President Nana Akufo-Addo is back in Togo to continue the mediation process between President Faure Gnassingbé and opposition political parties.
Today’s meeting comes weeks after the leaders of the political parties met the President in Accra to report on progress made so far.
The 14 opposition parties suspended all forms of protests and demonstrations as agreed in their last meeting.
They are pushing for a return to the country’s 1992 constitution which imposes limits on presidential terms.
Faure Gnassingbe has been in power since 2005 when his father, Eyadema Gnassingbe, died. His father had ruled the country for 38 years.
There have been protests against the Togolese government in demonstrations that were in some cases met with acts of violence by state security forces.
The demonstrations were started by the main opposition PNP and CAP 2015, a coalition of five smaller opposition parties before expanding.
The 14 parties decided to suspend all forms of protests and demonstrations aimed at forcing President Faure Gnassingbe to step down, following a meeting between President Nana Akufo-Addo and representatives of the government in Togo.
Support in Ghana
Their cause has gathered some support in Ghana notably from the Ghana-Togo Solidarity Movement, which is led by Bernard Mornah.
Just like protesters in Togo, Ghana-Togo Solidarity Movement supposedly fell foul of law according to Police.
Bernard Mornah
In December 2017, Mr. Bernard Mornah, Chairman of Ghana’s People’s National Convention, PNC, and some members of the group were arrested for a supposed illegal protest against the continuous rule of Gnassingbe and his disrespect for Togo’s constitutional term limit.
He has complained that the Ghana Police Service’s frequent interruptions in their lawful protests only gives the impression that the government of Ghana is in support of Faure Gnassingbe’s ill-governance.
This is despite the government’s consistent assurances of its neutrality.
Mr. Mornah vowed that the movement will support Togolese citizens to ensure that Gnassingbe steps down.
Source: citifmonline.com
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Who is Bernard Mornah in Ghana? Please, Ghana journalists give yourselves and your work some dignity, Ghana is not for dogs but for real human beings who can think. Please, spare us with these amantemfuo! Who think popularity is earned through st*pidity. I blame Rawlings for forming ndc, his own party that has no respect and dignity for him. He would have been better off,and highly respected if he had stepped down and not formed that party.Ghana would have moved forward without ndc and some respect and dignity accorded us.we need to encourage any part of Ghana that want to secede because it will be better to have different nations out of Ghana than this us*less union of pull him down, which is not helping the country to move on, it will be better for Ghana to be left even with 4,5,6 regions who understand themselves and believe in prosperity and progress than 27 million population of 10 million pulling the country backwards through politics. If Libya with about 5 million population could feed, cloth and house their people with only their oil why can't Ghana also have a small population to take good care of them , rather than this large vast of land and population of hate,jealousy and pull him down. The next generation need a better life not a bitter life, so we need to think of what is better for our people not some group of people who think good life shouldn't be a necessity but should be of a few who get power. The NPP government should listen to the Ghanaian people and do what is good for them, than listening to these nation wreckers who are unemployed and making noise. Let them taste their own bitter pill they manufactured for others .