In
recognition of the role of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) as an indispensable institution
in strengthening
Africa’s democratic institutions, democratic culture, good governance,
transparency and the rule of law, the President of the Parliament, H. E. Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira
has been invited to participate in the African Union (AU) Pre-election
Assessment and Special Political Mission to the Federal Republic of Nigeria from
27 November to 03 December 2022.
The PAP
was established in March 2004 by Article 17 of the Constitutive Act of the
African Union as the third highest organ (of the nine organs) provided for in
the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community signed in Abuja, Nigeria
in 1991.
Its
establishment is informed by a vision to provide a common platform for African
peoples and their grass-roots organizations to be more involved in discussions
and decision-making on the problems and challenges facing the continent.
The
mission which is in furtherance of the implementation of the African Charter
for Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), is based on a constructive
approach of preventive diplomacy under the aegis of the AU and with a view to
exchanging with the stakeholders of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Abuja in
the run-up to the 25 February 2023 Presidential and National Assembly
elections.
According
to the AU, the high level mission will offer a key opportunity to once again,
promote the AU Aspirations inducing peaceful, credible, regular and acceptable
electoral process by all actors in line with continental and international
standards of democratic elections.
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