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South Africa: Delegation of Moroccan Parliament Takes Part in Meetings of PAP Standing Committee on March 6-17, 2023

A delegation of the Moroccan Parliament is taking part in the meetings of the Standing Committees of the Pan-African Parliament, taking place on March 06-17, 2023, at the seat of the Pan-African Parliament in Midrand, South Africa.

The Moroccan Parliament is represented in the said meetings by the members of the Moroccan Representation at the Pan-African Parliament, namely:

-     Rep. Leila Dahi, Group of the National Rally of Independents,

-     Rep. Khadija Arouhal, Group of Progress and Socialism,

-  Rep. Abdessamad Haiker, Parliamentary Caucus of Justice and Development,

-     Cllr. Youssef Eddi, Socialist Group,

-     Cllr. Hanaa Belkhir, Group of the General Union of Moroccan Workers.

The meetings cover the AU’s theme for 2023: “Year of AfCFTA: Acceleration of the African Continental Free Trade Area Implementation,” with a view to exchanging views, coordinating visions of the African parliamentarians, and proposing effective and practical means to make this huge project successful, as it will create a unified market for goods and services and deepen the economic complementarity in Africa.

The agenda of the meetings also includes several timely questions concerning African citizens, such as the consolidation of the role of parliamentarians in advancing education in Africa, migration governance, mobility of workers, and gender equality in the digital space.

It should be noted that the Pan-African Parliament gathers the parliamentarians of the Member States of the African Union. The PAP was created on the basis of the AU’s Constitutive Act and initiated its work officially on March 18, 2004. The jurisdiction of the PAP covers the insurance of the full participation of African people in the Continent’s development and economic complementarity. The institution currently enjoys a consultative status and has supervision over the budget of the African Union.

Each Member State of the PAP is represented by five parliamentarians from the Majority and the Opposition, including at least one woman, elected or appointed by the parliaments and national legislative institutions.