Majority Group Beats a Fast Retreat on Removal of Ken Ofori Atta as Finance Minister The Majority Group in Ghana’s Parliament has beaten a fast U-turn on its request for the President to sack the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta and the Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Finance, Charles Adu Boahen […]
Representation of women in the National Assembly; Benin in a good dynamic Benin, which has never had more than 8% of women parliamentarians, will now have a minimum of 27% of seats reserved for women in the upcoming parliamentary elections on 8 January 2023. This according to Mr. Dakpè Sossou, the second vice-president of […]
PAP Regional Caucuses Commence Review of the Draft Rules of Procedure The Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the Regional Caucuses have commenced meetings to consider and make proposals for amendments on the draft Rules of Procedure of the Pan-African Parliament presented by the Committee of Rules, Privileges and Discipline. The Rules of Procedure are central to the […]
The speaker of Parliament for the Senegal National Assembly, Amadou Mame Diop has described as unfortunate the brawl that occurred in the chamber last September, bemoaning members to act responsibly and efficiently under the special seal of serenity in the course of duty. Honourable Amadou Diop, who was addressing members of the legislature during the […]
In the administration of a state, there are three institutions that are established to provide day-to-day governance. These institutions are the executive, the judiciary, and the legislature. The legislative arm of government is responsible for making laws and it is normal for there to be a lot of disagreement before an agreement is reached on […]
The President of the Pan African Parliament (PAP), H. E. Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira, has challenged the media in Africa to be alive to its duties and to become partners in the transformation of the continent. He urged them to move beyond reporting on issues of what is wrong with the continent and to begin […]
The Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica) has urged the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) to consider setting up a benchmark for Parliamentary Openness as a model framework to be adopted by African Parliaments towards an Open Parliament Agenda. This was one of the three recommendations made by the Executive Director of PNAfrica, Sammy Obeng, when he presented a […]
Parliamentary Network Africa (PNAfrica), under the auspices of the Africa Parliamentary Monitoring Organizations Network (APMON) has completed the development of the maiden Africa Open Parliament Index (OPI), and is scheduled to be launched on 20th July, 2022, in Accra – Ghana. The Africa OPI is a joint effort with the APMON Working Group, which is […]