{"id":45834,"date":"2025-12-09T16:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/togo\/politique\/togo-usa-christian-trimua-et-le-scandale-des-passeports"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:59:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:59:57","slug":"togo-usa-christian-trimua-et-le-scandale-des-passeports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/togo\/politique\/togo-usa-christian-trimua-et-le-scandale-des-passeports","title":{"rendered":"Togo-USA: Christian Trimua et le Scandale des Passeports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Togo. <\/strong> <\/span><b>L\u2019affaire lie\u0301e a\u0300 la de\u0301livrance des passeports de service qui ont conduit plusieurs Togolais a\u0300 obtenir le visa ame\u0301ricain pour s\u2019installer aux USA, est plus grave qu\u2019on ne l\u2019imagine. Le \u201cTravel ban\u201d n\u2019a pas encore fini de re\u0301ve\u0301ler tous ses secrets. (Photo: Christian Trimua et AlainKouete\u0301 Afachao)<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>De\u0301but juin 2025, l\u2019administration de Donald Trump plac\u0327ait le Togo, a\u0300 la surprise ge\u0301ne\u0301rale, sur la liste des pays frappe\u0301s par des restrictions dans la de\u0301livrance des visas, aux co\u0302te\u0301s du Burundi, de Laos, de la Sierra Le\u0301one, du Turkme\u0301nistan et du Venezuela. Ces sept pays s\u2019ajoutent a\u0300 la liste d\u2019une douzaine d\u2019autres rendue public le 9 juin 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Pour la nouvelle administration ame\u0301ricaine, ces mesures visent a\u0300 \u00ab prote\u0301ger les Etats-Unis des terroristes e\u0301trangers et d\u2019autres menaces pour la se\u0301curite\u0301 nationale \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Six (06) mois plus tard, le Togo se retrouve de nouveau sur la liste des 19 pays de\u0301sormais frappe\u0301s de suspension de toutes les demandes de visa. La particularite\u0301, c\u2019est que cette mesure ne concerne pas seulement le gel des visas, mais aussi des proce\u0301dures d\u2019asile en cours, et plus grave, un audit de la green carte (carte verte) aux de\u0301tenteurs depuis 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Ce durcissement de la politique migratoire, conse\u0301quence directe de la fusillade mortelle contre des militaires de la garde nationale a\u0300 Washington le 26 novembre dernier, impliquant un Afghan, se\u0300me la panique et le de\u0301sarroi au sein de la communaute\u0301 togolaise e\u0301tablie aux Etats-Unis.<\/p>\n<p><b>Comment le Togo s\u2019est-il retrouve\u0301 sur cette liste noire? <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Selon des sources proches du De\u0301partement d\u2019Etat, il y a eu dans la pe\u0301riode re\u0301cente, plusieurs Togolais de\u0301tenteurs de passeports de service qui se sont installe\u0301s aux USA avec leurs familles.<\/p>\n<p>Plus grave encore, certains, une fois sur le territoire, sont entre\u0301es en proce\u0301dure d\u2019asile. Ainsi, des ministres en fonction, des de\u0301pute\u0301s, cadres de l\u2019administration et bien d\u2019autres, se sont engouffre\u0301s dans cette bre\u0300che pour installer leurs familles et proches aux USA.<\/p>\n<p>Selon toujours les me\u0302mes sources proches du de\u0301partement d\u2019Etat, les autorite\u0301s togolaises ont fait un lobbying courant mois d\u2019aou\u0302t pour la leve\u0301e de la suspension, mais sans succe\u0300s.<\/p>\n<p>Du co\u0302te\u0301 de Washington, on attend des autorite\u0301s togolaises, une pleine et entie\u0300re coope\u0301ration pour le de\u0301mante\u0300lement de ce re\u0301seau avec des sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Le sujet constitue un embarras total pour Lome\u0301, qui n\u2019a fait jusqu\u2019ici, aucune de\u0301claration officielle, me\u0302me si elles reconnaissent en prive\u0301e les faits impliquant certains responsables du secre\u0301tariat ge\u0301ne\u0301ral de la primature d\u2019alors, avec des complicite\u0301s au service des passeports, et des ramifications dans certains services de l\u2019administration.<\/p>\n<p><b>Christian Eninam Trimua: le visage du scandale, toujours prote\u0301ge\u0301 par le re\u0301gime<\/b><\/p>\n<p>La de\u0301livrance des passeports de services a\u0300 des personnes qui ne sont pas des agents de l\u2019Etat, ni des collectivite\u0301s territoriales ou encore des e\u0301tablissements publics e\u0301tait une pratique courante permettant aux de\u0301tenteurs d\u2019avoir des facilite\u0301s d\u2019obtention des visas dans les consulats.<\/p>\n<p>Pour mettre fin a\u0300 cette anomalie qui commenc\u0327ait par faire du bruit dans certains milieux, il a e\u0301te\u0301 de\u0301cide\u0301 de centraliser la de\u0301livrance de ce type de passeport au secre\u0301tariat ge\u0301ne\u0301ral du gouvernement a\u0300 la Primature, poste occupe\u0301 par Christian Eninam Trimua jusqu\u2019au 3 septembre 2025.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019inte\u0301resse\u0301, dans une lettre circulaire en date du 1er juillet 2024 adresse\u0301e aux responsables des institutions et ministe\u0300re, rappelait la nouvelle proce\u0301dure d\u2019e\u0301tablissement des passeports de service (cf. Fac-simile\u0301).<\/p>\n<p>source: lalternative.info<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Retrouvez plus d\u2019actualit\u00e9s et d\u2019analyses sur <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Togo<\/span> sur le site <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Togo. L\u2019affaire lie\u0301e a\u0300 la de\u0301livrance des passeports de service qui ont conduit plusieurs Togolais a\u0300 obtenir le visa ame\u0301ricain pour s\u2019installer aux USA, est plus grave qu\u2019on ne l\u2019imagine. Le \u201cTravel ban\u201d n\u2019a pas encore fini de re\u0301ve\u0301ler tous ses secrets. (Photo: Christian Trimua et AlainKouete\u0301 Afachao). 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