Presidential election in Togo: the CENI announces the victory of Faure Gnassingbé

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According to provisional official results proclaimed on the night of Sunday to Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Faure Gnassingbé was reappointed for a fourth term as head of Togo

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" In view of all the results centralized on the basis of the minutes obtained, the candidate of the Union for the Republic party, Unir, Mr. Gnassingbé Faure is proclaimed provisionally elected president of the Togolese Republic ", announced Tchambakou Ayassor, the president of the Independent National Electoral Commission, after having declined the results of the 46 local electoral commissions.

According to figures from the CENI, Faure Gnassingbé was re-elected in the first round of the presidential election with 72.36% of the vote, before the former Prime Minister and opponent Agbéyomé Kodjo (18.37%).

On her Twitter account, Faure Gnassingbé thanked “ the Togolese youth spontaneously mobilized to celebrate this victory in the name of democracy. "

Thank you to the Togolese youth mobilized spontaneously to celebrate this victory in the name of democracy. # TGPR20 pic.twitter.com/ogqcDrKBii

Kodjo says he is victorious

But even before the announcement of the presidential results by the CENI, the opponent Agbéyomé Kodjo summoned the press to Lomé. In front of the journalists, he affirmed that according to the figures at his disposal, he was undoubtedly the winner of the poll.

“ All over the national territory, voters voted overwhelmingly in my favor. In view of the results that we have compiled through the minutes in our possession, we won this presidential election of February 22, 2020 in the first round, with a score oscillating between 57% and 61%. Right now, I am the democratically elected President of the Republic and I promise to form an inclusive government from the very first days. "

Agbéyomé Kodjo also wanted to " congratulate Faure Gnassingbé, who becomes the first former President of the Republic living in history " and invited him " to a patriotic outburst so that the transfer of power can be done according to the rules of the art and peacefully. "

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