DPP block HRDC demos:  Malawi police teargas kills child at Queens Hospital

September 25, 2019 Osman Faiti - Nyasa Times 65 Comments

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters on Wednesday  blocked Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) demonstrators in Blantyre who wanted to petition Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) Electoral Commissions Forum (ECF) delegates meeting in Blantyre.

A pregnant woman fainted after choking on teargas, and is being helped into the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital premises.
DPP cadets blocked the way which the protesters were meant to use.

DPP supporters converged at the Chichiri Trade Fair Grounds where Minister of Agriculture Kondwani Nankhumwa  was opening the Agriculture Fair

While the protesters were heading  to Mount Soche Hotel in  down town Blantyre where Malawi  Electoral Commission  (MEC) is hosting the Sadc ECF conference  to Friday in Blantyre.

As DPP cadres attacked protestors,  they started pelting stones at each other which led Police to fire teargas towards HRDC marchers which included   opposition leaders UTM vice president Michael Usi, Allan Ngumuya and Bon Kalindo from the same party and  Malawi Congress Party (MCP) campaign director  Moses Kunkuyu.

HRDC executive members McDonald Sembereka and Billy Mayaya were leading the protests.

Police fired teargas inside Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (Qech) where some protesters had sought refuge inside the perimeter.

A pregnant woman collapsed outside the hospital and had to be evacuated by protesters.

Activist Mayaya was also severely injured  after being attacked by DPP cadets and is receiving treatment at the hospital, according to Sembereka.

He said Police raided Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in pursuit of protesters, where they  continued to fire teargas canisters near Children’s Ward.

One child was affected with the teargas and died, Sembereka said.

Minister of Homeland Security Nicholous Dausi said on Times Radio that he could not immediately comment because he was in Lilongwe.

“Let me follow it up and come back to you,” Dausi said when interviewed on telephone by Times’ Brian Banda.

Since MEC chairperson Jane Ansah declared Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate President Peter Mutharika winner of the May 21 presidential race, HRDC has been leading a series of nationwide demonstrations and vigils demanding the resignation of Ansah and her commissioners.

They allege that the electoral process was flawed, citing use of correctional fluid to allegedly alter figures on results sheets as one of the problems.

Mutharika’s challengers, his former vice-president Saulos Chilima who contested on UTM Party ticket and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate Lazarus Chakwera, are also challenging the results in court. A five-judge panel of the High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court is hearing the case.

Ansah, a jusge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, is on record as having said she will not resign unless the court finds her in the wrong.

Mutharika also told BBC that he cannot fire Ansah.

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65 replies on “DPP block HRDC demos:  Malawi police teargas kills child at Queens Hospital”

  4. Tunga’nde must be a dpp member. We too were at trade fair grounds and we witnessed all how it had started. Demonstrators were at the Upper Stadium putting themselves in gear for a start off .One senior dpp came in running and went to meet the minister who was surrounded by the police and less than 5 minutes both the minister,police and the said senior dpp gentleman went to the ministerial car and after a short meeting the police and a group of ddp cadets ran outside to welcome the demonstrators and blocked the highway while the Malawi police of about 40 were seen busy giving directions to cadets and sooner a car came offloading panga knives and very big stones. The cadets even blocked the high court road then stones started throwing at the demonstrators and in process both groups exchanged and police were simply watching and the moment other demonstrators blamed the police for just watching the police started firing heavy teargas direct to Billy Mayaya and others so that they could not see one another and followed them up to Queens.

  5. Some of us were around at the Agriculture fair and we sitnessed what happened. The demonstrators started it all by pelting stones into the trade fair grounds and insutlting those clad in DPP regalia. That is when the DPP retaliated in self defence. Police who were around witnessed all this and that is why the satrted chasing the army. Last time I said about the danger of drafting the army into such useless issues. Now HRDC are taking the army as their personal guards that they can be able just to call them to protect them > what this means is that Ntambo and comapany have unsurped the powers of the army general anad they can be able to command the troops to do what they want. Little by little the army is being drawn into these useless political mud

  6. Anyone who is happy with the violence is mentally disabled. Can’t you see this is civil war? Dialogue is a solution before it’s too late. cry my beloved country!

