constituteproject.org PDF generated: 14 Oct 2013, 20:27 Article 5 Suffrage is universal, equal and secret. It may be direct or indirect. All Togolese nationals of the two sexes, at least eighteen (18) years of age and enjoying their civil and political rights[,] are electors within the conditions established by the law. Article 6 The political parties and groups of political parties concur in the formation and the expression of the political will of the people. They form themselves freely and exercise their activities within respect for the laws and regulations. Article 7 The political parties and groups of political parties must respect the Constitution. They may not identify themselves with one region, on ethnicity or one religion. Article 8 The political parties and the groups of political parties have the duty to contribute to the political and civic education of the citizens, to the consolidation of democracy and to the construction of national unity. Article 9 The law determines the modalities of creation and of functioning of political parties. Togo 1992 (rev. 2007) Page 4