President Boni Yayi of Benin
Benin headed to the polls Sunday in legislative elections seen as a key test for President Thomas Boni Yayi, whose controversial plans to change the constitution to extend his rule may be crushed if the opposition makes gains.
About 4.4 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots to pick 83 lawmakers.
Boni Yayi has led the small west African nation since 2006 and his two-term limit expires next year.
The president has said his constitutional amendment project is aimed at ending impunity for corruption by strengthening the justice system.
But the opposition insists his actual motive is to …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