    2. che Mapwesera mwaziwa liti kuti ndi nkhondo monsemuja mumaswa ma shop kumenya apolice kumenya a dpp simumadziwa kuti ndi nkhondo koma amayaya angowapatsa kenakake kolawa ndiye muziti ndi nkhondo ife tinazionatu kale izi kuti mukupangazi sizitha bwino izi

  8. I have never liked CADETS until today, BIG UP CADETS,,, Mtambo and his team are a big shiiiit. Mawule & Manoma tiyeni tiyigwire ntchito HRDC.

  10. APA ma cadet agwira ntchito yotamandika zedi mulungu awadalitse ma cadet.nanga mtambo , chilima,ndi chakwera akozedwa liti?

    1. Idiots! mzikhala ndi umunthu ,mwana waluza moyo ndi wachakwera kapena chilima kapena mtambo??? Haaaa koma amalawi bwanji. Ndipo ngati madandoyo anayendetsa bwino zinthu adpp akumubakira bwanji?? Ndiye kt nzoona anaberadi chisankhochi.

  11. Kuchoka kwa Nsundwe kukasokoneza our peaceful city B town. Kumeneko kudelera kwakukulu. Bravo BTs. Mukanene kwa amene akukutumaniwo (MCP and UTM) kuti mutipwetekesa

  12. Mavuto owayamba dala KKK>Billy Mayaya is physical challenged.Look Mtambo did not even try to join the protest march in Blantyre knowing sure that his base is Lilongwe were MCP rudely support him kkk.Mpaka kuthgawa achina Mkuyu,Kalindo,Usi kkk.Koma aSembeereka amathawa kkk!!Ndamvera chisoni Billy Mayaya kwambili!!!He has been pushed into danger by Sembereka

  14. ngakhale kunkhondo ndi zoletsedwa hiding in public buildings like hospitals, schools. inu a HRDC, MCP, UTM, DPP mwatikola we need someone completely new

  15. But nthawi yasala pang’ono otherwise all those security forces backing Dpp with perish. Sizafutinso izi ayi but the battle field that kills thousands in a minute. We are now tired hearing about these forces backing dpp. W e are all Malawians

  18. HRDC yationjeza. It’s now their turn to be on the receiving end. The whole country cannot live in fear because of you and your political masters. You must have learnt a lesson now.

  19. KOMA NANUNSO ANTHU A MADEMO OSAKAGULA FUTI ZOWOPHYA ZIJA NDIKUPHATIKIZA ONSE. OR BOMB MULIBENSO ? NDIYETU ANZANUWO AMADALIRA MDF NDI POLICE KAYA ZANU IZO KUGONA. KOMATU ZIMENEZI SIITHA BWINO KUNJA KUNO ANTHU AKUNGOWONA

  20. MCP and UTM, you always join HRDC demos. Why can’t you organise your own? Look now, you are being smoked out like mbewa.

  21. Bravo ma cadets.timadikilira zimenezi.tit fot tat.pliz next time,target Mtambo,Trapese,Chilima or chakwera.mwatimvesa kukoma heavy lero.Iwe Mtambo watch up.timasaka iwe kumene Mayaya wangokumanizana nazo

  23. PHWE PHWE PHWE OUR BLANTYRE….OUR BLANTYRE, AS IF YOUR BLANTYRE IS MALAWI AND ALL DPP SUPPORTERS ARE IN BLANTYRE. TO JANE ANSAH ….IS THIS THE PART OF THE NORMAL LIFE THAT YOU ARE REFERING TO? IS THIS THE PEACE AFTER ELECTIONS THAT YOU PREACHED TO SADC DELAGATES THE OTHER DAY?

    1. In fact even the SADC members are very stupid because they cannot go to a country where there is political impasse. They are taking advantage of dull Malawians otherwise this cannot take place in well advanced countries like South Africa.They have shown their UMBULI since all members see Jane Ansah as too educated person in their countries -Shit!!!!

      2. There is NO political impasse in Malawi. Losers are crying, they have failed to provide evidence of their claims in competent court, they are simply trying to be relevant to Malawi politics, even SADC knows all losers in Africa don’t accept,,, its a shame,,, they will cry till lungs out,, PETER & DPP 2024 Bomaaaaaa!

