Mtambo hiding as Police quiz HRDC over plot to make Malawi ungovernable State of lawlessness
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo on Sunday went to hiding escaping a police arrest barely few hours after declaring on Facebook that he is not scared as members of his grouping were nabbed by the law enforcers in Lilongwe.
Mtambo posted his comment on Facebook just after President Peter Mutharika warned him and his allies against abuse of law.
Police arrested HRDC members Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembereka at a bar in Lilongwe.
The duo tipped Mtambo, who switched off his phones and is at large.
Police has a warrant of arrest for the three for inciting violence and for plotting illegal shut down of State Houses. State residences are high security areas.
Malawi Police Service deputy national spokesperson Thomeck Nyaude said he had not been furnished with details on the arrest.
HRDC spokesperson Luke Tembo has confirmed that Sembereka and Trapence were under arrest and that the law enforcement agency is still looking for Mtambo.
Mtambo, Trapence and Sembereka face three charges, according to police sources.
They have been working together with Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and UTM Party president Saulos Chilima in violent demonstrations since May last year.
Last year, as he was making his State of the Nation Address (Sona) in the National Assembly in Lilongwe on June 21, President Peter Mutharika alleged that some politicians were trying to recruit mercenary militias from Al-Shabaab and the Congo war zone to create anarchy in the country.
On Sunday, Mutharika also commented on an audio leak in which Chilima is heard speaking to his UTM executive officials and wishing Mutharika’s death so that he takes over the presidency.
He regretted the statement by Chilima.
“Lets not wish each other bad things, I wish him well,” said Mutharika.
HRDC and Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) were threatening to shut down State residences to force Mutharika to assent to Electoral Bills recently passed in Parliament.
Cdedi interim executive director Silvester Namiwa, a former State House official who resigned last year ahead of May 21 polls, said they were concerned with the “snail’s pace” in handling of serious matters of national interest.
Procedurally, the President is supposed to assent to a Bill within 21 days from the date of its passage in Parliament. This means Mutharika is remaining with less than 14 days to assent to the Electoral Bills if MEC is to conduct fresh presidential elections based on the new law.
The Constitution Court ordered that fresh presidential election should be conducted within 150 days from February 3.
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Peter is not a dictator what kind of dictatorship are you talking about…..? Idiot nyasa people.You’re just hating him for nothing what you should know is that the one hate most is the one who God bless coz there is nothing wrong with him you just have a personal enemity stop hating him God will bless you and heal your nation.
Coward
i saw at the beggining that these idiots represetive of HDRC one day they will see what shaves guine fork, its good to fight for freedom but also we should to doit legally and civilized.
Hiding like a coward, maybe he has sneaked out and is back home in Burundi. Lesson number 1 – you dont meddle with the politics of your hosts
Kukana khala corona Virus ku Malawi a Mtambo ndi anzake akanangosekeledwa mchipinda cha Corona virus, tatopa nawo anthu amenewa mwina tipume.
Mtambo mpaka hiding? Switching cell phones? What has happened? I am very disappointed. Zopangisa manyazi Mtambo mpaka kubisala. I thought you are the most powerful person in Malawi. Utipangisa manyazi a Mtambo. Mtambo you are a freedom fighter so do not fear death. All freedom fighters ended in prison or death.
tambo was not a freedom fight guys but idiot trouble m
your words have been marked you cant say this nosense
HRDC has not contravened any law of the land. It is tinpot dictator Mutharika and his DPP who are contravening laws of the land 24/7!
So why is he hiding if he knows that he is acting within the laws of Malawi?
Cause he needs his lawyers first he will eventual hand himself in dont worry relax!
kkkkkkk DPP yayamba ku genda et… kkkkkkkGame sinathe tiyen nao
kkkk Mtambo naweso wabetsa shine tu,mpaka kuthawa zoona? aaaaa tangopitani mukazipeleke amwene kumangidwa ndye kumenyera ufuluko
Undani, Ali Kaka, Yayani, Jojo, Ndani and Kuswa kuswa .You guys, is your brain in the skull. I for one can not take your advice and cannot keep you close but distant myself from your mouths determination of your wicked hearts. You are worse than Peter Mutharika. You are very very wicked and self centred agents from hell. Repent and be happy.
Abreast yourselves with the Malawi Constitution which is the Supreme Law and note that the Arms of Government are Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. The constitution interest is over and above these as its mandate is to satisfy the interests of the people of Malawi and not a single section not even a party.
Sober up. Love Malawi and you will enjoy while you leave a good legend for your future generation.
I would like to congratulate the growing multi party democracy in that there has been a demonstration of power sharing in all arms of government. Malawi is going towards a good direction as long as leadership is concerned. We had embraced a lot of single party rule traits in our democracy as this has been noted in conduct in most of our politicians. Please politicians note that our democracy is shedding of these traits. You will not resist this change, it has come to stay, else change will change you.
