多哥清點選票,預計總統連任

多哥

Officials in Togo are counting ballots from Saturday's presidential election, in a vote that is expected to see President Faure Gnassingbe remain in power.

The Independent National Electoral Commission says of the country's 3.5 million eligible voters, only 53 to 55 percent took part in the poll.

The election commission has six days, from the end of voting, to announce the results of the poll.

President Gnassingbe is seeking a third five-year term, which would keep his family in power for nearly 50 years. He assumed office in 2005 upon the death of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled the former French colony for 38 years.

Opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre, who also ran for president in the last election, is expected to come in second in the single-round presidential poll.

Rights groups have criticized Togo for using violence against protesters.

Hundreds of election observers descended on Togo to monitor the election.官員仍在清點星期六總統大選的選票，預計現任總統福雷·納辛貝將再次當選執政。

全國獨立選舉委員會表示，全國350萬合格選民中，只有53-55%的選民參加了投票。

選舉委員會可以在投票結束後的六天內宣佈投票結果。

這是納辛貝第三次競選總統，總統任期爲5年，這將使他的家族掌控多哥政權近50年。他是在2005年他的父親納辛貝·埃亞德馬去世時接任總統一職的。他的父親統治這個前法國殖民地長達38年。

預計反對派領導人讓-皮埃爾·法布爾的得票率將在只有一輪投票的大選中位居第二。

人權組織曾批評多哥對抗議者使用暴力。

數百名觀察人士抵達多哥監督大選。