Mozambique assumes today the rotating presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (AP-CPLP), succeeding Equatorial Guinea, for a two-year term that it pledges will focus on peace and inclusion.
According to MP Feliz Sílvia, head of Mozambique’s national group in the CPLP Parliamentary Assembly, during its two-year mandate, Mozambique will prioritize strengthening democracy and the rule of law, as well as monitoring the implementation of the mobility agreement among member countries, including the holding of regular meetings to ensure agreements that facilitate mobility within the CPLP.
He also stated that Mozambique will focus on attracting private investment through the harmonization of customs and tax rates among member states, and on promoting the Portuguese language and the culture of CPLP countries.
Mozambique’s Assembly of the Republic is presided over by Margarida Talapa, a deputy from the ruling Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO), who will now assume the role of president of the AP-CPLP.
Mozambique has been hosting the 14th Parliamentary Assembly of the CPLP since Monday, with more than 100 delegates attending, including presidents of parliaments from member states.
Today’s agenda includes speeches by the presidents or heads of the delegations attending the assembly under the theme “Promoting Peace, Democracy, and Good Governance in the CPLP”, as well as the presentation and approval of committee decision proposals and other drafts/resolutions, motions, and the announcement of the country that will host the next AP-CPLP meeting.
In July 2024, Mozambique hosted the annual meeting — the 13th ordinary session — of the AP-CPLP, under the presidency of the President of the Senate of Equatorial Guinea, Teresa Efua Asangono. Equatorial Guinea had expressed difficulties in hosting the annual event.
Founded in 1996, the CPLP includes nine countries: Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste.
Source: Lusa
