Covid-19: Constitutional court approves mandatory presentation of health pass to access every administrative building in Togo
Thursday, 04 November 2021 11:02 
(Togo First) - It is now mandatory for anyone accessing administrative buildings, all over the Togolese territory, to present a Covid health pass. The constitutional court of Togo recently approved the extension of the measure which formerly applied only to the Golfe and Agoè-nyivé prefectures.
Article 1 of the ordinance states that "access to any administrative building throughout the national territory is subject to the presentation of one of the following proofs: proof of vaccination against COVID-19; a negative COVID-19 PCR test dating back less than seventy-two (72) hours; a waiver of vaccination against COVID-19 issued by a legally recognized physician. The Prime Minister may, depending on the evolution of the pandemic in each locality of the country, take, by order, measures to reinforce or alleviate the above provisions.”
According to the constitutional court, Article 2 of the ordinance takes into account those exempted from providing the aforementioned documents.
The magistrates, who rejected the first draft of the government’s bill due to its discriminatory nature, said the new one conforms with the constitution since “the measures mentioned in article 1 are aimed at the preservation of public health.” They (the magistrates) added that “the said measures do not apply in an absolute manner nor are they permanent since paragraph 2 of article 1 provides for the possibility of amending them depending on the pandemic’s evolution and local circumstances.”
Esaïe Edoh
