After Dad Ruled For 38 Years, Gnassingbé Moves Togo Lawmakers To Adopt New Constitution, Deny People's Right To Elect President
Togolese lawmakers passed a legislation for the adoption of a new constitution on Monday to move the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system. SaharaReporters gathered that going by the new constitution, the parliament only is given the power to elect the president and the people would no longer directly elect the country's President again. The president will be chosen "without debate" by lawmakers "for a single six-year term", and not by the public, according to the new text.
Source: saharareporters.com