News:
June 2, 2021
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has opined that Members of Parliament of the Community Parliament, appointed under the transitional council in Mali should be sworn in based on legal basis, as the Parliament sought its opinion.
Speaker of the Community Parliament Rt Hon Sidie Mohammed Tunis, asked the administrative head of the Parliament, John Azumah to read the opinion of the court to the plenary on Tuesday, June 1, 2021 before the start of the presentation of the country report.
It comes at the back of the Community Parliament seeking the opinion of the court in the wake of the first coup in Mali, and the Malian delegation presented themselves but were not sworn in during an Extra Ordinary Session in Sierra Leone.
In January 5, 2021 the transitional council elected the Malian delegation to represent them in the Community Parliament. In the opinion of the ECOWAS Court, the transitional MPs should be sworn into office until there is an election of new representatives, by a new Assembly in Mali.
“Which shall result in the restoration of the national constitutional order in the State of Mali”.
This was signed by the president of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Edward Asante on Monday, May 31, 2021.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com/Abuja