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The deputy chairperson of the African Union Commission launched an unprecedented attack on his boss, chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, in a letter to Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo, revealing deep divisions within the senior leadership of the AU and shedding more light on previous reports of nepotism and sexual harassment.
In the letter, dated November 6 2018 which the Mail & Guardian has seen, Thomas Kwesi-Quartey complained that the chairperson had gone over his head to appoint an “old crony” as AU Ambassador to Brussels. This was “not good governance”, he said.
Ahmat Awad Sakine, a Chadian diplomat, was appointed as the AU’s permanent representative to the European Union in September 2017. Smaїl Chergui, the African Union’s peace and security commissioner, allegedly signed Sakine’s letter of appointment.
He denies the allegation saying: “As you know, commissioners have no admin responsibility ...
the office of Brussels is not under my authority ... So this matter is simply impossible.”
Kwesi-Quartey also criticised Faki for failing to outline any “central organising idea” for his term as AU commission chair, saying that efforts to study and debate proposals to reform the commission were “considered an intolerable affront”.
Exclusive: African Union boss accused of hiring ‘old crony’ — by his deputy
'Cept the request not to publish about it was made.
In the letter, dated November 6 2018 which the Mail & Guardian has seen, Thomas Kwesi-Quartey complained that the chairperson had gone over his head to appoint an “old crony” as AU Ambassador to Brussels. This was “not good governance”, he said.
Ahmat Awad Sakine, a Chadian diplomat, was appointed as the AU’s permanent representative to the European Union in September 2017. Smaїl Chergui, the African Union’s peace and security commissioner, allegedly signed Sakine’s letter of appointment.
He denies the allegation saying: “As you know, commissioners have no admin responsibility ...
the office of Brussels is not under my authority ... So this matter is simply impossible.”
Kwesi-Quartey also criticised Faki for failing to outline any “central organising idea” for his term as AU commission chair, saying that efforts to study and debate proposals to reform the commission were “considered an intolerable affront”.
Exclusive: African Union boss accused of hiring ‘old crony’ — by his deputy
'Cept the request not to publish about it was made.
