Zimbabwe's Charumbira looks a shoo-in for Pan-African Parliament presidency

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Zimbabwean MP Chief Fortune Charumbira is set to be elected unopposed as the Pan-African Parliament's new president.

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A member of the Pan-African Parliament kicks out at ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina during scuffles over the election of the parliament's new leadership in May 2021.Zimbabwean MP Chief Fortune Charumbira is set to be elected unopposed as the Pan-African Parliament’s new president.

TimesLIVE has established that Malawian MP Yeremiah Chihana, who had also thrown his name in the hat, withdrew from the race after the Southern African Development Community caucus officially nominated Charumbira as the region’s presidential candidate.South Sudan’s Albino Aboug also withdrew his candidacy, according to PAP sources.

“I want to be clear and sincere with you all. It is regrettable the protocol establishing rotation has not entered into force because of a lack of the required number of ratifications. From the legal point of view it is obviously not effective,” he said.Meanwhile, ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina, who is also a PAP MP, has been elected as interim chairperson of PAP’s southern region’s caucus.

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What's the point of this parliament?

Another useless body in Africa, working for WEF and the likes...

Africans mentally we are not okay.what is charumba will do for africans while Zimbabweans are suffering

This is nonsense thing I ever hear about it called Pan African Parliament is just stupid gathering.

So sad a development. Why unopposed? Someone who has a record of manipulating political proximity borders of the Bere land in Zimbabwe. He controlled it b4 installing of Bere and he reduced it to a hamlet daddyhope DavidColtart DrNkuSibanda

Does this mean Zimbabwe actually has leaders?

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