Pascal Adoko, Deputy Secretary General of the Convention Démocratique des Peuples Africaines (CDPA) and a leading Togolese opposition figure, passed away on Monday night. His death marks a major blow for his political party and for the Togolese political landscape as a whole.
Long committed to the struggle for pluralism and democracy, Pascal Adoko was also vice-president of the Cadre Permanent de Concertation (CPC), a body that brings together representatives of the government and the opposition to promote political dialogue. His active participation in these discussions testified to his commitment to an inclusive and constructive debate in Togo.
Within the CDPA, the party led by Brigitte Adjamagbo-Johnson, he was a strategic and organizational pillar. His death leaves a void within this political group, which in recent years has been striving to strengthen its influence on the national scene.
His death has provoked strong emotion among his colleagues and activists, who hail him as a man of conviction, determined to defend his ideals to the end. Togo has lost an influential voice in democratic dialogue.
Tributes are pouring in from the political class and civil society, underlining the major role he has played in concertation and mediation efforts. It remains to be seen how the CDPA and the opposition as a whole will carry on the work begun by this fervent defender of political consensus.
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