Chilima hypes anti-Madando demo: Warns Ansah to face mob revolt

June 30, 2019 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 62 Comments

UTM Party president Saulos Chilima has urged his party supporters and Malawians to join peaceful demonstrations organised by civil society organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to push Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah to resign.

Chilima arriving at Njamba
Chilima: More fire, demos will go on until Ansah resigns
UTM rally at Njamba

Chilima, addressing a televised rally at Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre on Sunday, said peaceful demonstration were a right for all as provided in the Constitution .

“The CSOs are holding demonstrations on 4th and 5th July. Let us support them, go konko,” said Chilima.

“We should demonstrate so that Mayi Madando (Ansah) must resign. These demonstrations will not stop until she steps down. This will be second gear if she refuses to go then we will have a lockdown,” said Chilima.

The CSOs, electoral stakeholders and the electorate are demanding Ansah’s resignation on allegations that she failed to handle the May 21 presidential elections, which were marred by alleged irregularities and purportedly favouring President Peter Mutharika.

Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was declared the winner, but other contenders for the presidency, notably Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Chilima of UTM are challenging the results at the Constitutional Court.

However, speaking in an exclusive interview last week with private broadcaster Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS), Ansah described accusations of her personal bias as unfounded and baseless.

During the interview, Ansah, a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, rejected any calls for her to resign on principle, saying she will wait for the court’s judgement on the matter to decide whether to call it quits.

She described nationwide demonstrations demanding her resignation as “mob justice”.

But Chilima quashed Ansah, saying the embattled electoral commission chairwoman messed up votes of the mob.

Recently, Chilima also wrote Ansah a letter in which he said he had evidence that the embattled MEC chairwoman spoke to colleagues at the electoral body to work on re-electing Mutharika and stop the possible ascendancy to the vice-presidency of MCP running mate Muhammad Sidik Mia allegedly for being a Muslim.

During the ZBS interview, Ansah denied both allegations, saying she has no access to MEC staff except the chief elections officer.

She said: “What I can say is that I did my work according to law.”

Chilima has since said President Mutharika should join the demonstration since the president also complained that his votes were stolen.

“[Mutharika] is most welcome to demonstrate with us so that Ansah should resign. Everyone who is not happy with Ansah’s management of the elections should get to the streets on Thursday and Friday,” Chilima said.

He also urged Mutharika to fire Ansah if he wants the demonstrations to stop.

Catholic bishops in the country, under the Episcopal Conference on Malawi (ECM), state in a statement, issued on Friday, that it is the right of Malawians to hold peaceful demonstrations as provided in the Constitution and called on citizens to maintain peace, calm and unity as the nation waits for the court’s determination on the matter.

They also call for justice to prevail in the matter in court,  stressing that they did not find it prudent to comment on matters related to the conduct, transmission and management of the electoral results.

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62 replies on “Chilima hypes anti-Madando demo: Warns Ansah to face mob revolt”

  1. “I will add the number of retired presidents pa 21 May 2019. Peter Mutharika akutsanzika.” These are the words this guy used to tell us Malawians. Lero mwanayu akulira. Waiwala kuti mau akulu amakoma akagonera. Ankatiuza kuti iye sangaluze chisankho. ” Mukawafunse amene ati adzaluze chisankho ngati azavomere kuluza kwao chifukwa ine sindingaluze chisankho” . These were his words. Lero wagwa mpaka kukhala # 3 and with 4 MPS only ??? Shame to Chilima and Mary Chilima . Mwachititsa anthu manyazi awa: Kaliati, Kalindo, Ussi, Chidyaonga, Ngumuya, Kabwila, Patricia Fukulan Dzimbiri, Masangwi, Njikho, Chidanti Malunga and the number is endless.

  2. Ulova ukuphani ndithu, go back to Airtel and start selling airtime. Munthuwe ndiwaphuma that’s why watuluka ndi mp 4 okha the country.Koma ulibe manyazi???????

  3. Yesele uwone tithana nawe tikamakhala chere sikuti ndife opusa…Chilima God gave you a chance but unapupiluma now you r facing the consequences

    1. lova ndinu man He has already made his future. Being a retired vice president he is far better than your so called Ministers of so so so. u bulutu ukuphani achimwene.

