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". – Mr President, it almost beggars belief that, in 2005, we can still have tinpot dictators seizing control of countries based on nothing more than being the sons of their fathers but, sadly, that is reality in Togo.
The good news, as Mrs Trautmann has emphasised, is that the Economic Community of West African States responded very quickly and positively. They insisted on the withdrawal of all their ambassadors, they applied trade sanctions, they banned arms sales and stopped issuing visas both for their own citizens to visit Togo and vice versa, for Togolese citizens to visit their countries.
That is a step in the right direction. We need the rest of the international community to follow that example. The European Community needs to support the democratic forces which, I am glad to say, exist inside Togo. We need to give them encouragement; we need to urge the army to stay in its barracks. As Mrs Trautmann has said, we need to try and work with Mr Natchaba to establish a situation whereby he can return to his country and organise fair and free elections.
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is popular is killed by the fact that, on seizing power, the president has had to ban all public demonstrations for two months. He has closed eight television and radio stations and has made sure that every other voice of opposition is oppressed. This is a coup in every sense of the word and we should show no sympathy for it."@en1
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