PAP Elects New Second Vice President

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, May 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) today elected a new Second Vice President, Hon. Ms. Suilma Hay Emhamed ELKAID from the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic. She replaces Hon. Mustafa El Gendy from Egypt who lost his seat as a result of the dissolution of the Egyptian Parliament following a Constitutional Court ruling.

Hon. Elkaid won over her opponent, Hon. Elsayed Moussa Huzein from Egypt by securing 81 votes against 37 for Hon. Huzein. She will now serve until May 2015 when the term of the current Bureau expires.