Fauror Gnosingbe – Dynastic force games spark, youth wrath

The new constitution, which allowed the long-standing role to the new role as the Almighty Prime Minister-and to avoid restriction of the president-calling anger on the streets of the capital Lam. Protests should continue this Friday.

At least five demonstrators have been killed by faced with official security forces in recent weeks.

But last week, this is not an Orthodox political opposition – predictably crushed in the local elections – mobilized the disappointed young Tagalez people.

Instead, they are musicians, bloggers and activists who have entered the popular anger and fatigue with the regime, under the guidance of Farre Gnosingbe or before him – his father Gnosingbe Ayadem for almost six decades.

This exceeds even 92 -year -old Cameroon Paul Bio President who has just confirmed his intention to perform over the eighth serial term At the end of this year, the Albo of the Presidents of Father and Son Gabon, Omar Bong and Ali Bong, the last of which in August 2023 were shot in the coup.

The lessons of this episode will not avoid trout gnosingbe, a shrewd and often restrained operator who quickly transferred to develop a new constitutional structure for Togo to extend his own power, playing his personal profile, trying to get rid of the accusation of dynastic management.

He will no longer need to advocate the re -election in his name.

The 59-year-old guy is being held by the Prime Minister because his union of the La-Republiki Party (UNIR) dominates the National Assembly-and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future, thanks to the election district, which exceeds the representation of its northern heart and enroll the weight of the voting.

Gilbert Bavar, the State Service and the Minister of Labor Taga, retained the elections in 2024, were over the Council, with “all major political entities and parties”.

“The government is not responsible for the weakness of the opposition,” Babar BBC said to focus on African television last week.

He added that those who have a true reason to demonstrate can do so as part of the law, accusing activists abroad for inciting “young people to attack security forces” of trying to destabilize the country.

The new constitutional base was announced in the shortest possible time in the early 2024 and quickly approved by the National Assembly where the government prevails. There was no attempt to ensure extensive public approval through the referendum.

One year the transition ended with this as Gnassingbé-which has been the head of state since 2005, he had been united by the president and was installed in a prime minister, which was strengthened to hold all executive power and full power over the armed forces.

In order to take the presidency, the role is now being called purely ceremonial function, the legislators were elected by 86-year-old business minister Jean-Lyukien Savi de Tove.

This reshuffle of the authorities was represented abroad by the regime, the transition from a strong presidential system to the allegedly more democratic “parliamentary” model – the CIS traditions, which, like Gabon, joined in 2022 to expand its international ties and reduce the dependence on traditional franc.

The transition to new constitutional arrangements aimed at perpetuating the rules of Gnassingbé with virtually no external commentary from international partners, which are currently focused on gas and Ukraine, not to Africa.

Also, there were no complaints from the leaders in the economic community of West Africa (Ecowas), even after Togo held fresh legislative elections just a few weeks after the new constitution was announced, in violation of the regional bloc on good governance and democracy, which is said after the constitution.

Poorly shocked by the decision of the three military countries – Burkina -fos, Mali and Niger – throw ecowas, the rest of the members of the members are reluctant to challenge the behavior of other people if they follow the example.

But in the streets of Loma it was another matter.

The rapper and critic of the Esso Challa regime, known for his stage name “Aamron”, released a satirical video for “celebration” Gnosingbe on June 6.

When he was arbitrarily torn out of his home in late May agents and taken to an unknown place, anger grew among young cities.

Hundreds protested on the streets of the capital on June 5 and 6, and government forces were detained.

The case took a particularly sinister turn with the discovery that Aamron was restricted at the Mental Hospital, a measure reminiscent of the Soviet Union of the 1970s It was lifted with recognition of psychological problems and apologize in front of the trout gnosingbeThe comments, he completely refused after his release without charge.

Meanwhile, at the end of June, it brought a further wave of street protests when security forces opposed the young people who created the barricade burning.

Human rights groups report broad random detentions, often invaluable passers-by, while informal police who often armed wandered the streets in pick-up.

At least five people were killed and two bodies were found in Laguna north of the Central Lama, though they drowned, running away or intentionally killed, it was unclear.

But these are cultural figures, such as Aamron, and Gano Sitsape Sitpora, the poet, known for his pseudonym “Afffertio” and imprisoned in January – who inspired this last rise in protests. They connect to the young people’s opinion in such a way that ordinary politicians cannot.

Indeed, most of the Tagalez public seems to have lost faith in the formal political process.

Despite the fact that the local elections were calm on July 17, with the official results predictable, the Gin-Pierre Fabre, the leading opposition figure, said there were no other voters in his local election stations when he went to the vote.

Critics consider the new constitution no more than a device to perpetuate the rule of the Gnosingbe Dynasty – a regime that is described by the regional media of Western Africa as “Republican monarchy” and “legalistic authoritarianism”.

Leading Togolese Human Rights Agistic says popular disappointment has reached an unprecedented level.

There were previous mass protests.

In 2017, the churches supported the marches demanding the reform, while the new charismatic figure of the opposition’s opposition was mobilizing young people across the regime.

In the 2020 presidential election, the regime was confused by the strong implementation of the opposition contender Kodzh, who was openly supported by a very respected 89-year-old Archbishop Lomo Philip Kpodz. Although both men have since died, the political movement, inspired by the late clergy, remains very active and regularly aimed at the authorities.

Now, once again, we see how disappointment boiled, especially among young cities.

With its constitutional reconstruction to the alleged “parliamentary” system, Gnassingbé seeks to maintain full control, but retreat its own personality from the political line of shooting.

But this particular maneuver looks condemned to the failure of creative leaders of popular culture – bloggers, singers and grassroots activists.

The hashtag #fauremustGo is now distributed on social media. And in recent weeks, a new company, known as M66, has been launched as “June 6” from the birth of Gnosingbe.

Paul had – a consulting officer of the African program at the Chatem House in London.