Parliamentary elections set to hold in Togo on the 20th of April have been postponed indefinitely.
This is amid tension generated over controversial constitutional reforms which may see the country jettison the current presidential system of government.
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Opposition parties however say the reforms, initiated by lawmakers, who are of the ruling party, are a ploy to keep President Faure Gnassingbé in office, having been in power for nineteen years after he succeeded his father.
A group of influential clergy have counselled the President not to sign the controversial constitutional changes into law.
The Catholic Bishops cited the need for what they call “broad consultation and a more inclusive national debate”.
Under the proposals, the president will be selected by parliament without debate for a single six-year term, but executive power will be with the prime minister.
Editor: Oloyede Oworu