  5. UTM, EFF and MDC same watsapp group zipani za phokoso mainly for urban people..they never come to power…

  6. It’s sad that ChiLima is behaving as kindergarten headboy who is crying for another kid food container as if it is his… with four pieces of chips…he can’t understand this can’t end hunger… I bet my last kwacha with this behavior of childish songs at rally..unleashing mob on Ansah while issue is in court….surely to me he has lost the single crumb of chips remaining in his container….why can’t he shows seriousness? Am afraid he shows he has energy to campaign till 2024 but surely with this character he will never rule Malawi. ..chakwera is quiet showing maturity…this man if rerun will b shocked to be number 4….slow down Mr SKC president….my opinion….u argue on principles not on vague excuses

    1. brother its not about Chilima, lather your integrity, cause you look not to be sober minded. Nkhani siyonyozana. May be you are 80 years plus old?

  7. On Saturday driving from Lilongwe to Zomba and Blantyre, his convoy was led by a pick up atamangilira ma piece a dzigamba dza nsalu ya UTM akuti mbendera…kutha kwa munthu wamwano……. kkkkkkk

  8. Chilima is a political strategist. He is the most visionary leader since the fall of Kamuzu in 1994. By tossing Al-Shabaab in our midst he thought he was creating fear in the Malawian breast Ooh Gooo Cholo boy sorry kwambiri suffering from grave political amnesia statements running over each other. Yosefe mwanaveka plus the big thief Goodall an evil cartel

  9. Peter Mutharika under his DDP banner won the rigged election because of the use of Tipex, stuffed ballot boxes and buying off voters in Mangochi, Machinga and Zomba. For the parliamentary elections, DPP penetrated those constitutions where UTM heavy weights were contesting. The rigging was done mainly by manipulating the figures on the forms (66 or 60) where votes were tallied. A lot of taxpayers money was used to pay off officers at polling stations. The 4 billion is just the tip of the iceberg. Malawi, please work up!

  15. Koma achina Jessie Kabwila kuwoneka chonchi, ngati okalamba? Ndipo osakasamba bwa? Ngati madzi m’nyumba mulibe, ndi ambiri m’Mudi’mo.

  16. Oh! Chilima now taking the election issue personally to the Judge?
    How would this political kid, Chilima, feel if DDP cadets were to camp and demonstrate in front of his house or hut? Cadets know where he lives too. Think about that.
    A rule of thumb in democracies, even though not talked much about, is “you can demonstrate at someone’s official work place (like at MEC offices), but never at the personal residence, because by doing so, you are indirectly, inciting mass violence against the target person”. That is why it is NOT done.
    Police would have a duty to disperse such a crowd by any means, including flooding them with tear gas.
    HARDtalk Chilima showing his ignorance about political protocol, again.
    Sadzawina uyu. Never.
    Asa.

  17. zingayambe kuyiwalika pa 21 May pano kunyumba uko mukukuwonako ndikalowe ndine. anatelo a Chilima uku akumwetela kwa Kauma akuti abwera kuzasanzika ma neba. Mwakalowa mani? Osamanena mwandithendithe lero mukuti anthu apite kunyumba kwa Ansah zoona kuyankhula kwa utsogoleli kumeneku. Bvomelani mdala Pitala anakunyenyani nonse chakwera, mia, kuphatikizapo joyce banda, kachale, chilima, usi, muluzi, mwenefumbo Mamuna nzako mpachulu umalinga utakwelapo Pitala simasewela 2024 akuthizimulaninso a DPP

  18. Apa ndiye zavuta. Malawians are saying no to crooks. Peter will not be able to rule in peace. You can say what you like, Malawians are owed the truth and one way or the other it will come out. Public servant are servants of the people. Peter is a servant of Malawians. He might shield her now but time will come when Mai Madando will face the music. She is a very worried person.

  19. Father Tamani said : is being president the only way to serve people? who is benefiting by being the president? stop using helpless people zimenezo nde nkhazazo

    1. All these blue tantrums shows there’s something very wrong in the blue camp. Demos are a right so why all this noise. If you don’t agree with them just shut up blue stinking beaks. I rest my case.

  22. Chilima should be ashamed to be shouting on the roof-tops when UTM got 4 seats only. Useless and jobless man who does not love our country.

