Office is a public authority, with autonomous judicial power and integrated
into Togolese judicial system. The Public Prosecutor's Office is a parallel
and independent judicature to the judiciary. The agents of the Public
Prosecutor's Office, namely, Federal Attorneys, are magistrates in terms
comparable to judges, and should always act in strict obedience to the law,
with objectivity and impartiality.
147. The Federal Attorney in Togo is a judicial authority with competence
in the investigation of a criminal offense.
148. Indeed, the Constitution of the Togolese Republic, in its article 53
recognizes parliamentary immunity of national Parliament Members.
149. The parliamentary immunity of national Member of Parliaments is also
provided for in Article 77 Rules of Procedure of the Togolese National
Assembly.
150. The same instrument, in its Articles 78 and 79, determines the situations
that may lead to the waiver of parliamentary immunity, as well as the legal
procedure for the purpose.
151. Thus, Article 79 provides as follows:
“1. La demande de levée de l’immunité parlementaire est adressée par
l’autorité judiciaire au président de l’Assemblée nationale.
2. Toute demande de levée de l’immunité parlementaire est instruite par une
commission spéciale composée de:
- Un membre du bureau de l’Assemblée nationale, président ;
- Le président ou, à défaut, un rapporteur de la commission des droits de
l’homme, rapporteur;
- Le président ou, à défaut, un rapporteur de la commission des lois
constitutionnelles et de la législation de l’administration générale;
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