Togo lawmaker returns home
2005-03-06 12:21
Lome, Togo - Togo's former parliamentary speaker, who had been in line to lead the country before the military named its own man last month, returned home and met with Togo officials trying to ease a political crisis triggered by the takeover.
The former speaker, Fambare Natchaba, had been constitutionally designated to fill the presidency after the death of strongman Gnassingbe Eyadema, but was in Benin when Eyadema died February 5. The military named Eyadema's son as the new leader.
Natchaba flew in to the capital, Lome, on Saturday on a plane arranged by Benin's President Mathieu Kerekou, Togo's ministry of information said.
The ministry said Natchaba immediately went into meetings with interim President Bonfoh Abass, the former deputy speaker who was named Togo's latest leader on February 27 after the dictator's son bowed to international pressure to step down.
- AP