Pan African Parliament endorses ED Presidency

PAN African Parliament (PAP) president Roger Nkodo Dang yesterday endorsed Zimbabwe’s transition from former President Robert Mugabe’s rule last year which ushered in a new leadership under President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputies, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi.

Dang told Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda and Senate President Edna Madzongwe during a courtesy at the Parliament of Zimbabwe that the events (soft coup) in Zimbabwe were examplary, adding that other countries in Africa should emulate and fully support the peaceful transition.

“PAP has a role to promote peace and democracy and we are happy about what happened in Zimbabwe during the peaceful transition where nothing was broken and the new leadership made a good statement of peace,” Dang said.

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