HRDC says will not call off demos as pleaded by Muluzi:  ‘Ansah must go first’

July 23, 2019 Green Muheya - Nyasa Times 42 Comments

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) leadership says they will continue to organise demonstrations until Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah  resign for allegedly presiding over a flawed electoral process in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections.

HRDC leadership with former president Muluzi

HRDC on Tuesay held dialogue talks with former president Bakili Muluzi who had  moved in to quell the post-election tension in the country by inviting activits  to a meeting to find “a civil solution” to protests.

Muluzi, who governed Malawi from 1994 to 2004, pleaded with HRDC leadership to call off the demos and that he would engage Ansah to reflect on the resignation call.

But the HRDC Vice-chairperson Gift Trapence said  will not call off the demos. And asked Muluzi to talk to Ansah, a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, to resign as MEC chairperson, to save the current political impasse.

“For dialogue to continue, let Ansah resign first,” said Trapence.

Besides Muluzi, State-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has also offered to mediate in the post-election stalemate.

Since May 27 when Ansah declared President Peter Mutharika of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as winner of the presidential race with 1 940 709 votes representing 38.57 percent followed by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera with 1 781 740 votes representing 35.41 percent with the country’s immediate past vice-president Saulos Chilima of UTM Party finishing third and ahead of four other aspirants with 1 018 369 votes representing 20.24 percent, tension has engulfed the country and, in some cases resulting in protests marred by looting and violence.

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42 replies on “HRDC says will not call off demos as pleaded by Muluzi:  ‘Ansah must go first’”

  1. Bakili was a hero for his bravery in the fight for democracy. After that he became the biggest thief president Malawi has endured. He is the father of corruption and mindless leadership in Malawi. He needs to go back into his cave or pay us back our money. 1.7 billion can buy plenty of medical supplies.

  2. nanga poti ansa akacoka tiyamba ya pitala acoke.
    nthumazi yakugwila muluzi. see wat far you have taken the mw nation! bastard old fool.
    ndife okwiyatu

  3. we tumbuka people we are tired of lomwezi let the chewa people also bcom president not only you lomwe people

    1. This is typical thengere thinking from Hoho in Nyika Banana Republic of vindere vakufikapo.

  4. PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION ZA MA VENDOR, HAS NO PLACE HERE. KOMA ma demo a anthu ovunda maganizowa. ALMIGHTY GOD IS WATCHING YOU BLOOD SUCKERS!!!

  8. Ndadabwa, Gogo Chalo, Mbwiye, Yasser Arafat, and Mia, kkkkkkkkk mwakhaula, zakuzunguzani mutu, mmaona ngati muphula kanthu?? Bakili akukanika kusova mavuto a m’banja mwake ndi azikazi ake awiri, ndiye dziko angalithe, kkkkkkkkkkk koma ndaseka.

    2. Soko, Bakili walephera kukambirana ndi a mabanzi nkamwa. Muburundiyo wadya mabanzi a mwini dambwe, Yona wakale. Ndiye tiye nazoni payarepayere. I encourage people from affected regions to also decisively deal with zinyauzi.

  9. You can’t go for dialogue while maintaining your stand, then what’s the point of dialogue? If the condition for calling off the demos is for Jane Ansah to resign first then the govt will also maintain its stand. Full stop. Muluzi alluded to that I don’t know if the demo organisers got it.
    I have always stated that these demos are not about Jane Ansah but regime change. They are using Jane Ansah as a smoke screen. For almost two years now HRDC has been campaigning for regime change but didn’t have the numbers so they want to utilise to the maximum the disgruntled MCP and UTM supporters to achieve their goals. If you listened to their speeches yesterday they were not coherent. The demos are about resignation of Ansah but I head them say “..let Jane Ansah resign first then we continue the dialogue..” For what now after she resigns?
    I call on the govt not to give in to these lunatics. Its unfortunate that state security agents are simply watching demonstrators destroying people’s property in the name of freedom while so quick to beat up anti-demo militias/cadets. These state security agents among some of their duties guard against poarching and deforestation but can’t guard against burning, looting and damaging of people’s property. Shame on you!

    1. Listen to yourself. Apparently it is you who is not making sense. You use police to terrorize people and the army can’t stand that so they move in to protect the people who thereafter match peacefully and you cry like a baby. You haven’t seen nothing yet. Business will stand still. No taxes for you to steal. You care about business we care about the villagers who are suffering even when your businesses are running. This time we suffer together. Obviously you don’t understand us and we don’t understand you. You don’t want to give in and we also will not give in. You being mr business you have a lot to lose. We already lost our freedom to chose so we have nothing to lose. The present status is okay by us.

