In Togo, a proposed constitutional revision law is being examined these days by the law commission. The proposal was tabled in the National Assembly by a group of deputies at the end of December. The text, submitted to the law commission, which can still be amended before being presented to the National Assembly, provides for a change of regime.
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If the constitutional revision proposal which is on the table were adopted, the Togo would move from a presidential regime to a parliamentary regime.
The president would no longer be elected directly, but by the National Assembly, for a mandate of seven years, instead of the current five, renewable once. The Assembly would also elect a President of the Council, at the head of the government.
The current Togolese Constitution, which dates from 1992, has undergone several revisions. The last one, in 2019, which notably limited the number of presidential mandates to two, without retroactivity, was adopted by the deputies who currently sit in the Assembly whose mandate expired at the end of December.
In the opposition and civil society, it is therefore believed that they can no longer modify the Constitution, especially since the electoral body is convened in a month.
The constitutional revision proposal is currently before the Law Commission. Its work must continue in the coming days to modify the text, before the amended version is presented to the National Assembly and submitted to a vote by deputies.
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