Gwengwe resigns as chair for Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament 

June 29, 2020 Wanga Gwede - Nyasa Times 11 Comments

Malawi Congress Party (MCP)  member of parliament for  Lilongwe Msozi North, Sosten Gwengwe, has resigned as chairperson of the Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament.

Sosten Gwengwe

Gwengwe  said he has resigned because the legal provision of chairing the committee states that the head should a member of the opposition party to provide checks and balances.

“Now that I am in government, I cannot continue to be be chairperson of the committee,” he said.

“I can continue to serve in the committee as a member but not as a chairperson,” he said.

The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will provide their chairperson to the committee.

Apparently, Gwengwe is one of the MCP legislators who could make it in Cabinet.

In 2014, Gwengwe was the running mate to the then incumbent president Joyce Banda.

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11 replies on “Gwengwe resigns as chair for Budget and Finance Committee of Parliament ”

  1. Amaganiza akha kukhala nduna ya za chuma. wauponda. Even Chilima wanted to be finance minister but Chakwera has given the position to his personal friend Felix Mulusu so that they should be symphoning money.

  4. Wanna ka fungo kena kake. The first to resign would have been his boss the leader of opposition. Chakwera now appeasing his lawyers for a job well done in the past election.

    1. Iqe ndiye kayatu..lowe was leader of opposion not chakwera. Mordecai ndiye munya nayetu milanduku court. Alauyala mulandi ndikumapaa Chikosa mulimbetu.

  7. Having same old faces, in cabinet like Gwengwe who failed in the past is regressive.

    We need new faces. We need to start on a clean slate.

    2. Gwengwe didn’t fail in the past. You know yourself what happened that’s why now you’re in opposition. Infact, he is one of the best to be in the current cabinet.

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