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July 24, 2023
Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr, Chairman, of the Community Parliament’s Committee on Political Affairs, Peace, Security and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), said it is a good initiative for the African geopolitical area to present a presidential candidate for the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) ahead of the October 27, 2023 election.
According to him when the African geopolitical region is negotiation and collaborating things are done faster and fast trucked. Additionally, it brings the continent’s people together as one and closer in taking decisions.
He made this comments in a telephone interview from his base in Liberia in the wake of the leadership of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) touching down in Abuja- Nigeria to seek the support of the West African bloc to the candidature of the Speaker of the Tanzanian Parliament, Rt. Hon Dr. Tulia Ackson becoming the President of the world parliamentary body – Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Luanda Angola.
Chairman Snowe Jr. noted further that giving the support of the bloc to Rt. Hon Dr Tulia Ackson rests with the Speaker and bureau and whatever decision they make one can rest assured; we will be able to champion that to ensure it is achieved as ECOWAS Parliament is a major player in the sub-region.
As to what the sub-regional bloc should look out for if the bid of Rt. Hon Dr. Tulia is successful in terms of Parliamentary democracy, he said, “again we need to look at her manifesto and synchronies it with our view as Africans and it is work in progress; it’s not going to be an overnight and I do not want to assume what will be in that manifesto, until they can present us with that”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com