The virtual Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) created a platform to experience the workings of a parliament or legislature
Rayahna Isaacs, 18, represented the Western Cape Provincial Parliament branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association , at the virtual Commonwealth Youth Parliament which started on Monday and ended on Friday.
For the purposes of the event, a country by the name of Abarat was created. Members of the Abarat Parliament were tasked with debating real-life issues such as the Covid-19 pandemic. The CPA African Youth Parliament for 2019 that they would have attended was cancelled. In 2020, there was a virtual CPA Youth Parliament but Isaacs’s age at the time meant she was not eligible to participate. A year later, she finally got her opportunity.
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