Pascal Bodjona a former Gnassingbé confidant minister and TV host known for inviting opposition figures onto his show was dropped in 2012 amid corruption allegations...
Faure has since tried to placate the opposition by sacking ministers including Prime Minister Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo on 8 July and in August the powerful Minister of Territorial Administration Pascal Bodjona...
In the interim the Interior Minister and RPT Spokesman Pascal Akoussoulelou Bodjona was acting President...
Rival insiders in Faure’s circle are Pascal Bodjona 43 a Kabye Spokesperson for the ruling Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais and Minister of Territorial Administration (Interior Minister) and Cooperation Minister Gilbert Bawara a Niamtougou northerner...
He was formerly an advisor in the Territorial Administration Ministry under Pascal Bodjona...