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‘Don’t touch my constitution!’ Togolese resist reforms ahead of election

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Tensions are rising in Togo over major constitutional reforms ahead of delayed parliamentary elections.
The constitutional reboot was approved by lawmakers last month but resubmitted for “consultations” as public anger over its stealthy passage through parliament mounted with police breaking up an opposition news conference and cracking down on protests.
The reforms would see Togo move from a presidential to a parliamentary system, essentially ushering in the country’s fifth republic. But opposition activists believe it’s all a ruse designed to keep longstanding President Faure Gnassingbe in power – albeit, they say, with a new job title – preserving a dynastic system stretching back nearly six decades.

Al Jazeera’s Barbra Angopa reports.

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