Togo adopts a new Constitution: Parliament will elect the president. The president will now be chosen "without debate" by Parliament meeting in congress "for a single mandate of six years" Until then, the mandate of the directly elected Togolese president was 5 years, renewable once.
This new constitution also introduces a position of “President of the Council of Ministers” with “full authority and power to manage the affairs of government and to be held accountable, accordingly”