a collective of associations requests referral to the Constitutional Court

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At Togothe president of the Republic, Faure Gnassingbéhas fifteen days to promulgate the new constitutional text after its validation by the deputies with a final vote of 87 votes in favor and zero against.

But the opposition is headwinds against the new Togolese Constitution.

The Collective of Associations against Impunity in Togo (Cacit) asks the presidents of the institutions of the Republic to refer the matter to the Constitutional Court to rule on the constitutionality of the text and to find out whether the conditions meet the standards. “ We call on the heads of institutions who still have this authority to be able to refer the matter to the Constitutional Court since the law allows itexplains the president of Cacit, Maître Claude Amegan, at the microphone of Peter Sassou Dogbéour correspondent in Lomé.

There are several institutions whose presidents can refer the matter to the Constitutional Court to verify the constitutionality of the provisions on which the deputies relied, or even the conditions under which they were able to adopt this new text, if these conditions are met and if they could do it. »

With this approach, it is a question of allowing all Togolese citizens “to understand, or to be reassured, about the legitimacy of what was done and also to allow the people to be reassured that everything was done in accordance with the Constitution. This is a downright change of the Republic and the people must be involved in this change. It is only after this analysis by the Constitutional Court that we can be sure of the legality of what has been done and see whether the President of the Republic should be able to promulgate this law. »

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