It is unfortunate for a leader, of course political rhetoric nature of politicians,to feign ignorance of the real reasons of the struggle and advance as a snake in the grass, Ones own power struggle putting the peoples interests behind. I would like Peter Mutharika to take up OUR Duty to ascent the electoral bill in question promptly as required by the other arm of Government Judiciary.
Those of you standing keep on standing, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
God Bless Malawi Democracy
The more you arrest HRDC and Opposition members the you are decampaining yourselves.We no longer want a dictator in our country enough is enough.
BY THE WAY, THE GUYS IS NOT MALAWIAN BY BIRTH. HE WAS BORN IN A WAR TORN COUNTRY
That is stupid.By birth is your APM Malawian?
Ma Rubbish awa!!! Leader or Dictator??? When a person runs out of ideas/solutions thus the way he behaves.
YOU ARE STUPID
APM was born in Mozambique ended up to be an American citizen
Show them your teeth Mr. President
Which teeth? He has none! Idiot.
That’s what happens when leaders are failing to lead, they use every force at their disposal to silence the voice of reason. What Mtambo and his company have been advocating is for the well being of the country, if your neighbour turns out to be an armed robber, why should you defend and hide him in your house lest you are not part of the gang? When a ref in a match makes an honest mistake and the other team protest, why should the unfairly advantaged team defend the ref and start beating up the disadvantaged team? MEC, Ansah, and dpp are the ones destroying this country by coniving with each other to oppress the majority and break the law at the same time and expect people to just look away. A thief doesn’t deserve any respect no matter how old or high position he holds, if someone stole something and put it in your pocket without your consent then why don’t you disown, distance yourself, and kick him out of your vicinity? What’s wrong is wrong no matter how many beneficiaries of that wrong are on your side to defend you, what’s right will always be right no matter how much you can try to paint it black. Power is intoxicating if you don’t have qualities of a leader because you don’t see what’s right, you only see what’s good for you and your beneficiaries and that’s the reality of our nation today.
Soon, Malawi will be a free nation. This country is taken for hostage for sure. Most Malawians have blind loyalty.
Dpp evil party ready to cause havoc .we r tired of ur nepotism, corruption and intimidation
Mnthalika has chosen to behave as if he does not live in Malawi.
I really accept mthalika is too old to govern thats why he thinks anyone having ideas against his wishes can be silenced by arrest.
Mthalika and his DPP they are becoming dictators. But I am happy there days are numbered.
How many of us are you going to arrest?
Your police leave with us. I don’t think munthalika tactics will work now. Otherwise you’re putting our brothers and sisters the police at high risk.
Mnthalika the writing is on the wall. You need Daniel to interpret it. This is not the time for arrests.
Unless when God has hardened your heart for Him to that he is great as He did with Pharaoh.
Wrong thinking, is it because he arrested those terrorists that is why you are saying all these rubbish..? APM he is good to govern the country…
Hehe..nde mwangundikatu…pfeeee abankha
the biggest bastart to come out chitipa
And the dullest to come from an ugly woman and you call yourself Mbuli for nothing
Foseki
You are tribalistic
Mtambo wationongera ma business. He needs to be punished severely.
Your poor leadership of the president with myopic tendency is the one killing your business
How can the whole president be bribed with Mk145million?? This shows how our leaders are corrupt .
When businesses cry we know the revolution is working. Down with capitalism the sponsor of state terror through the taxes you pay
YOU ARE STUPID
YOUR AN IDIOT
Which business has Mtambo disturbed? blame yourselves cause of greedness and laziness.
Find the bastard and cut his balls off. The next one is Ralph kasambara, this one I will cut his balls my self.
Tavula chigobacho if you have balls
😂😂😂😂kulira uku
Ukunama nawe u will be cut off, don’t expect people to be scared of u. This time around ndikuswana basi payelepayera. Mwatikwana kwambiri ma Cadets.
Lock them up. The whole HRDC needs to be locked up.
HRDC is a terrorist group. It needs to be seen that way. Everyday we are waking up to seeing their threats. Unnecessary threats. We are tired.
HRDC thugs need to be put into jail. They have violently assaulted people, destroyed property. Atikwana. Enough is enough.
I will celebrate when Ntumbo surfaces with his big velvet dark mouth to face the music. He was talking too much a couple of days ago as if he was above. The law.
It won’t happen then wawuponda but expect a big bang in the Northern Region as we are about to shut all the boarders from North.
When you comment you must remember that there is tomorrow.
Kkkk that’s what happens when one lives in States for over 50 yrs, Chitipa sounds like DRC kkkkkk old, tired & senile Mutharika only being remote controlled.
HRDC ndi anthu omenyela ufulu wa anthu . In mbuzi da DPP ndi APM ndi mapolice anu asatha ntchitowo umbuli wakuchulukilani. You are not above the law. Ma STATE HOUSES tikatsekabe pa 25 March apa nde mwauyatsa moto.
idiot
Ufulu wake uti?