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Faizel Patel – 02/06/2021
North West Professor and political analyst Andre Duvenhage says proceedings at the sitting of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has reflected a bad image of the institution.
Proceedings were suspended on Tuesday for the third time after delegates clashed over the election process of a new president.
Western and southern Africa regions were pulling from different sides over whether the presidency should move around the continent’s different blocs on a rotational basis.
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema did not make it any easier when he threatened another PAP representative, while African National Congress (ANC) Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina was kicked by fellow member Djibril War from Senegal while trying to break up a fight that broke out amid attempts by some to delay the election of a new president.
Duvenhage says it was a sad to witness the chaos in the PAP.
“There are huge factions, there are infighting, it was a sad scene. It is not a positive image created by this institution and it is reflecting the state of chaos within the institution as is also the case with many African states at the moment.”
Duvenhage says the PAP is not very effective.
“They are not able to create unity, to get effective and efficient decisions going. We know they have major financial challenges because there’s not a lot of financial support and people are not always paying up to this institution for its functions.”
Duvenhage says the PAP is also undermined by sovereign states and regions.
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