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No 4th term for Faure Gnassingbé




The Coalition of 14 is currently reporting on the two days (19 and 23 February) of discussions with the regime, under the aegis of the Ghanaian facilitator, Nana Akufo-Addo. This exercise takes place in the presence of the press at the headquarters of the Democratic Convention of the African Peoples (CDPA).


 According to the Coalition of 14, the government has taken no measure of appeasement until 19 February. It took the intervention of the Ghanaian president for the regime to resolve to release 41 detainees, 6 of whom were imprisoned in connection with the fires in the major markets of Lomé and Kara.

However, the Coalition delegation made a concession by allowing the discussions, notwithstanding the appeasement measures that are not satisfied, to address the crucial issue of the return to the 1992 Constitution. on this issue that the blockage had occurred on Friday 23 February.

For the party in power, the implication of the return to the Constitution of 1992 should not prevent Faure Gnassingbe to represent in 2020, and thus to renew for a fourth term.

"There are indeed several mechanisms for the return to the Constitution of 1992. The Coalition can not give an agreement for a fourth term to Faure Gnassingbé," said Jean Kissi, Secretary General of the Action Committee for Renewal ( CAR), member of the Coalition.

He adds to explain what happened that Friday at the February 2 Hotel: "They found, however, that the mechanisms to bring back the 1992 Constitution are clear. They became ashamed, but changed their minds by finally saying that what they want to know is the implication of this return. They ask us what we are hiding behind our proposal to reinstate the 1992 Constitution. Professor Wolou and Mr. Apévon have developed legal arguments to answer their question. They came back to say that what they want is not a legal argument, they want to know what is hidden behind it. And they ended up asking if the current president will be a candidate in 2020. For them, we should not make a Constitution that indexes a person, whereas the arguments that have been advanced do not index any individual. Jean-Pierre Fabre proposed to them to take care of the texts, the restoration of the Constitution, after we will see the men. But they refused categorically. They said they will only advance on these discussions when they know the fate that is reserved for their champion (editor's note, Faure Gnassingbé).

For Mrs. Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, coordinator of the Coalition, the regime wants to present them as those who refuse to dialogue. "Everyone knows the legitimacy of our demands. So, why should we be afraid of honest talk? She asked.

Positions remain settled for the time being. But the Coalition persists and signs: no question of granting a fourth term to Faure Gnassingbé.

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