  24. We warned you stupid HDRC on the battle for Chichiri if you dared and you said “tikakumana konko” look now at your losses and collateral damage. You shoulder all the blame. What did you want in our Blantyre?

  27. If this is true, Mtambo, Trapence, Chakwela and Chilima should have been there so that they understand how people suffers because of these demos. If these four people could be there and be killed, there could be peace in Malawi. We had peace during Kamuzu Banda rule because he was good at killing such people. Why were crooks Mtambo, Trapence, Arafat Chilima and fallen man of God Chakwela were not there? Their evil spirits/charms already told them what would happen. Mayaya, Sembeleka,Kunkuyu mufa chifukwa chokonda ndalama za satana wanuyo. Foolish!!!

      1. KAPHALE LEAVING HIS FIRM FOR UMBANDA? PERHAPS HE HAS NO CLIENTS
        HENCE ANGOBERA BOMA. REPORTS HAVE COME OUT THAT MEC HAS PAID HIM K98m for representing them and its part payment. Why is this guy doubling ???

    2. UMBULI WAKUVUTANI THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OPPOSITION PARTIES.WE ALL KNOW THAT DPP,MDF,POLICE AND JUDICIARY WITH EXCEPTION OF PARLIAMENT ARE ONE.

  30. When the underemployed meets fellow underemployed chaos are inevitable. Both sets of supporters because they are foolish they cannot hold a discussion. Kukumana panjira basi ndewu yayambika

  32. Makamaka amafunika chilima ndi mtambo yo akwapulidwe anthu osowa ulemu nde chimene amapitira ku khothi ndi chiani ngati akudziwa anawina zisankho.akabweraso kuno tiwakwapulaso.mwadzichita bwino

    1. opusa ndi a DPP chimene amakafuna kumeneko ndichani, choziwikiratu kuti tikapita kumene ndi magulu awiri osiyana maganiza chimene amayembekezera kuti chingachitike ndi chani. Amene anatsatila mzake pakati pa DPP ndi HRDC protesters nde chitsilu chomwa madzi ometera

  33. POLICE AND MDF ARE PAID BY US AND MAKE USE OF GUNS FIRE ALL DEMOS OR ELSE THOSE RECENTLY PROMOTED WILL BE DISMISSED BY OUR PRESIDENT FROM UNGA. MDF AND POLICE GO TEARGASS THE WHOLE QUEENS kkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!! bravo mdf

  36. All of you are stupid. HRDC are stupid. DPP cadets are stupid. Both of you don’t know what peace means. Stop what you are doing and go back to your respective churches and kneel before the Almighty God. Ask for forgiveness from Him before it is too late for you to realize that what you are doing is sin.

  37. savages look how poor things people are and how rich there leaders who send them! Ignorance…instead of wanting a good future for you children and live in nice houses, eat descent food and a great health care system plus good education you busy throwing stones! Idiots wake up

    3. just wait for the skies to clear,then you can say demos are over in Malawi.Expect worst waves of demos to follow,demos of sympathy I should see you putrid cadets blocking the way again.

      1. Shupit zako uzikakhala patsogolo ma demo akamachitika tione ngati siuchita cross country ngati Manganya. Zachamba zanuzo muzichita ndi ozipaka fumbi anu omwewo ku city ya fumbi yanuyo osati kuno ku Bt

    4. Now I believe that indeed Malawians love their political parties more than they love their nation. This is tragic because it is starting with the people in the circles of power who are supposed to sweat day and night thinking of ways of how to unchain the nation from the manacles of poverty and underdevelopment that have besieged the plight of the very poor Malawians whom they claim to be representing. what is happening is a total betrayal to our dream of a developed Malawi, a true reflection of how these Politicians can go an extra mile in dividing us for them to advance their selfish political interests. These politicians will even be happy to hear that the teargas has choked to death all the children and gurdians at Queen Elisabeth Central hospital because each side will polish it to suit their argument that they are right and the other party is wrong while we the ordinary Malawians continue to wallow in the mud of absolute poverty. lets wake up my fellow Malawians, these politicians are a carbon copy of the colonialists, they divide us for them to fill their bank account which are already overflooded with money while you and I our accounts becomes dry the very moment our ridiculous pays gets remitted into them!!!

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