NKODO DANG LEADS PAP DELEGATION TO THE AU SUMMIT

The President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), H.E. Hon. Roger Nkodo DANG, is leading the newly elected Bureau of the Parliament to the 31^st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) Summit, currently taking place (25 June to 02 July 2018) in Nouakchott, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

 

PAP President Roger Nkodo Dang

The new Bureau consisting of Hon. DANG as President, while the other members include Hon. Stephen Julius MASELE of Tanzania (East Africa), Hon. Haïdara AICHATA CISSÉ of Mali (West Africa) and Hon. Bouras DJAMAL of Algeria (North Africa) as first, second and third vice-presidents, respectively were elected on the side-lines of the recently concluded Sixth Ordinary Session of the Fourth Parliament.

According to a press release, PAP’s leadership is expected to table the Activity Report of the Parliament to the Assembly of Heads of State and Government during the AU Summit. This includes key resolutions and recommendations adopted by its members at last Ordinary Session.

“As an organ of the AU, it’s customary to report to the highest decision making body of our institution about the various activities we have undertaken as part of the mandate assigned to us. We will also use the summit as a platform to formally introduce the new Bureau of the PAP since the election last month, and share our vision for the continental Parliament for the next three years,” says Hon. DANG, President of the PAP.

1st Vice President Stephen Masele, PAP President Dang and 2nd Vice President
Haidara Aichata Cisse

Hon. DANG is expected to sensitize Heads of State and Government of the AU gathered Nouakchott on the need to speed up the ratification of the Malabo Protocol.

“We will continue to use this high-level gathering to remind our leaders that the mandate entrusted on the PAP to ensure the full participation of African peoples in the development and economic integration of the continent cannot be fully realized until the Parliament is granted legislative powers. Heads of State and Government hold the key to unlocking this situation and that is why we will continue to engage with them during the upcoming Summit.”

The revised Malabo Protocol granting legislative powers to the PAP was adopted by the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in 2014 and is currently undergoing ratification by member states. So far, only five countries have ratified the Protocol

The theme of the Summit is “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation”.