30/05/2025
ECOWAS Parliament Adopts Resolution Opposing Presidential Third Terms
By Kebba AF Touray The ECOWAS Parliament has adopted a key recommendation urging the regional bloc to revise its Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance to explicitly prohibit presidential third terms?an issue widely seen as a trigger for political instability in West Africa. The resolution was passed Thursday during the regional legislature?s ongoing First Ordinary Session, following a delocalized meeting held in Banjul from April 28 to May 2. The meeting focused on the regional implications of the recent withdrawals of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from ECOWAS, and produced a series of recommendations through a joint committee comprising members from...
