A Malian former general working for the International Organisation of la Francophonie (OIF), Siaka Sangare, , announced the decision in Lome. "The current state of the voters list is good enough for the 2015 vote," Sangare said.
The French-speaking nations group has worked with
election organisers to address opposition complaints that election lists
included numerous duplicates, potentially favouring President Faure Gnassingbe.
The
president, who took over when his father died after 38 years in power,
is favourite to secure a third term having already won elections in 2005
and 2010.
OIF's Sangare admitted that the list was not perfect but it has been approved by representatives of all the candidates.
"I think the list is satisfactory,’’ he said.
The
vote was originally scheduled for April 15 but was delayed by 10 days
after the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) called for
the lists to be revised.
The updated list has just
over 3.5 million potential voters. The last census, carried out in
2010, showed that Togo's population was around 6 million.
One of the problems found was that over 24,500 voter cards bore exactly the same number but had different names.
Experts
also found that 291,907 cards had been linked to polling stations that
did not correspond to where voters had registered.
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