A week after the legislative and regional elections on 29 April, dominated by the ruling party, Union for the Republic (Unir), Faure Gnassingbé promulgated this Monday the new Constitution, approved only ten days before the elections, and should now resign as head of state to assume the position of prime minister as leader of the most voted party. According to the provisional results, which have yet to be confirmed by the Constitutional Court, in the case of the legislative elections, and by the Supreme Court, in the case of the regional elections, Unir obtained 108 of the 113 seats in parliament, and 137 of the 179 seats in dispute in the regional elections. The text of the Law, which enshrines the country's new Constitution, transforms Togo into a republic with a parliamentary system of government that gives "most of the executive powers to a president of the council of ministers," Togo Breaking News wrote today. The leader of the political party that holds the majority of deputies in the National Assembly will assume the functions of head of government - commanding the army and representing Togo abroad - for a period of six years, "renewable as many times as his party holds the majority in the hemicycle", the publication also explains. Gnassingbé could only run for one more presidential term in 2025. The change in the Constitution and his party's electoral triumph in the 29 April elections guarantee him, for now, the next six years in power. The new Constitution also abolished the election by universal suffrage of the head of state, who will now be elected by parliament, for a single term. The opposition strongly contests the elections - namely the "abusive number of votes in several centers", "delays in the start of the vote" and "non-posted" electoral lists - as well as the new Magna Carta, which it considers a "constitutional coup d'état", and the way in which Gnassingbé perpetuates himself at the head of the country's destiny, wrote Togo Breaking News. Several international organizations, including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union and the International Organization of La Francophonie, welcomed the way in which the elections were held, scrutinized by only 70 observers and which the Catholic Church was prevented from accompanying on the ground. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, who turns 58 in June, has been at the head of Togo for 19 years, the year in which he succeeded his father, Eyadema Gnassingbé, who died in February of that year, and who ruled the country with "an iron fist" for almost 38 years. His first election, in 2005, was marked by violence that, according to the UN, caused between 400 and 500 deaths. Four years later, he did not hesitate to send one of his half-brothers, Kpatcha, to prison for 20 years for "attempting a coup d'état". In recent years, Gnassingbé has gradually asserted himself as a mediator in the various political crises that have shaken West Africa. In Niger, for example, the military that has been in power since July asked him to intercede with ECOWAS, which did not prevent the coup regime from withdrawing from the regional institution. France, a former colonial power and traditional ally of the Gnassingbé dynasty, is particularly sensitive to the stability of Togo in this volatile region, from which it is gradually being expelled, following the recent coups d'état in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. Gnassingbé is also stepping up efforts to get closer to the Anglophone West, having signed the country's accession to the Commonwealth in 2022. Togo, a small country with eight million inhabitants, where 40% of the population lives below the poverty line, ranks 167th out of 189 countries in the United Nations Human Development Index. Read Also: Togolese voted today after approval of controversial Constitution (Portuguese version)