Togolese Presidential Elections

Well, we made it through the presidential elections! (…sort of)

GNASSINGBE Faure of the RPT party was declared the winner.

Faure was originally put in office after his father (the sixth president of Togo) died and re-elected this year for a second term. Faure is a member of the RPT (Rassemblement des Peuple Togolaise); the main opposition party is UFC (Union des Forces de Changement) and this year, their candidate was FABRE Jean Pierre.

While the time during and immediately following the elections were—for the most part—calm (there were a few incidents involving tear gas in Lomé), opposition supports are claiming that the elections were rigged (i.e., ballot stuffing, faulty machines, falsifying votes, etc.). The opposition is unwilling to stand for such suspected corruption and have been planning events to oppose the election of Faure (RPT) for his second consecutive presidency. Opposition events have been taking place all over the country but predominately in the capitol, Lomé, with the number of UFC supporters growing.

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Le temps seul peut nous dire ce que vas arriver…