PAP leadership dispute deepens as ousted staff seek AU intervention

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) finds itself embroiled in a power struggle as staff members appeal to the African Union (AU) for intervention against the self-declared acting president, Dr. Ashebir W. Gayo, who is accused of illegally seizing power and abusing his position.

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AU reverses Gayo’s unsanctioned reforms at PAP

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H. E. Moussa Faki Mahamat has invalidated all the decisions purportedly taken on behalf of the Bureau by the Second Vice President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Hon. Ashebir Gayo. The decision was taken to safeguard the African Union (AU) from potential legal liability.

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PAP Legislators refused to revolt against a seating President

A number of parliamentarians who attended the just concluded Pan-African Parliament Regional Conference on Governance, Ratification Promotion, Legislative Incorporation and Implementation of the African Union Legal Instruments on Shared Values in the Republic of Chad have alleged that they were offered bribes to induce them into endorsing the illegal takeover of the leadership of the Parliament as well as support to dump the recent amendments to the Parliament’s Rules of Procedure.

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Gayo’s sinister agenda to unseat PAP President unearthed

Wikipedia reflected events that unfolded which saw Gayo grabbing the post of an Acting President a move that came as a disgrace to the Continental Legislative Body. Instantly, Kalimbwe was fast to congratulate Gayo via a tweeter space misinforming the world that the Ethiopian Legislator was the Acting President during Charumbira's absence.

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Ethiopian Legislators embarrassed by Gayo’s misconduct at PAP

Gayo appointed himself Acting President after PAP President Chief Fortune Charumbira went on a brief leave amid Zimbabwe's General Elections held on 23rd August 2023.

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Charumbira advocates for a pivotal role for PAP in the implementation of AfCFTA

The President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), H.E. Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira has said that PAP has a pivotal role to play in overseeing the implementation of commitments related to the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) by Member States through their national Parliaments.

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PAP President urges young people to tap into AfCFTA Implementation Processes

The President of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), H.E. Chief Fortune Z. Charumbira has encouraged the youth to be the driving force behind the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

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PAP DAY: APPN Promises more collaborations

The Leadership and Secretariat of the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) join the rest of the continent to commemorate the 2023 PAP Day celebration to mark 19 years of the establishment of the Pan-African Parliament as the first legislative body of the African Union.

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2023 PAP DAY: APPN re affirms future collaborations

The Leadership and Secretariat of the African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) join the rest of the continent to commemorate the 2023 PAP Day celebration to mark 19 years of the establishment of the Pan-African Parliament as the first legislative body of the African Union.

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