Togolese president Faure
Gnassingbé has won a fourth term in office, according to provisional results
declared by the national election commission.
On Monday, the commission said he
won 72 percent of the vote in the first round of presidential election.
“Based on all the data obtained
from the local independent electoral commission and the independent embassy
electoral commissions, the candidate of the Union for the Republic (UNIR)
party, Mr. Gnassingbé Essozimna Faure is provisionally proclaimed elected president
of the Togolese Republic”, Kodjona Kandaga, President of the National Electoral
Commission said
According to the Togolese
electoral commission, former Prime Minister, Agbeyome Kodjo, who served under
the regime of Gnassingbé Eyadema, came in second with just 18 percent of votes
on Saturday.
This widely anticipated win for
the 53 year old extends the dynasty of the Gnassingbé‘s of the former French
colony for more than a century.
Gnassingbé has led the country of
8 million people since he took over in 2005. This follows the death of his
father, Gnassingbé Eyadema, who ruled the West African nation for 38 years.
The main opponent, Agbeyome
Kodjo, who claimed victory after Saturday votes denounced vote irregularities
in the capital, Lome.
24, February 2020
Togo: Gnassingbé re-elected with 72% of votes 0
Togolese president Faure Gnassingbé has won a fourth term in office, according to provisional results declared by the national election commission.
On Monday, the commission said he won 72 percent of the vote in the first round of presidential election.
“Based on all the data obtained from the local independent electoral commission and the independent embassy electoral commissions, the candidate of the Union for the Republic (UNIR) party, Mr. Gnassingbé Essozimna Faure is provisionally proclaimed elected president of the Togolese Republic”, Kodjona Kandaga, President of the National Electoral Commission said
According to the Togolese electoral commission, former Prime Minister, Agbeyome Kodjo, who served under the regime of Gnassingbé Eyadema, came in second with just 18 percent of votes on Saturday.
This widely anticipated win for the 53 year old extends the dynasty of the Gnassingbé‘s of the former French colony for more than a century.
Gnassingbé has led the country of 8 million people since he took over in 2005. This follows the death of his father, Gnassingbé Eyadema, who ruled the West African nation for 38 years.
The main opponent, Agbeyome Kodjo, who claimed victory after Saturday votes denounced vote irregularities in the capital, Lome.
AFP