{"id":465453,"date":"2018-02-19T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/19\/akufo-addo-mediates-first-ever-formal-dialogue-between-gnassingbe-and-opposition\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T07:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T07:00:28","slug":"akufo-addo-mediates-first-ever-formal-dialogue-between-gnassingbe-and-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/19\/akufo-addo-mediates-first-ever-formal-dialogue-between-gnassingbe-and-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo mediates first-ever formal dialogue between Gnassingb\u00e9 and opposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday, 19 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20737678.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Lome\" title=\"Nana Lome\" width=\"295\" height=\"176\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Akufo-Addo arrived in Lome on Sunday<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519023628_848_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Nana Akufo-Addo will Monday morning mediate the political impasse between the Togolese President Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 and the opposition coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The dialogue is part of a six-month-long attempt to end the series of protests that have claimed at least sixteen lives.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting today is expected to chart a credible way forward on the political future of Togo.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first formal dialogue between the members of the fourteen opposition parties and incumbent President.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>President Akufo-Addo has been mediating the impasse since last year<\/p>\n<p>Director of Communications the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, is confident President Akufo-Addo will bring a resolution to the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is just a continuation of the processes he\u2019s been engaged in since last year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since the advent of multiparty politics in the early 1990s, some 15 dialogues and talks have been held in Lom\u00e9, the Togolese capital without ever leading to a political transformation.<\/p>\n<p>The reform of presidential mandates and the voting system, already provided for in the 2006 Comprehensive Political Agreement has never been carried out, despite the fact that it was meant to appease a country frustrated by the violence following the election of Faure Gnassingb\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Faure Gnassingb\u00e9\u2018s party has reiterated in the local media that it would be \u201cout of the question\u201d to discuss the immediate departure of the Head of State or a commitment on his part to leave power.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 19 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-19 Akufo-Addo arrived in Lome on Sunday Nana Akufo-Addo will Monday morning mediate the political impasse between the Togolese President Faure Gnassingb\u00e9 and the opposition coalition. 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