Elections in 2018: Zones still forbidden to the opposition

Togo intends to hold three elections in 2018: the legislative, communal and referendum, according to Faure Gnassingbe in his message to the nation. While the ruling party has already launched a grand charm operation on the ground, some parts of the country are formally banned from the opposition.

"If you go to a political meeting in these cities and someone comes to screen you with bullets, we disengage from the consequences," the opposition government says in essence each time it tries to meet inside. from the country. Even in Lome, and in other cities like Kara, some areas are strictly forbidden to political rallies of the opposition.

The government justifies its decision by insecurity, arguing that weapons were ripped from the military for an unknown destination. Paradoxically, the opposition is asked to help find these weapons allegedly held by the government, presumed militants of a party of this opposition.

And yet, well before the events of August 2017, several shootings took place in Lomé as well as in some parts of the interior of the country and the attackers succeeded their operations and disappeared mysteriously with their weapons of war. The government has never launched any embargo in any part of the country.

This raises the mistrust of the opposition that does not rule out the possibility that the regime of Faure Gnassingbe invented this history of weapons to blackmail and hinder the political actions of the opposition. To remain in the law, the opposition demands an independent international investigation. But the government does not want to do it.

And yet, the regime of Faure Gnassingbé firmly maintains the holding in 2018 of 3 elections: legislative, communal and especially a referendum for the constitutional amendment.

What will be the credibility if the ruling party which is already on the ground with the means and protections of the state, prohibits the opposition of political rallies in certain regions?

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