      1. Mmhhhh….why are they not disputing parliamentary only presidential? Accept kuti zinavuta basi.

  23. Alakwa ndi peter kukapatsa mwayi wogwira ntchito m’boma.apa nde zakuvutani man iyi ndi kampeni 2024 . Jane sakutula pasi udindo olo udzipanga dairy ma demo analembedwa ndi peter osati mkangowe chimunthu chonyasa nkhope ndi mtima womweh

    1. Walira mokweza cadet Charie! ok, tenga chilima umuike apo, then utenge agogo ako a Petulo wo… onyansa nkhope ndani??? the answer is just next to you!

    2. Are you serious, lets wait and see who will laugh last? Ngati mwadya K4 billion muyisanzaaaaaaaaaa ndithudi! 2024 kudzachitanso chisankho nkhaniyi ili chomwechi? Waponda m’madziiiiiiiiiiii!! Kutali kwambiri kumenekoooooooooooooooo Munya chaka chake ndi chinooooooooo

  24. MEC Chairperson will not be cowed into submission by the bellicose language being vomited by all the bad and frustrated losers in the just conducted elections.
    If the court has seen it fit to continue with the case with her at the helm of MEC nobody can brainwash the nation that justice will not be done if she remains on the post.
    An opposition leader Hichilema in Zambia lost by a mere 27,000 votes (and not a whooping 160,000) during his first match-up with Edgar Lungu but he never behaved so shamelessly.
    MCP, UTM, PAC & CSOs pathological dislike of APM and Southerner’s will harden our resolve to say a big NO to the 50+1 law maneuvering you are doing.

    1. Were Zambia election issues similar to what Malawi experienced in the May 21 election? Did you hear of tippex cases in Zambia? Awanso nde achitsirunsotu awa!

      Zoona zake ndi kuti mukuoneka munakomedwa kwambiri kuti a Malawi amangokhala chete mukamachita za uchitsiru zanuzo!! Pano yalakwa, ndiye mudziwe kuti anthu ofatsa, omwe samalankulalankhula akakwiya samabwelera ndipo ngati mukuona kuti a Malawi abwelera muli m’madzi!!

      Please don’t forget that Chilima was with the very Southerners you’re telling to harden their resolve to say big NO, and instead they have agreed to harden their resolve and are saying “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, ITS TIME THIEVES MUST GO”! Malawi sakusowa zitsiru ngati iweyo oyikila kumbuyo mfiti!!

      Ngati mukufuna bwelani tikumane pa 4 ndi 5 July pano, ma venue onse a ma demo mukuwadziwa chonde bwelani zitsiru inu!

      1. By the way what is tipex? it is a correction fluid if something is at a mess we use tipex to correct it.Do not confuse people.During the elections correction fluid was used in a positive way not what you think.

      2. Enough is enough ifenso zomwe UTM ndi MCP mukuchita zatitopetsa.Full of empty tins and barking teethless dogs

  27. Right now while the naive opposition is busy with madando and all this elections crap, DPP is busy strategising for 2024. Chilima must focus on rebuilding his bruised and tattered party. MCP must be doing the same thing because 2024 elections are around the corner and Dr Chakwera won’t contest. I doubt if the courts can order a rerun because our constitution does not provide for it. Take into consideration how long it takes to do reruns, how much it will cost and that the very same MEC they are complaining about will conduct them. Plan ahead Chilima, your virginity has been broken, Plan ahead MCP, oChakwera wagwa nayo game. Zoona ropping in Mia and JB and think this is a winning formula?

  28. Lova uyu watikwanano misonkhanoyi yachani kodi zinatitopetsa ife izi iyaaaaaaa …..Wayamba kusowa ntchito uyu

    1. a Chilima zomwe mukuchita tsopano ndi mwana yemwe wadziwa kuti mutu wanu siukugwira ofunika mupite ku mental hospital akakupimeni

  31. MBAVAA onse achoke…. be it madam madando or her bf apm…… achoke basi.!!!!! And how dare Jane calls Malawians MOB? If thats what she wants then this mob will now sit outside her house. First she let’s down the Malawians as whole in favour of her boyfriend…. she cheats in broad light caught red handed and still she maintains her bullshit to the nation. Madam Madando you will have to step down no matter what. Neither you nor Your tired boyfriend are above the law nor above the people’s will. So get the hell out and go on honeymoon with your bf….apm…… try having some kids as that will keep u away. Good ridence madando n apm… bye bye in advance and wish u both loads of madando kids. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🙀🖕🖕🖕🖕apm is arranging 30 tonners to take all your stolen cash. Take with you some lingerie too…. to excite your bf.

