Blackout disrupts Parliament: DPP MPs boycott ‘way forward’ session
Power failure on Friday afyernoon disrupted business in the National Assembly which was meeting in an extra time to avert a deep Constitutional crisis following Thursday’s shooting down of a constitutional amendment to have a provision for a run-off in case no presidential candidate garners over 50 percent of the total votes cast.
However, legislators from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) boycotted the proceedings in the afternoon.
There were more than 15 legislators on the government side and opposition expressed their disappointment over the boycott.
The outage forced Speaker of parliament Catherine Gotani Hara to adjourn for a health break.
During the outage, opposition legislators were overheard describing the blackout as “charecteristics of the Democratic Progressive Party [DPP]” administration.
When power was restored, the House met but a motion was moved to adjourn the proceedings to Monday.
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There is a clip circulating on social media where police men are putting a chain on electricity lines that caused black out at Parliament.on the background of the clip we can hear someone giving instructions how to do it. That person giving the instructions is in civilian at the end of the clip. Am sure this guy is an Escom staff and must be investigated. The stick they are using normally are used by Escom
DPP is doing all it can to remain in power though through dubious means. Koma chodziwika ndichakuti dzanja lalemba basi. I feel sorry for some greedy MPs who are betraying their electorates for their personal gains by shooting down the electoral reforms that will unite the nation. Unfortunately they are siding with a dying horse.
DPP playing games through Escom.
But why not procuring a genset for this very important building?
I don’t understand the motive of DPP MPs and the whole supporters.Why are they afraid of electoral reforms?These electoral reforms are not for the opposition parties only but for the entire Malawi and generation.Honestly,a well educated person can go into a Parliament House and when comes to voting on the important issues can NOT CONSULTED,its really childish and they must be ashamed.That shows total foolishness.I wonder if this party will survive because most of their members are educated fools.
I do not understand the reasons the legal affairs committee is threatening other MPs for rejecting the bill. After all parliament has those powers to reject or pass any bill. Court cannot force its decisions on parliament. These MPs were voted by us to make laws and not the court. MCP has lost that is all. Find other means. Let’s wait and see that constitutional crisis. I think government was the one who should be worried than MCP. What is the motive of MCP.
How I wish DPP to switch off power on the ruling day of their appeal case at supreme court.
You’re right.
Take the 50+1 issue to the people in a referendum….if DPP MPs want to cause a constitutional crisis then they are kidding themselves. We know that they are bitter becoz they lost the election court case. But there is a time when the country comes first and partisan politics second.
My advice to the opposition MPs is that do not debate or approve the budget until this 50+1 issue is passed.
The DPP MPs should be sued for contempt of court……..Why are they afraid of 50+1, time for regionalism politics is gone, APM & your DPP get over it whether you like it or not…
That’s not how it works unfortunately.
Multiparty is good.It is some leaders who are bad leaders themselves.When time for Change arrives in a country, change comes.As of now Malawi is in the change process from politics of one region to the politics of all regions. Politics of all Malawians. That’s what 50+1% will do.Believe little by little things are changing.Dpp is making Malawians to love the change that is coming.For Malawi to change for the better,it needs the DPP to keep doing some delay tactics.Eventually change will come.Let me take you some years ago, when our fore fathers started fighting the colonial rulers,it was tough, very tough but eventually independence came around 1964.In 1915 the chilembwe uprising was against thangata system on Africans.Africans were still fighting for better life until 1964.After that Malawians fought against one party system and they won again,in 1993 there was referendum and guess who won, Malawians won.In 1994 we celebrated the first democratic election and its
first president.Now Malawians are fighting to end the politics of one region dominance,we are in the process and Malawians they are going to win again.Munthalika wachepa.Ndipo 50+1% ndizonse zofunika zitheka.We need to keep praying ,so that God should destroy those who are trying to block our bright future.It is members of parliament who put that to amend or to allow the use of the 50+1% on presidential election, should need 2/3 majority of votes from members of parliament themselves.Of course it is not the current members who put that.These current members can change it.What if members of parliament from opposition benches who are 109 so far, votes to remove the need of 2/3 majority, to allow the use of 50+1% and allows just any Majority.It is possible to change what has happened.Once the 2/3 majority need has been removed.Then the members of parliament can vote again, this time they will win.Infact the opposition members were supposed to do that first,then the DPP would have been lost completely.That is the first way to defeat the ruling diehards. The second way members of opposition should request to vote by asking members of parliament like they have with other amendments bills already.The speaker should ask members of parliament who wants the need of 2/3 majority to use 50+1% or to amend run off,should be removed, should say yes and those who does not want say no.The opposition members are so many, they are going to win.Kungoti brain tizigwiritsa ntchito yake yoganiza.Dpp is a wounded party kwinaku angozirimbitsa Koma kulibe chabwino.Aluza chisankho,aluza Chimulirenji yemwe analikonko vice president, aluza kukhoti posachedwapa,akaluzanso Ku supreme chifukwa palibe umboni omwe MEC yinga bweretse apart from umboni omwe Uli Ku constitutional court.Chisanzo tippex alone is enough to destroy this party.Aluzanso masapota awo onse omwe amaganiza bwino.Akuyenera kuluzanso achinyamata ambiri omwe akusauka muulamuliro wawo.
I haven’t read the whole book, just scanned it. 50%+1 is just a number on the paper. No gaurantee that it can unite Malawians currently divided on regional line politically. The first vote is a passion vote. The second vote is a doubted vote. If the candidate wins 50% of the vote short by one and then wins 52% in the run-off, he may still value his passion vote and will focus on those areas for the next election- this I guarantee.
Dpp at work.
This to me seems a deliberate move, hehehehehe I can sense Mpinganjila behind this nonsense! Kaya,
DPP kaya mufune musafune bill imeneyi idzatheka ndithu kaya through whatever means am telling you. God is not happy with your administration am telling you. And you will see his happening very soon.
The true irresponsible and undemocratic colours of the DPP led by the 80 years old Peter Muthalika are now coming out very clearly at a very critical time . It is very worrisome that this the very party that Supreme Court Judge SC Jane Ansah is deeply associating with. DPP is now behaving like a mad dog, it can bite anybody or anything. It has all of a sudden become a laughing stock party.
There are times when I think one party system was better.
Same here my friend. Zinthuzi zalowa chibwana kwambiri. Malawi is not too young for democracy but too stupid and childish. Obviously that blackout was staged. We are a sorry state to turn the August House into a kindergarten.
Very True