The
President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), H. E. Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira will proceed on a two-month
leave effective from 28 August and has designated the Third Vice President, Hon. Lucia Maria Mendes Goncalves Dos Passos (Mrs.)
from Cape Verde, representing the Western Regional Caucus as the Acting
President on rotation.
This
is contained in a letter by Hon. Chief
Charumbira addressed to Hon. Lucia
Maria Mendez Dos Passos and copied to the other three Vice Presidents and
the Clerk of the Parliament.
According
to the letter, the President took the action pursuant to Rules 19(1) and (2) of
the Parliament’s Rules of Procedure which provides for the functions of the
Vice Presidents as follows:
1. The Vice Presidents in the order of ranking and by rotation, shall act as President in the absence of the President or when the President is unable to discharge his or her duties.
2. The Vice Presidents shall carry out the duties prescribed by the Bureau under the direction and control of the President and subject to the such directives as may be issued by the Parliament.
“In that regard, in view of the fact that
the 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents have acted as Presidents
in my absence, I have appointed Hon.
Lucia Maria Mendes Goncalves Dos Passos, the 3rd Vice President
to act as President in my absence for a period of two months beginning on
Monday August 28, 2023” he wrote.
Hon. Chief Charumbira stated that he may
return to assume his responsibilities as President much earlier but in the
event that he is still absent, he outlined how the rotational acting sequence
will proceed up till December 2023.
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