  32. UTM’s (Bus Company) Chilima not even pretending to be presidential material by advocating “mob revolt”.
    Because democracies don’t work that way, iwe “HARDtalk”, iwe. Choka apa.
    We are either a country governed by laws, rather than mobs, or we are not. Apparently, Chilima would seem to favor the latter.
    And, fundamentally, let the Courts decide.

    1. Currently it’s the “MBAVAA” n his thugs ruling in a mafia style…… So happy now? Idiot…. what democracy u talking about….. First teach some democracy to your ringleader “MBAVAA”. Is he sitting in that high chair under true n real democracy?????? NO!!!!!! So WTF are you talking about. Go your share of madando cake n shut the F$$K up.

  33. My idiot cousin Arafat Hamdani had no business poking his big kaladi nose into the Trump-Kim Jong Un politica and ballistic missiles. He and the few people who gathered at Njamba to listen to him have no understanding of this. And now he wants to operate under the leadership of Mutambo. Clear demonstration of his poor leadership skills. Bravo Malawians for ensuring this man simply became former vice president.

  35. Iwe mutolankhani mvela bwino bwino speech ya Chilima, he said knockdown not lockdown vizungu va DPP vimenevo osati UTM ndi Congress yayi.

    On the other side we as Malawians are happy to have such courageous leader like Chilima… This is God’s given. To have a leader ilike him is not current Malawian. We have been having a yes bwana for the rest of our lives.

    For the first time in life we have two parties joint at the court with one voice.

    For the first time in Malawi history we have military to the side of opposition and citizens.

    For the first time we SOLDERS are against Police to fire year tear gas to its citizens.

    For the first time opposition parties have brought more evidence in court than ever before.

    For the 1st time the case has referred to Constituanal Court of Malawi.

    The Attorney general is defending DPP and Muntharika aswell as MEC it’s clearly conflict of interest.

    For the second time we see Malawi defence FORCE has demanded their boss Supuni Phiri to leave office unconditionally.

    For the first time we see The President is running away from his own city streets afraid of his own people he claimed to be voted in office.

    We see no President addressing his cloud at Bingu National Stedium, this 6th July Independence day. He can’t stand capital city citizens and the citizens will not stand him too.

    I see the rerun in this nation for the 1st time… just wait give it space from the five judges.

    Your Faithfully,

    Mzikamanda….

      1. So what have you corrected? Are supporters of Chilima and Chakwera not Malawians? Fotseki

    3. just wait you will see the consequenses of what you are doing to innocent people God is looking at you Chilima and Chakwera and your followers.

  37. Kodi lova uyu sanapezebe chochita? At least Ansah reports for duty, iwe unathawa ntchito and kept receiving salary for free. Leave the woman alone!

  38. Chilima go and bloody rest now, we have had enough of you and your rotten mouth, take a hike. These are last kicks of a dying horse. You lost miserably. Party of losers

    1. So u in favour of party of cheaters n thugs…. these dpp thugs stole our votes n cheated n now claiming to be in power as if they are above the law…this is mafia rule mafia govt….. total insult to Malawians. Equiation is clear….people who are supporting these thieves n thugs of dpp are part n parcel of the mafia. They clearly have benefited from rots. These people are not patriotic but stinking rots and you one of them clearly 😂so go on n lick your bosses rots. But no for long. U will b the biggest loser.

      1. Iwe @Operation Chotsa Mbavaa
        Get in the real world, outside Chilima”s cocoon.
        Tinathana nawe iwe paja kale, ndikutukwana kwakoko. Pamozi ndi nzako uja amati @Central – wa JC yokha uja; ngati iwe.

      2. Get lost you pig! What votes were stolen??? 2 MP party! Dont you all feel stupid coming out in public after your defeat? GALU! Mad fool! Thugs, so you are patriotic??? Kkkkkkkkkkkkk MWALUZAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa go beg in streets now, soon you will wear the shoes that you stole from BATA!

      1. A jar goes so much to the well until one day it breaks.Soon or lator Chilima you will see..

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