TOGO SETS DATE FOR DELAYED PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.(PHOTO).
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Togo sets date for delayed parliamentary elections
Tension has been building over a proposed constitutional reform which will allow the National Assembly to directly elect the president.
Togo has rescheduled legislative elections for April 29 after delaying the ballot over a highly contested constitutional reform, a government statement said on Tuesday.
Elections had been set for April 20, but the government postponed them saying consultations were needed over the reform, which opposition parties called a bid to keep President Faure Gnassingbe in power longer.
"Date for the legislative and regional elections: Monday, April 29," a statement from the presidency said after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
The constitutional amendment has triggered discussion over the rule of Gnassingbe. He has been in power since 2005 after succeeding his father, who governed for three decades after a military coup.
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