{"id":412296,"date":"2018-03-23T13:56:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T13:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=412296"},"modified":"2018-03-23T16:00:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T16:00:51","slug":"nana-addo-returns-to-togo-to-continue-mediation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/nana-addo-returns-to-togo-to-continue-mediation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nana Addo returns to Togo to continue mediation"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Nana Akufo-Addo is back in Togo to continue the mediation process between President Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 and opposition political parties.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s meeting comes weeks after the leaders of the political parties met the President in Accra to report on progress made so far.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”2Q6IwcAlhBfjMtKB5KJd71YIAKcFMDdZ”]The 14 opposition parties suspended all forms of protests and demonstrations as agreed in their last meeting.<\/p>\n
They are pushing for a return to the country’s 1992 constitution which imposes limits on presidential terms.<\/p>\n
Faure Gnassingbe has been in power since 2005 when his father, Eyadema Gnassingbe, died. His father had ruled the country for 38 years.<\/p>\n
There have been protests against the Togolese government in demonstrations that were in some cases met with acts of violence by state security forces.<\/p>\n
The demonstrations were started by the main opposition PNP and CAP 2015, a coalition of five smaller opposition parties before expanding.<\/p>\n
The 14 parties decided to\u00a0suspend all forms of protests and demonstrations aimed at forcing President Faure Gnassingbe to step down,\u00a0\u00a0following a meeting between President Nana Akufo-Addo and representatives of the government in Togo.<\/p>\n
Support in Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n Their cause has gathered some support in Ghana notably from the\u00a0Ghana-Togo Solidarity Movement, which is led by Bernard Mornah.<\/p>\n Just like protesters in Togo, Ghana-Togo Solidarity Movement supposedly fell foul of law according to Police.<\/p>\n