This time, it's the right one. After being removed from the presidency for the benefit of Allasane Dramane Ouattara, John Mahama and Macky Sall, Faure Gnassingbe, the youngest head of state in the region, but also the dean of presidents, will officially take over the presidency. ECOWAS on Sunday, 4 June, at the summit of Heads of State planned in Monrovia, Liberia. For several years, some heads of state in the West African region have always arranged for the Presidency of the Institution not to fall into the hands of the Togolese leader who is in his third term for several reasons.
Togo and The Gambia have openly opposed the ECOWAS Additional Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance in May 2015, particularly the limitation of the presidential mandate to two in the region. An obstruction that has aroused the indignation of some heads of state, the outcry of opinion and especially of human rights NGOs and the promotion of democracy. The Monrovia summit is the last for Liberian President Helen Sirleaf Johnson at the end of her second term, while the Togolese who is already 12 years old at the helm of his country, is activating for a fourth term by opposing Any idea of political reforms in his country. With the fall of Yahya Jammeh, the man who wanted to rule over his country for a billion years and finally fled like a rat, the Gnassingbé regime, which has been in power for 50 years (father and son) Largest anomaly in the region.
By taking the head of ECOWAS for a year with his brother-in-law Marcel de Souza at the Commission, his Minister for Foreign Affairs at the conference of ministers, Faure Gnassingbé will have the freedom to block once again the adoption of this protocol On good governance that could be reintroduced in the coming months, with pressure from several partners and NGOs.
ECOWAS needs to review its modus operandi, especially the modalities of appointing Commissioners to avoid conflicts of interest or collusion at the head of the institution, as will soon be the case of Faure Gnassingbe who will take the That his brother-in-law Marcel de Souza (the latter having as his wife the sister of the Togolese leader) will be in the strategic position of president of the commissioner.
Faure Gnassingbe, who lacks legitimacy in his country, pointed the finger at him as a leader resistant to democracy, good governance, is only looking for these posts and summits to mask the sad realities of his country. After the summit on maritime security, which cost billions to Togolese taxpayers and whose charter has not yet been ratified by any country, billions are mobilized for another summit called the Africa-Israel Summit.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also announced at the ECOWAS Summit in Monrovia to convince reluctant heads of state to visit Lomé next October.
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