CSOs renew calls for Mutharika to resign as Malawi president: Plan another protests Sept 7
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), under the Human Rights Defenders Coalition banner, have planned a second set of demonstrations on 7 September as a day of ‘major action’ in a bid to force President Peter Mutharika to step down after he failed to address issues they had raised in their 27 April ultimatum.
Addressing a news conference in Lilongwe Wednesday, the CSOs state that, in view of the fact that Mutharika has failed to act on their demands, they have resolved to take a series of actions to force his administration to make concessions that will make Malawi a better country for us all.
“The constitution is clear that those that govern us do so on our behalf. Section 12(c) and Section 6 of the Republican Constitution fully explains this social contract. Even the ruling (DPP) in its 2014 manifesto rightly observed: ‘We in the DPP believe that if a Government does not have integrity, it has no right to govern’ (DPP Manifesto, 2014, p. 6).
“We believe that this social contract has been breached wantonly and we call upon Malawians from all walks of life to join us in coordinated peaceful protests to show our displeasure over the failure of President Mutharika to address the issues raised in the petition and the demand,”the statement reads.
The demonstrations will be held on 7 September 2018 in all the districts in Malawi.
The statement, addressed to Mutharika and copied to the Vice President, Chief Secretary to the OPC, The Speaker of Parliament, Malawi Human Right Commission, Malawi Law Society, all political parties, all religious mother bodies and all development partners, scores Mutharika 10 percent in the 10 issues they raised in the petition.
“Your Excellency, while we appreciate your government’s efforts in responding to the concerns raised in our communiqué, we strongly feel your response falls short of offering any practical solutions to the challenges and concerns observed therein.
“We have a strong impression that your response was not born out of conviction but rather to merely score a political point that we have a responsive government when in actual fact your government continues to take Malawians for granted as ably reflected in the casual approach you responded to the issues raised in the petition,” the letter reads.
The memo further highlights the prolonged abuses by the DPP government such as corruption, Escom abuses and prolonged blackouts, promoting impunity, protection of people with albinism, the K4 billion disbursement to MPs, MBC and Macra bias, public health and education delivery and nepotism, among others.
“Your attempt, Mr President, to include regions in justifying your appointments fell short of addressing the issue of nepotism which you are promoting. We now believe that you are the Chief of Nepotism as even the compositions of members of Boards of Directors of parastatals are dominated by your kinsmen who are contributing to the raging corruption in their institutions since they owe their positions to patronage. We are, therefore, not surprised to learn that the Public Reforms Initiative failed miserably because most of the public institutions are being run by your incompetent and corrupt people whose sole qualification for appointment was to belong to the Lomwe belt,” the CSO argue.
The CSOs further note that any government that has lost trust of the people the people have the power to remove that government from office.
“This is ably supported by the Constitution in Section 6 and 12. It is in our considered view that by virtue of the reasons listed in the petition the DPP government has lost the legitimacy to govern and as such Malawians have the powers to decide whether to remove it from office or not. It is in this regard that we categorically restate that a government without integrity has no legitimacy to govern.”
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WE WANT MALAWI FOR ALL TRIBES, NOT FOR LOMWES ONLY.
Honestly we Malawians are not that dull and we know for sure that these so called CSOs just do these media briefings and Demos etc to find a justification to their donors that they are using the donor funds for such activities but in real sense they are just enriching themselves. It’s high time these guys also produced audited accounts so we as the citizenry are assured that they are very transparent and accountable more than the Government systems they accuse every day.
We know of the opulence in their Area 43 Houses (Trapence for example) which I hope is honestly accumulated .
Secondly which Malawians do these guys represent? Who gave them authority to speak for us? We know that we have our elected representatives whom the law gives mandate to speak for us.
Please enlighten me if these CSOs have a public entity i.e Registrar General overseeing their operations and that they are submitting annual returns.
Lastly, I hope all the feedback given here is also shared with the donors backing these CSOs.
Chris Kho ndiwe mu lhomwe ?Which representatives are you referring to ?Okuba awa ?
tiyeni nawoni apumbwa amenewa asatizolowele ayi!!!!!!!!!
poti ndi ntchito yanu name ndidzapita Ku ntchito yanga kuti ana adzadye nsima
Kusatila zokhumba za agalu amenewa nkuzelezeka.
HEKOO,CSOs.We of the Malawian diaspora congratulate you for your fearless demand that Peter Muthalika must resign from his position as Malawi’s useless President our nation has ever had.A week ago I had written a narration that Masauko Chipembere gave me in Dar es salaam,Tanzania on Peter Muthalika that he was not supposed to lead Malawi if his colleagues will not make it.He described Peter Muthalika as tribalist,non-starter and corrupt individual.Indeed,his warnings were authentic and nationalistic.Malawians can now see what Chipembere said before.Sons and daughters of Malawi,time has come to fight these destroyers at any cost for the bright future of our children.Indeen,you had seen what his brother Bingu did when he was in power for short period.Rogue leaders must not be left in power because,the outcome will be disastrous.Look at Zimbabwe,Mugabe destroyed the country beyond repairs and yet,he inherited one of Africa’s richest countries.Malawians,unite and get rid of these thieves and tribalists.
So your goal is to make this government look very unpopular and campaign for a certain opposition party? Because you know for sure that impeaching APM is not possible. If Malawians have lost trust in this government soon they will say so through the ballot. We waited for 31 years to remove Kamuzu from power. JB was removed from power through the ballot because of the infamous Cashgate despite your quietness on the issue because some of you like Sembereka was benefitting from her government
Za Ziii……………Failure to be objective in criticizing but full of hate, Useless CSO. it is not possible to topple this government so us SKC can fulfill his PLAN B of trying to be the first citizen. Dikirani MAY 21 , 2019 for proper election of first citizen.
you are just wasting your time you fools
Tiyenayeni ameneyu osamusiya amve madzi ngati mnzake RGM
A Trapence and a Mtambo you have no moral ground to call for a resignation of APM. That’s not your role as CSO. Don’t waste people’s time and energy pamene inu mu kudya za ma donors. Musawaputsitse anthu. Mudikire 2019 ma vote achitike and muzaona DPP winning againi. Inu ngati simukukonda APM ndi DPP kagwereni uko. Pitani mmidzi mukamve mmene anthu akusapotera chipanichi. Majealasi ndi omwe akukulirani. Please go to hell with your demo plans simuzaonako anthu
I wondet why you give coverage to these thugs…
Mbava zinanso izi zimangolota zama demo basi kkkk!!!! please come up with something TANGIBLE guys so you want to steal from ma donors kkk shame!!!!!
Time Wasters !
Do not waste our time with demos. Let us free to make money for our families while we wait for May 2019 elections. we never elected you empty tins.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
PLEASE HELP THE POOR MASSES !
afisi inu wakutumani ndani vindere
Foolish zanu. We are preparing for elections. Mwakhuta nyemba eti.
Sembereka ulipo eti? Mwasowatu man. Nde mwati APM atani? Pajaso munkafuna kuti akonze economy within a month? lol Where did you study economics if at all munapondapo nkalasi ya Eco. What a bunch of jokers
Much as I may agree with the CSOs koma remember Mutharika produced A list on nepotism and challenged to refute and show your evidence on nepotism and you have not responded up today.