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Amouzou was "widely perceived as a front" for President [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]] during the 1990s.<ref>[http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/irinw_61998.html "IRIN-West Africa: Special briefing on presidential elections in Togo, 98.6.19"], IRIN-West Africa Weekly roundup 53, 19 June 1998.</ref> At the time of the August 1993 presidential election, Amouzou ran as an independent candidate. He and [[Ife Adani]] were the only candidates to stand against President Eyadéma, who won 96% of the vote. He and Adani were not considered serious challengers; all of the major opposition leaders chose to boycott the election.<ref>[http://www.keesings.com/search?kssp_selected_tab=article&kssp_a_id=39583n01tgo "Aug 1993 - Election victory for Eyadema"], ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', Volume 39, August, 1993 Togo, Page 39583.</ref> |
Amouzou was "widely perceived as a front" for President [[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]] during the 1990s.<ref>[http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/irinw_61998.html "IRIN-West Africa: Special briefing on presidential elections in Togo, 98.6.19"], IRIN-West Africa Weekly roundup 53, 19 June 1998.</ref> At the time of the August 1993 presidential election, Amouzou ran as an independent candidate. He and [[Ife Adani]] were the only candidates to stand against President Eyadéma, who won 96% of the vote. He and Adani were not considered serious challengers; all of the major opposition leaders chose to boycott the election.<ref>[http://www.keesings.com/search?kssp_selected_tab=article&kssp_a_id=39583n01tgo "Aug 1993 - Election victory for Eyadema"], ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', Volume 39, August, 1993 Togo, Page 39583.</ref> |
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Led by Amouzou, the CLI was founded in November 1993 as a moderate opposition party, representing the political space between |
Led by Amouzou, the CLI was founded in November 1993 as a moderate opposition party, representing the political space between Eyadéma's [[Rally of the Togolese People]] (RPT) and the radical opposition [[Collective of Democratic Opposition-2]] (COD-2).<ref>[http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/topic,463af2212,469f2f522,469f38e9c,0.html "Chronology for Kabre in Togo"], Minorities at Risk Project (UNHCR.org), 2004.</ref> Amouzou and the CLI were viewed as close to the RPT, and Amouzou was described as "virtually a second RPT candidate" at the time of the 1998 presidential election; his critics alleged that he was merely a tool of Eyadéma who was used to manipulate the political playing field in Eyadéma's favor. He placed last in the 1998 election with 0.35% of the vote.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=8U4EAQAAIAAJ&q=Jacques+Amouzou&dq=Jacques+Amouzou&ei=954USsebJZS0zgTh5ITuBw&pgis=1 ''Africa Today''] (1998), pages 24–25 and 29.</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:15, 21 May 2009
Jacques Amouzou (born 1940) is a Togolese politician and businessman. An ethnic Ewe, Amouzou was a minor candidate in both the 1993 and 1998 presidential elections.[1] He is the President of the Union of Independent Liberals (ULI).[2]
Amouzou was "widely perceived as a front" for President Gnassingbé Eyadéma during the 1990s.[3] At the time of the August 1993 presidential election, Amouzou ran as an independent candidate. He and Ife Adani were the only candidates to stand against President Eyadéma, who won 96% of the vote. He and Adani were not considered serious challengers; all of the major opposition leaders chose to boycott the election.[4]
Led by Amouzou, the CLI was founded in November 1993 as a moderate opposition party, representing the political space between Eyadéma's Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) and the radical opposition Collective of Democratic Opposition-2 (COD-2).[5] Amouzou and the CLI were viewed as close to the RPT, and Amouzou was described as "virtually a second RPT candidate" at the time of the 1998 presidential election; his critics alleged that he was merely a tool of Eyadéma who was used to manipulate the political playing field in Eyadéma's favor. He placed last in the 1998 election with 0.35% of the vote.[6]
References
- ^ Togo - Stalled Democratic Transition Centre for Democracy and Development
- ^ "Une démocratie en bonne santé", Republicoftogo.com, 12 January 2007 Template:Fr icon.
- ^ "IRIN-West Africa: Special briefing on presidential elections in Togo, 98.6.19", IRIN-West Africa Weekly roundup 53, 19 June 1998.
- ^ "Aug 1993 - Election victory for Eyadema", Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 39, August, 1993 Togo, Page 39583.
- ^ "Chronology for Kabre in Togo", Minorities at Risk Project (UNHCR.org), 2004.
- ^ Africa Today (1998), pages 24–25 and 29.
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