PAP suspends presidency vote

The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has suspended a vote on its presidency after it was already delayed by days of scuffles amongst members. PAP Secretariat, Spokesperson Jeffrey Onganga, says the suspension is indefinite and a date would be confirmed at a later stage. The session was supposed to run from May 21-June 4. The delay comes as a win for the southern African caucus who refused to go ahead with the vote unless the process was reformed to a rotational presidency. The sessions were marred with violence and intolerance by members where a delegate from South Africa was caught in the firing line…To assist us on this we are joined by Victor Chipofya, Independent Political Analyst, Santosh Vinita Kaylan, Member of Parliament from South Africa’s Democratic Alliance party and former PAP member…