PUIC elects uncontested Senegalese speaker as Secretary General

TEHRAN, Jan 16 (KUNA) -- Participants in the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC) meeting on Tuesday elected without contest the Senegalese speaker Moustapha Niasse as the union secretary general for a four-year mandate.
Niasse, the sole candidate of the African group, was elected after the Sudanese delegation withdrew their nominee, in line with the union by law (number 16), stipulating rotation on geographical grounds for electing or choosing a general secretary.
Dr. Odah Al-Ruwaiee, head of the Kuwaiti delegation, stressed in a statement during the voting session, on observing the geographic rotation principle, enshrined in the union constituent law.
The secretary general's mandate lasts for four years; renewable once, provided that the nominee must be from a non-host country. (end) fz.rk