Togo Democracy Under Query

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Togo Democracy Under Query. In Continual Struggle. Although opposition parties are free to operate, the structure of the electoral system, including districting and the single round of elections, have helped Gnassingbe and his party remain in power. Internal divisions, as well as district allocations dramatically favoring UNIR, are sources of weakness for the opposition. The results of the 2015 poll added another five years to the Gnassingbe family’s 48-year hold on power. The government is dominated by Gnassingbe’s Kabye ethnic group, who also make up the vast majority of the security services. The Ewe, Togo’s largest ethnic group, are persistently excluded from positions of influence; they are prominent within the opposition