FRANCE'S HANDPICKED PRESIDENT FOR LIFE?

A cunning constitutional ‘reform’ last year could see Togo’s ‘ex’ president carry on ruling - for life! Faure Gnassingbé has been sworn into the newly created role of chairman of the Council of Ministers, a post to which key executive powers have been transferred from the presidency, which is now just symbolic. Not only does the new position come with no term limits, Gnassingbé is a darling of France (as, of course, was his long-serving president predecessor and father, Gnassingbé Eyadéma). So who wins - the Togolese or the French?Sources

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