Court grants MRA injunction stopping Malawi airport, borders’ demos
The High Court in Blantyre has granted an injunction to the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and two other companies who sought relief to restrict Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) from conducting protests at airports and borders on August 26 to 30
Judge Jack Nriva granted the injunction stopping the holding of the demonstrations in the country’s airports and borders, saying holding demonstrations in the said places would jeorpadise operations of MRA and the national economy.
HRDC is continuing with its series of nationwide protests to force Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah to resign for presiding over flawed May 21 Tripartite Elections which saw the commission declaring Peter Mutharika as the presidential winner.
Lawyers for MRA alongside Airport Development Limited (ADL) and National Oil Company Limited (Nocma), led by Lusungu Gondwe, argued that the HRDC can proceed to demonstrate elsewhere but not at the airports and borders.
Another lawyer, Felix Tambulasi, who is also MRA director of legal services, said the authority had a national duty to collect revenue to support the national budget and should the demonstrations proceed, they would hinder its operations and suffer losses.
The hearing was an inter-partes and lawyer for HRDC, William Chiwaya, raised four points in their preliminary objections to the application for an injunction including that the MRA commissioner general did not have capacity to stop demonstrations at airport or borders as the said places do not fall under his control.
The court in its ruling delivered on Friday accepted the application of MRA, ADL and Nocma and granted an injunction stoping the protestors from staging their anti-Jane Ansah protest at airports and borders.
They knew they was not gonna do it. Who is Mtambo????
Revolution will go on no matter how this Lhomwe judge did.Demonstrations are under our Malawian constitutional laws,so where did he got his judgement from?
Nliva is the only judge with a level head while the likes of Kenyatta want to be praised for allowing these looters. Some judges are giving space to these looter because the violence has not affected them but soon these looters will visit your homes and that is when you will feel the pain. From some sources I have heard that fellow judges are against Ansah appointment as EC chair and they are happy when people are demonstrating against her.
Nliva is a PRO DPP
Nriva is a well known DPP mercenary. Not surprising at all. Ask around people who know Nriva. Nriva and Ansah are in the same WhatsApp group, people who are happy to see Malawi where it is now.
ADL, NOCMA and MRA are in same DPP WhatApp group. NOCMA is led by a known DPP cadet who is now at the centre of high levels corruption as they are granting fuel transportation contracts to Tanzanians at the expense of Malawian transporters. As for MRA the nation knows its an organisation used to fight the opposition. ADL is led by a known DPP cadet.
In the light of the injunction pali chodabwitsa ngati?
Good judges are siding with the people using the law
We will make sure Ansah resigns @ whatever cost!
She can not resign because you voted for a losing candidate
Kumeneko ndiye kubwera a high court. Congratulations for having the interest of Malawians at heart.
ARE WE GOING TO DIE IN THE DESERT ? GOD FORBID ! WE ARE HEADING TO THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY —-WE SHALL OVERCOME —-JERICHO WALLS ARE FALLING !!
Amen!!
Please what is the name of the judge, I am sure kuti ndimlomwe
Kkkkkk akuba ayaluka nanga mtambo akut bwanji ndi mbava zawoo shame on mtambo and utm and mcp
I disagree with that. Demos should go ahead. DPP thieves are plundering Tax payers money. DPP must fall.
Amati atani Ntambo? No matter how much Arafat and fake accent ex-reverend and wa homo Trapence pump you, you will never be above the law idiot.
Vuto lolemba ntchito majaji akhunyu ndilimeli.Nanga jaji wanzeru angatsutsane ndi constitution?.
I can only say that Justice Nriva reviewed based on the outcomes of the previous demonstrations and in life everyone ought to do that whether on issues to do with personal or job related ,
These crooks in the name of Mtambo and Trapence are evil people , in life everyone has to apply risk management rules in what ever you do, that is why people employ guards to guard their home, when thieves broke into a house we don’t push the responsibility to police as such they are aslo supposed to do the same, when planning their demo , they need to employ either police to do the protection , serving police with letters to inform them about the demonstration does not guarantee that police will be protecting a very JIM and Jack, How come they do take responsibility of feeding thousand of people who are participating in demo yet they refuse to take the responsibility to compensate people who have been affected by the demo, the only thing I can say is that MTAMBO and TRAPENCE should FALL
A Innoxy chilungamo Kwa inu NDI pamene judge wagamula mogwirizana NDI maganizo anu. Akagamula mosemphana NDI maganizo anu NDI wopanda chilungamo. Shame mbava zonse zakuba kudzera mmademo.
Why is MRA run by one tribe?
Ask HRDC same question
JRDC dealt a severe and pleasant blow. This is the beginning of Chakwera’s crumbling. He is already regretting for abandoning the pulpit. He is surely a goner.
Crumbling over what you fool?
MEC chair
Do you think we have pleasure in going to demos? Do you think we are pleased with the destructions and the looting associated with the demos? No, we are not. Nevertheless, we are not happy with DPP’s way of doing things and having them back in power through fraud and intetional irregularities, makes it worse and angers us deeply. Only the few who enjoy and who are never affected by DPP’s governance are the ones fighting back and just quite respectively. Since we mare citizens our concerns are shown through demos, that’s why we go to tge streets. We can’t take them to the courts, we can’t fight them in battle, neither can we just leave the country for them. Our only way is the demos. The injuction is really unfair. So it is now an issue to address, right? Now you are responding to the stop of collecting border taxes for 5 days, when it’s okay for taxes collected for hundreds of days in the entire country to be missused and squandered by the DPP government, right?
Hahahahahahahahaha, anthu ena oduka mitu adandaula nazo zimenezi. Munthu wanji ofuna dziko lako litaye makobidi ambiri eti chifukwa cha demonstration?
Why don’t you ask that question to APM?
Paja mwati judge cadet munguru uti
I am very happy with this ruling. Timothy Ntumbo akagwere.
Good call. If Mtambo and group have nothing to do, let them do it somewhere else and not at our borders.
Wadyapo zambiri judge ameneyu, Nachikwangwala
To hell with these motherfuckers (HRDC). Bravo court
Is Lawyer Chiwaya a Malawian, using tax payers money? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS HUNGER FOR MONEY FOR?
But why is Mtambo rulling Malawi. Most stupid is our police. They can not make a case out of the conversation between mtambo and Chakwera prior to voting. And Police can not make a case out of chakwera’s remarks ” I will shed blood in this country”. Stupid Police, stupid Malawi.
Why is APM ruling Malawi?Was he voted by Malawians or MEC people?
MIND YOU!!!!!! You can STOP Protests, but you cannot STOP Revolution!!!!!
A good development for Malawi, the forces of evil wanted to destroy Malawi
Now now, hrdc where are going to go, Supreme Court of Justice as usual? People are coming back to their senses. This is what w call doctrine of necessity at work. What you have been told hrdc is that demonstrate at your own houses basi. Enaso a business should borrow a leaf from what these parastals have done. Aliyese azingoletsa pamalo ake. A road traffic misewu yawo, a mashopu a hrdc asadutse kufupi ndi manyumba awo aliyese kwawo. Tiyenazoni. People have now started working and hopefully this is going to be like this for months to come.