> said the constitution was still being violated. They called for
> former parliamentary speaker Fambare Natchaba to take over as
> interim president.
>
> Under the original constitution, he was due to take over following
> the death of Gnassingbe Eyadema but he was quickly sidelined by
> the army. Mr Natchaba on Monday told French radio that he remained
> "the constitutional president of Togo". "I have no other ambition
> than to organise fair, democratic, transparent presidential
> elections open to all," he said.
>
> After Mr Faure stepped down, regional body Ecowas lifted the
> sanctions it had imposed on Togo.
>
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