Togo’s CNCC demands execution of ECOWAS constitutional ruling
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Icilomé
The National Framework for Consultation for Change, a grouping of Togo’s opposition parties, is demanding the immediate execution of the ECOWAS Court of Justice ruling on the 2024 constitutional reform. The movement is also calling on the African Union and the public to support the demand, according to Icilome.
The National Framework for Consultation for Change (CNCC), a grouping of Togo’s opposition parties, on Friday 30 October demanded the “immediate and full execution” of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ruling on the 2024 constitutional reform. In a statement, the CNCC also asked the African Union’s Peace and Security Council to take up the matter and apply the mechanisms provided for by the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance.
The CNCC accused the symposium on regional courts and the sovereignty of states, held on 29 and 30 October at the University of Lomé, of seeking to discredit the Court’s decision in the name of national sovereignty. In its ruling of 29 January, the regional court found that Togo’s constitutional amendment of 25 March 2024 violated Article 23 of the African Charter and constituted an unconstitutional change of government. The Togolese government disputes the Court’s jurisdiction to review domestic law, Icilomé recalls.
The CNCC’s position came after ECOWAS called on Togo to execute its constitutional ruling, published on 29 October, and UDS-TOGO’s call for consultations to restore constitutional order, on 30 October.
