PAN AFRICAN BLISS-TOGO ADOPTS NEW CONSTITUTION MOVING FROM PRESIDENTIAL TO PARLIAMENTARY NATION

Late Monday (Mar.

25), lawmakers adopted a new constitution introduced by members of the ruling party which transitions the West African nation from a presidential to a parliamentary system.The country's opposition, which boycotted the last legislative elections in 2018 and recently denounced "irregularities" in the electoral census, is poorly represented in the national assembly.One of the main changes brought by the new constitution is that lawmakers will elect the president of the republic for a