In Togo, the authorities have announced that the next legislative and regional elections will finally take place on April 13, 2024. The opposition party National Alliance for Change (ANC) has reaffirmed that electoral boundaries pose a problem. “ Some MPs represent two to three times more populations than other MPs », assures the president of the ANC, Jean-Pierre Fabre.
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At Togo, the National Alliance for Change (ANC) openly criticized, during a press conference, the new electoral division with a view to the legislative elections of April 13, 2024. For it, the increase in the number of deputies, from 91 to 113, does not resolve the problem pointed out, quite the contrary. The president of the ANC, Jean-Pierre Fabre, believes that this new division is unjust and inequitable. The opposition’s electoral strongholds, particularly in the south, are under-represented.
“ All MPs must represent the same number of populations »
“ We are concerned about the electoral divisionhe insists at the microphone of Guillaume Thibault. The most important thing for us is not the number of deputies in the National Assembly, but the equality of the weight of each deputy within the national representation. All MPs must represent the same number of populations. This is not the case today. Some MPs represent two to three times more populations than other MPs “.
The head of the ANC says: “ And each time the problem comes back, the government increases the number of deputies. But when we calculate the representativeness quotient of deputies by region, the problem is not resolved. On the contrary. This is a violation of our Constitution which says that all Togolese are equal, article 5 of our Constitution. It is not fair. Obviously, it’s not transparent and it’s not democratic, that’s all. »
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These legislative elections will be coupled with regional elections, which Togo will organize for the first time. The government announced in November that these elections would be held “ no later than the end of the first quarter of 2024 “. The electoral campaign will take place from March 28, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. until April 11, 2024 at 11:59 p.m.