In Togo, after the deadly attack in four villages since Friday, there is consternation and questions. Now it is mainly the political parties of the opposition that are stepping up to the plate.
with our correspondent in LoméPeter Sassou Dogbe
On the ground, we do not know the exact number of victims; fear in the belly some villagers leave their homes to seek shelter, in town or in places that seem more secure.
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A situation that is hardly reassuring and the opposition is asking for clarification. Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson believes that it is high time that the authorities take measures to overcome this threat, but an independent investigation into the events of these days is needed.
“ We ask that an independent commission of inquiry be set up. There are competences in Togo – the organizations for the defense of human rights are there – but, if necessary, this commission could also be international. »
We must begin, continues the coordinator of the Dynamics Mgr Kpodzro, by appease the bruised hearts of these populations and especially to solve the political problem with which the country is confronted and which deeply divides the political class.
For his part, Nathaniel Olympio, from the Togolese party, offers three solutions to the terrorist threat. ” First, trust must be restored between the population and the army. On the other hand, I think that it is necessary to defuse the political situation and thirdly, I will add that on a social level, the population is at the limit of the bearable.”
In any case, it is a very worrying situation, the government ensures that new measures will be taken beyond the state of security emergency to protect people and property. The state of emergency has already summer decreed in mid-June in the Savanes region, in the north of the country.