Harry Octavianus Olympio is a Togolese politician and the National President of the Rally for the Support of Democracy and Development (RSDD).
[1] After Amnesty International released a report in May 1999 alleging that hundreds of opposition supporters had been killed in the wake of the controversial June 1998 presidential election, Olympio criticized the report as being "characterized by its frivolousness"; he said that an inquiry should be conducted under the auspices of the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity.
[3] He was also the head of the Joint Follow-up Committee, involved in preparations for a planned parliamentary election,[1] when on May 5, 2000 he was allegedly the victim of an attack[1][4][5] near his office in Lomé.
Olympio denied this accusation,[4] but on June 16, 2000 his dismissal as Minister for the Promotion of Democracy and the Rule of Law was announced.
[13] Following the death of President Eyadéma in February 2005, Olympio announced in mid-March that he would be a candidate in the April 2005 presidential election.