      1. This is a very wild statement. You call looting, stoning, burning, nyau roadblock extortions as peaceful demonstrations? Did you grow up in a dambwe feasting on stolen food items?

    3. Anti-Demos Vigilante – you are spot-on. These paid up mercenaries should not be permitted to proceed with their mabazi and impunity-pregnant hidden agenda. They are spoiled brats. Instead the full wheels of state security should be set in motion to preserve peace and tranquility and law and order in the Warm Heart of Africa.

    1. regime change imafuna sacrife..not the way its done…kugwirizana kwa chakwera ndi a chilima after ma elections zikanachitika before ma election…regime change was automatic…but dyera atsogoleri athu and now they are using us…ndakana. this was so automatic….!!!!!! lets nullify the tripartite elections in its totality and start all over again..thats the way to go.

  12. Human Rights defenders? So where is this applying to asking somebody to resign? They are not defending her rights? Ok, I think they want to impress who ever funds their organisation. Peoples propert9are being damaged because of these so called human rights defenders. Why cant we disband them as their foes are really strange and bringing a country to its knees

    2. Ndadabwa you are the most stupid person on planet earth. How can you not see that Malawi has gone to the Dogs because of corrupt means. You are one of those that benefit from corrupt means. Malawians are suffering, and if their right to chose the right and enlightened leadership has been stolen through corrupt means, those who gained power through such means have themselves to blame for the mess happening in Malawi. Go back to school to clear your Dunder head. We go to school not only to learn our subject matter but to learn to be noble, just and have integrity.

  13. If it happens that MCP wins the case and they start misusing government resources
    can they come out to criticize the MCP government?
    I Wonder they is deal between them. sure

  14. Bakili Muluzi negotiating with blood thirsty paid up mercenaries hired by fake accent ex-reverend Nyolonyo and Arafat. Sorry Mr. President. These idiots are a waste of time.

  15. Gentlemen and ladies, these are kids and stupid kids for that matter. Makamaka trapece, I now believe that he has an issue with the mutharikas via jane ansah. But one thing these stupid kids should know is that alot of people are now feeling the pinch of these demos if we can go by the turnout last week. Today I was reading one of the stories on bbc africa live where it has been stated that one leader had been jailed for not accepting results of an election and this led to deaths of some civilians. So to these kids, some of us are now tired. Yes demos are a democratic right but we cannot continue going on like this. Some people want to mediate and you snub or dont take their advice. Whats that? This is not an academic ecercise. Whom are representing? Can you give us a list of malawians that you are representing? Stupid kids. Useless traspece and sembereka.

    1. They will face the music soon, foolish kids indeed busy kuba ndalama za mabungwe nkumaswa nazo ana mu area 18 mu. Ananso kumalephera kuathandiza Chitsiru Trapense timakudziwatu iwe tidzachita nawe la chi40 latsala pangono likukwanira. You think you ca hold the whole country at ransom just because inu mukudya ndalama za achina Sidik Mia ndi Chilima? Tatopa nazo enafe mukutisokonezera ntendere ndi ma bizinez. Elections affect too many sectors of society and the earlier you allow a nation to heal and move on the better for the economy and everyone….Mxiiiiiiiii. Zatopetsa

        1. On top of this he needs to accept Jesus as his personal saviour and Lord.

    4. They represent those you see in the street and those who cannot make it to the street. They represent those who believe that election results were mismanaged. You can call them all sorts of names but you won’t succeed in dissuading them

  16. Inu kodi bwanji? These people wanted attention, and the mistake you are making is you are recognizing them, mapeto ake mukuwapatsa matako…if you left them alone kuyenda lero, kukanapita anthu 7 okha, and they would have thought otherwise for next demos, and that’s why they jumped at the ‘opportunity’ of dialogue akudziwa kuti sakavomela…mukulakwitsa kuwapanga attend…and by the way ndine wa MCP not DPP

    1. My advice is when you are having meetings please watch what you eat and drink because they have plans to poison you all. Bottled water can be poisoned so watch out. If you need water please bring some from your home or by your self do not even trust your driver as DPP are willing to spend millions to knock all of you.

  18. Pa agenda ya ma demo add this – state house just spent K101 million to send 16 people to attend graduation of mwana wa Gertrude Mutharika ku UK, Gertrude part of the delegation and other 4 people from the family of the Vice President; from a reliable source from State House. Corruption is increasing and APM will definitely empty the government confers before he goes. The longer this illegitimate president is there the more dangerous it is for Malawi.

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