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I am not accountable to NGO’s, says Bingu
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By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times |
September 8, 2011 · 48 Comments |
Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika says he is not accountable to “unelected) non-governmental organisations (NGO) and lashed out at activists for pressing demands on him.
The activists have been protesting against Mutharika’s economic and governance failures.
But in a blistering attack to the NGO community, Mutharika said on Thursday that he does not report to the civil society organizations.
“We are the government, nobody else is government. Opposition is not government. NGOs are not government. You were elected by people; each one of you is an MP,” said Mutharika at New State House in the capital Lilongwe when he swore into office new Cabinet ministers.
“We are not obliged to report to NGO’s or to be accountable to nongovernmental organisation,” said Mutharika.
Mutharika: I do not report to Mwakasungura
“There is nowhere in the constitution that says Bingu wa Mutharika as president of Malawi will report to [Undule] Mwakasungura,” said Mutharika.
Mwakasungura is chairperson of Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC).
“We are not accountable to NGO’s,” Mutharika stressed to his 31-member cabinet.
“The donor community should know that no government is accountable to the NGOs. We will dialogue, we will talk to them, but they should not come at that committee with demands,” he added.
In a petition handed to authorities by activists on July 20 when deadly riots erupted after police moved to put down demonstrations criticising Mutharika’s governance and killed at least 19 people, the activists demanded that President Mutharika should disclose the source of money he used to build a multimillion dollar house in his home village six years after taking power.
They also demanded Mutharika to order relevant government officials to stop paying his wife Callista a monthly sum of over $7,000 for doing charity work as a coordinator of safe motherhood, sell the presidential jet and trim the Cabinet.
Mutharika has, meanwhile, trimmed the cabinet by to 31 from the bloated 42.
Leader of the civil society team in the UN-facilitated national dialogue with government, Voice Mhone, has meanwhile said, Malawians put the President in office on trust and he is accountable.
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Tags: Bingu wa Mutharika, cabinet, Civil society, demonstrations, Undule Mwakasungura
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a rute sukulu yanu mudayimba bwanji.it seems u r 2 dull to knw politics
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ReplyBinguyi mukakhala mukumuwona zafika pamisala? The whole president why mentioning undule,he is playn his role ,play urs bingu
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ReplyA good statesman does not compartmentalise the population. The people working in the NGOs are voters. A good politician therefore listens to all sections of the society. He realises to win he needs every vote. From every section of the society. But then Bingu is not a statesman. Let alone a wise one were he to be a statesman. Nor is he a good politician
By the way one would forgive him for his belligerent language towards the NGOs. If he ever listened to anybody. He recently had bad words for Bishop Zuza. He has in the past spoken foul words against the Christian fraternity. He has castigated the nation in times more than one
Here is a man devoid of any moral and wise disposition. The NGOs and the Civil Society play too much to Bingu’s music
The only language this Bingu would understand is prolonged Protest. With loud vocal demands that he step aside. The nation does that and Bingu would flee the country. We could have a Fresh Beginning for our country. With Bingu out
Aston Cheyo Nyondo
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Replyunduleyo ndi mtumbuka, nonse mwalemba shit apa ndinu atumbuka nokha-nokha; mukuona ngati mungalamule dzikoli? go to hell!!!!!!
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ReplyHe should explains to us malawians where he got to the funds to build the ivory tower in bushy ndata farm since we are the one who employed him and he has to be accountable for that to the ngos and ordinary malawians who are paying their hard earned taxes through the nose.Without us he wouldn’t have been the president of Malawi.Why didn’t he build the ivory tower at ndata while amatchukumitsa mdulumayo bineth minibus to Likuni?Musatiwopsyezepo apa gogo Bingu.Nthawi imeneyo inapita with the genuine ngwazi.
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ReplyAccountability or no accounatbility, one change the CSOs requested for has happenned. Why did the Citizen 1 respond to the request of debloating the Cabinet if he is not accountable. It is reactions like this “not accountable” that irk most Malawians. What must be remembered by Citizen 1 is that he does not become a less President when he politely responds to issues. Where is the Discipline that he wanted Malwians to show? It is very rude and an indiscipline to deny his responsibilities demanded by the Consititution. I beg to remain
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