 Bolloré formally denies any wrongdoing.In light of the violence that followed the 2005 election, it was particularly important to CENI that the election proceed peacefully.Speaking on 3 March, CENI President Taffa Tabiou noted that campaigning, which had concluded late on the previous day, was conducted amidst "calm and serenity", and he expressed CENI's commitment "to organising a just, fair and transparent election devoid of violence, to ensure that Togo ... finds its place in the comity of modern democracies".