The Pan African Parliament will soon become a full legislative body as envisioned by the Protocol to the Treaty establishing the African Economic Community relating to PAP. This continental parliament was established in 2004 as a consultative body to the African Union and its founding members said it will given full legislative powers in five year. Most this parliament is being dismissed as a toothless body. But its new president Roger Nkodo Dang from Cameroon says his mission is to lead the transition of the parliament for it to tackle the challenges facing Africa:
