Rwanda is joining the commonwealth.Is the commonwealth really relevant Today? Please Send me your views.
Recently BEN TV SKY 194 presenter had a chance to interview the new secretary general of the commonwealth parliamentary association(CPA) HON. DR.WILLIAM SHIJA in his offfices in Westminister -London.
He started by saying that The mission of the commonwealth Parliamentary association is to promote the advancement of parliamentary democracy by enhancing knowledge and understanding of democratic governance and by building an informed parliamentary community able to deepen the commonwealth’s democratic commitment and to further cooperation among its parliaments and legislatures.
“The commonwealth in general its a voluntary association of governments which the n decided years ago to carry out the kind of work beneficial to their countries in terms of democracy and good governance. We have about 53 countries that make up the commonwealth. They usually meet every 2 years .This year they will meet in Uganda”he said
He started by saying that The mission of the commonwealth Parliamentary association is to promote the advancement of parliamentary democracy by enhancing knowledge and understanding of democratic governance and by building an informed parliamentary community able to deepen the commonwealth’s democratic commitment and to further cooperation among its parliaments and legislatures.
“The commonwealth in general its a voluntary association of governments which the n decided years ago to carry out the kind of work beneficial to their countries in terms of democracy and good governance. We have about 53 countries that make up the commonwealth. They usually meet every 2 years .This year they will meet in Uganda”he said