Aford MP brands Minister of Justice ‘ignorant’ of the law
Hot-headed Mzimba North MP Yeremiah Chihana (Alliance for Democracy-Aford) on Wednesday branded Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Bright Msaka as “ignorant” of the laws.
This was after Msake proposed a Constitutional Amendment Bill with a multiple choice-modelled proposal for members of Parliament (MPs) to decide whether the winner of the presidential election should be declared using either simple majority (first past the post) or 50-percent-plus-one as interpreted by the courts.
Chihana called Minister of Justice “ignorant” on the laws but when Speaker Catherine Gotani Hara asked him to withdraw that statement, he refused, saying: “I did not say that he is ignorant. I said he is ignorant of the law.
“So, if he was reading the law properly, Madam Speaker, I am in order.”
Continued Chihana: “ May be it was an issue of English, some of us really think in English. He must have been thinking in Chichewa or Lhomwe which is not the case with me.”
In introducing the Bill, Msaka asked the House to debate and pass Bill Number 11 of 2020 Constitutional (Amendment) Bill which he said sought to amend the Constitution to provide for a new date for holding the presidential election and to provide a criteria for determining the winner as well as other ancillary matters.
But the minister later announced that the Bill had been changed before it was debated and deleted the entire section that asked MPs to decide between first-past-the-post and 50-percent-plus-one.
Said Msaka: “We want to have credible elections on the government side. The date that we have proposed is 23rd of June. We are not afraid of 50+1. We are very ready, but we just want to do it by the Constitution and not through a motion.”
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Iam at a loss with the goings-on in parliament, can someone bring me up to speed with the details of the elections….Today, “the day has been set and gazetted”, tomorrow, ” some Minister wants a debate on the amendment of the same”..what the heck is this confusion ??? school me on this please..Are the issues done and dusted or there are still gray areas for the 50+1 criterion and the dates….????
To be ignorant and ignorant of the law are two different things, Msaka really sanamvetse, Chihana was right
Hi all! what do you do?
Yeremiah your the most ignorsnt idiot to vone from our region yakumpoto ndiwe chindere
You can’t compare yourself with Yeremiah you fool.Just check your sentence and spellings.
kkkk guys
Yeremiya , waphalire they think in lhomwe. School them.kkk
Infact Chihana is saying the truth, Msaka is ignorant of the law like his fellow dull professor, this has backfired to the dpp and they are facing the music now.
Some of us think in English kikikikiki
Yeremia Chihana a sole Aford MP annot school Bright Msaka for the laws of the land.Matama atumbuka basi kkkk
Tribes has nothing to do with the discussion man.
Tell that to Chihana too.. why mention Chewa and Lhomwe
Understand his explanation before bringing your argument please.
That is why you call yourself Mwinithako, and a smelly one for that matter
Chilungamo!!!!sola mp against the whole government mps
Nchifukwa chake kumpotob Kaumavuta, maima. English take it yosawona kusiyana kwa L ndi R .kkkkk
Where has that got to do with your tribal remarks.Stop showing us your foolishness.
CHihana made the tribal remarks and you didnt hear them. Mwinithako makes tribal remarks and they sound so loud. yea, politics can get to the head at times
Some of us we really think in English kkkkkkkkkkkk
That’s true, the guy, just like the majority of his fellow dpp ministers and mps are thick, and not just of the law, but generally.
As thick as Jane
That’s true. The Fyness kind of
kkkkkkkk the Fyness kind,don’t make me laugh
Kkķkkk the Fyness kind mmmm