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End home vigils, Mutharika appeals
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By Green Muheya, Nyasa Times |
September 21, 2011 · 47 Comments |
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has threatened to deal with civil society activist who will continue to urge people to stay-away from working and ordered that a three-day national strike must end.
Speaking on Wednesday on the state-owned MBC television, President Mutharika pointed out that the call for a national strike is illegal.
He said organisers of the stay-away cannot bully him into submission.
“Government can’t be taken to ransom by a few disgruntled individuals hiding in the name of civil society,” said Mutharika.
Mutharika: Go back to work
“ If you stop people from going to work, I will deal with you,” threatened the President.
He assured Malawians that the state apparatus will provide maximum security to entrepreneurs who go about their normal activities and workers who will report for work.
“I want you to open your shops tomorrow and nothing will happen to you or your property,” Mutharika said.
The civil society groups are protesting what they call poor economic and political governance, deteriorating freedoms, harassment of human rights activist and government critics. They are also protesting against bad laws.
Activists also want President Mutharika to respond to a petition calling on him to account for his wealth, address the chronic fuel and dollar shortages that have added to the misery of the poor and restore diplomatic ties with former colonial master and major aid donor Britain.
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Ife ma cadet timenya onse akuchita sitilaka. A Bingu woyeeee. Kaliyati woyeee Pitala wa Muthalika woyeee. A Muli Woyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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ReplyComment system is by voting; if many people vote a comment down it will be hidden , if you like it and give the comment a thumps up, it will be displayed and if many like it , it will be highlighted
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ReplyA BINGU OSAMAIWALA 9 VOTES THE WHOLE MALAWI ~ PANO MUKUSIMBWA NDI KULANKHULA MULIBE NZERU ~ PACHIPANDA BAKILI KUKUBELEKANI MULI NDANI?
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ReplyAAaaaa inu a Nyasa Times zikuchita inuzi sizikubebatu let every comment be displayed except munthu akatukwana but display everything. Zomwe mukuchita hide muli mfundo za nzeru.
Vuto lanu ndi chani kwenikweni. Display all peoples comments regardless of which side they are.
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ReplyA Bwitoto nanunso, Bingu is a two term president of Malawi so he neer failed at becoming the leader of this country. 1999 was just a preamble or shall we say a testing of the waters.
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ReplyFinally somebody has written something sensible. I wish people could forget any political affiliations, remove emotions, then comment. What we forget is that anger clouds our reasoning. Let think and comment. I am mostly appalled when we put racial abuse in our comments. we are all Malawians, and for us to forge ahead, we need to work collectively.
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ReplyI could not believe it when I saw our beloved confused president BINGU telling the berieved vendors yesterday that a word ‘KULEPHERA’ does not exist in his vocabulary. SURE? MR PRESIDENT. What happened to you in 1999 general elections with your UP that very misarable party of yours? Was that not kulephera? What does kulephera mean to you? A BINGU musamanamize anthu kuti simulephera pamene aliyense akudziwa kuti mchaka cha 1999 munalephera pa chisankho cha u President ndi uphungu. I was right there when you were yapping those lies and shit. Tazipangani manyazi nthawi zina mukamakamba zinthu zopusa. Mwakulatu inu.
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