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Bingu prorogues House again, leave for Dubai

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Nyasa Times Reporter 10 May, 2008 10:55:00

President Bingu Mutharika goes to United Arab Emirates leaving behind a letter with instruction that it should be delivered to office of the Speaker of National Assembly on Monday by 15:30 hours to prorogue the 40th session of Parliament following the breakdown of talks with opposition.

A senior cabinet minister from Phalombe told Nyasa Times that the President would want the House to proceed with government bills and that if there is no further progress the Speaker would adjourn sine die to await the budget session.

"You will understand that parliament adjourned last week to allow talks between government and opposition but these talks collapsed and the religious leaders have been enlisted to mediate.

"If the mediation fails then the House will be adjourned again," said the Phalombe minister who served in the Dr. Bakili Muluzi ten year administration.

Parliament will reconvene at 2:00 pm on Monday and the Speaker is expected to adjourn the house in the same matter as last Septermber.

Mutharika will on Monday leave the country to pay an official visit to the rulers of Dubai who previously had ‘corrupted’ cabinet minister Patricia Kaliati who until today remains a subject of the Anti Corruption Bureau investigations over tourism concession scam.

"President Mutharika will spend a week in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, on the leg of his Middle East tour," said State House sources.

Mutharika will leave the country leaving political impasse over Section 65 as opposition demands that they would want Speaker to sack defecting lawmakers.

The President under pressure from the rights groups initiated talks with the opposition but told a rally in Dowa on Friday that they have flopped.

National Assembly meeting, which adjourned on Thursday to pave way for the talks, would reconvene on Monday likely to crumble following the breakdown of talks.

Comments (11 posted):

proudmalawian on 10 May, 2008 09:25:50
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Let him really prologue the parliament as it is not worthy. Me wonder why you Nyasa Times do not condemn MPs for their nonsense acts and misuse of tax payers' money. Malawi can operate without parliament because since last prologue, nothing has been affected otherwise things were much better and tinapumako. You NT are in UK and you know how things work there, how come simufuna kuthandizako parliament with some sense apart from kulimbana ndi Bingu.
Baison Chimbende on 10 May, 2008 09:51:51
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Bingu, You are a DICTATOR worse than RObert G Mugabe of ZIMBABWE!!! Acheya, Dr MULUZI, please help us STOP THIS SADDUM you imposed on "US" in our warm Heart of AFRICA!!! What a tyrant... The last thing you would expect from someone said to be learned!!! But, thinking back, this is the same man who embezled funds from COMESA!!! What a crook!
Mbuyokutuma on 10 May, 2008 10:22:54
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This man is in trouble.
monda on 10 May, 2008 10:41:07
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Uku timati kuzibaya mpeni wekha wekha.Zinthu zayamba kusolobana time has come yoti kanauluka katele.ALLAH KNOWS BEST
ankhoma on 11 May, 2008 12:50:12
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Seriously NT. from your story the man hasnt even really prologued the sitting. all he has done is think of poor malawians at home. coz seriously wats the point of funding that circus unless all those clowns are willing to put on some real suits and transact real business for the good of malawians
Tithana Ngubane on 11 May, 2008 09:48:34
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Chimbende! you are crying over spilt milk. We prayed to God and he gave us Dr Mutharika. It was not by mistake. the dictatorial tendencies in Bingu are man made. How do you expect him to perform with the hostile environment he is subjected to? * see no option but to show traits of a dictator. There is always one Head of State. At the moment he is Dr Bingu Wa Mutharika PhD.
daviechitenje on 11 May, 2008 11:18:11
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when you are making a bed,you must lay on it,therefore mkuluyu is only facing the consequences of poaching....
Kadango on 11 May, 2008 03:04:25
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Excuse me Nyasa Times! Let the President do it for our MPs do not want Justice to roll down like waters in an overflowing stream. People who have got good sense of homour in our country are watching what these MPs are doing and my prayer is "Let the General Elections come and judgement day will talk" Bingu do it so that our money should not be waisted. Thieves will cry and they will never repeat this mess they are bringing in Parliament. Bravo Bingu!
Baison Chimbende on 11 May, 2008 05:10:04
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Ngubane! Bingu is his own problem! OUR prayers are still to be answered! Bingu is an product of UDF factionalism in the last days of Muluzi Admin. Of-course as stated above by CHITENJE, "mkuluyu is only facing the consequences of POACHING!!! - Muchichewa timati "wagula rindanda wagula chakunja - Walila mvula walila matope!!!" So, BINGU should not complain - Here in MALAWI we have a thing called the CONSTITUTION!!! This thing is there for a very Good Reason and should be followed to the letter! Bingu, if you want to lead us, then you have to follow the constitution and to the letter! You practises so-far are taking us back to the period between 1964 and May 1994 - We have been ruled by DECREE before (Only KAMUZU & his MYP'* could do that and you are not him) and we are not going to let you do that. BINGU, DO NOT TRY and RUN MALAWI like your PRIVATE FARM In Kadoma ZIMBABWE. One BIG PROBLEM is that you were not HOME during Kamuzu'* time and you might not experienced things that we did, first hand! * do not think you have read the history of this country - Come election May 2009, we will Teach you a lesson!!!
Zenizeni on 12 May, 2008 09:36:21
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Bingu akolola zomwe anadzala.Last year he said bugdet first then section 65,after budget he prolouged parliament.He lied. He is a dictator. Amafuna zake zitheke tingobwerera ku one party. Apa democracy yalephereka aleka kusoslola.
Hands Kawoko on 12 May, 2008 12:26:50
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We are not to go back to one party state, because we were troubled alot and it is only insane people who can side Bingu on the forgoing of section 65. May be they were eggs when people were being trobled during the one party regime led by Kamuzu. For all grown ups, they cannot totalate the idomacy you children are advocating
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