The ECOWAS Parliament has tasked the South African government to fish out perpetrators of the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa and have them prosecuted at the International Criminal Court.
Speaker of the Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, told the Parliament that the attacks scorn international treaties and charters on human rights, go against the realities of globalization and are unacceptable.
Members of Parliament said that the act is barbaric, shameful and a total betrayal of the collective sacrifice by the people of the continent to end apartheid in South Africa
They refereed to it as an unacceptable crime against humanity especially against people who played significant roles in the freedom South Africans enjoy today.
While the Parliament might not be in a position to sanction the country, strong condemnations will arise from the debates by member countries during its ordinary session over the next two weeks.
It was the first ordinary session of the third legislature of the ECOWAS Parliament for the year, 2015.
Other issues on the agenda for the meeting include the progressive fight against Ebola in the region and the rising death toll of African immigrants in the Mediterranean Sea.
Issues of elections both the successful and up-coming, especially the need for peace and credibility in up-coming elections in members states such as Guinea, Cote d’ivore, and Burkina-Faso, will also be discussed.
