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“I want to stress that we place a great deal of hope in this presidential election, which is
expected to enable Guinea Bissau to find a lasting solution to the political crisis it has been
facing for many years.
“This election is to usher the people of Guinea-Bissau into a new era of peace and prosperity
and contribute a great deal 'to political stability at regional level, “he added.
Also in a message at the occasion, President of the ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean-Claude
Brou again commended the government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ‘for their constant
support and all the facilities made available to ECOWAS for the success of this session’.
He said that the Commission would be presenting the 2020 Budget proposal of the
Community, calling for more synergy between Parliament and the Commission.
“Going forward, for parliament to play an enhanced role as a catalyst and lever for economic
and social development, we must work in coordination and synergy, reinvigorate and restore
our framework of exchanges of the Standing Committees of Parliament and departments of
the ECOWAS Commission.
“I will not conclude my remarks without assuring you that the Community Parliament and the
Institutions as a whole will contribute more to meeting the challenges inherent in the regional
integration process, in order to achieve the ECOWAS of Peoples in the light of Vision 2020.
In the goodwill message from the President of the Court of Justice, Hon. Edward Amoako, the
need for partnership between Parliament and the Court, was emphasized by the honourable
Justice who reminded Parliament that the Court was also instrumental to achieving its
currently enhanced powers.
Justice Amoako used the opportunity to bare the major challenges of the Court which
bordered mainly on its membership and tenure of the five-member Justices as amended in
1991 and 2006.
He told the Plenary that the Court was now faced with a situation where its members are
appointed and retire at the same time thereby “leading to a complete disruption of the
jurisprudence as well as a loss of the institutional memory of the Court.”, appealling to
Members of Parliament to intervene in some of the challenges that had been outlined.
The Second Ordinary Session which is the budget consideration session of the Parliament will
end on Dec. 14, 2019.