The law does not take into account the three terms Gnassingbe has already served since succeeding his late father in 2005, the latest of which ends in 2020
Constitutional change caps presidential mandate, ostensibly in response to calls end to Gnassingbe dynastyLome — A change in Togo’s law voted through on Thursday would allow long-standing President Faure Gnassingbe to stay in power potentially until 2030, extending his family’s rule in the West African country to 63 years despite widespread protests.
But the law does not take into account the three terms Gnassingbe has already served since succeeding his late father in 2005, the latest of which ends in 2020. The law was passed overnight after 90 of 91 members of parliament voted for it. The opposition boycotted legislative elections in December, in part because of the dispute over term limits, leaving them without parliamentary seats and powerless to vote against the law.Fatal clashes erupted over the proposed change in 2017.
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