Kaliati lashes at Malawi police, says SKC will not resign: UTM won’t be intimidated
Mulanje West Parliamentarian and interim UTM secretary general Patricia Kaliati has described the actions of the police at the Kamuzu Internation Airport in preventing the supporters from welcoming its leader Saulosi Chilima as misuse of force and authority and has stressed that Chilima will not resign as Vice-President of the Republic of Malawi.
There was huge presence of police officers in combat gear and armoured vehicles at the airport when Chilima arrived in the country from a seven-day visit to Britain.
The UTM supporters were prevented from entering the airport and were kept far away but this did not damp the spirit of the followers who chanted and danced in praise of their leader who had been in the UK for a week for a holiday.
“This is a sign that UTM is strong, they fear the strength of the UTM. However, their actions is also a blessing in disguise. They are marketing our movement. We wanted campaign directors throughout the country and these are the right campaign directors,” she mocked them.
The governing Democrtaic Progressive Party (DPP) and its sponsored organisations under the banner Joint Civil Society Platform on Governance (JCSPG) , the Malawi Human Rights Consultative Committee (MHRCC) and Forum for National Development (FND) have asked Chilima , accusing the Vice-president of drawing a salary and benefits from government without doing work.
The Vice-President, promoted as SKC, initials for his full name Saulos Klaus Chilima, broke ranks with the DPP June this year to form his UTM, citing massive corruption and theft of public resources in the government.
Kaliati said Chilima was elected Vice-President by Malawians after standing on the ballot with President Peter Mutharika in 2014.
She said government removed Chilima as minister of Disaster Management and head of Public Service Reforms and the President is not delegating him responsibilitied but “we are going to give him the job as Head of State when his tenure as vice-president ends May 21 2019.”
Kaliati added: “ Chilima will not resign until 2019 because he was chosen by Malawians And he will be given another contract, this time not deputy president but Head of State.”
She argued that Chilima was being sidelined by the DPP administration and duties that should have been rightfully delegated to the office of the VP were being delegated to others long before he resigned from the DPP and long before the establishment of UTM.
Kaliati said the VPs contract is with the people aand trying to pass off the JCSPG call for resignation as the will of the people is a laughable matter.
Commenttaors argue that holding meetings in Malawi and abroad, Chilima has not violated any law, saying whether he is in his office at Capital Hill or out of the country on personal leave, Chilima is still VP of the country.
“Even when he is addressing a gathering in his personal capacity, the fact that he is VP of the country does not cease to exist… Holding a democratically elected government accountable for its shortcomings is not anarchy and lawlessness, it is the very core of the principles of democracy.”
In his brief speech, Chilima urged people not to be intimidated and insisted Malawi is ripe for change, assuring that no one would rig elections next year.
Chilima, accompanied by his wife Mary, said the movement will not be moved and expressed optimism that they will make it as the country’s next government.
In 2005, former president and founder of DPP Bingu wa Mutharika also voluntarily dumped the United Democratic Front (UDF) which sponsored his presidential ticket in the 2004 General Elections and formed DPP. However, he did not resign as Head of State. His vice-president then, Cassim Chilumpha, remained UDF.
Immediate past president Joyce Banda also formed People’s Party (PP) in 2011 after being expelled from DPP, but continued to serve as vice-president.
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This guy is a thief why clinging to get payments for the job not done? Ndipo akanakhala kuti anali APM or chaponda lol mukanaimva corrupt times ng’oma zakezo. This guy and his akweni are heartless, how can they trump on poor people in the name of constitution rights by claiming allowances in billions, convoys using tax payers money in billions, security personnel allowances in billions for the job he is not doing? Mr VP don’t be misled by these mafias they will turn against you one day and they will use this very same thing you think you are enjoying now to squeeze you. Remember they are experienced politicians and mafias. Inunomwe mukuti there are no drugs in the hospitals, why not resigning for the job you are not doing so that APM can relocate that money for that. What about the unemployment you are telling people? Why not resigning so that a good handful can now be employed to work for that money you are squandering for the job not done? Don’t be selfish, remember we are in zero aid.
I thought the so called transformative grouping would do things differently with regard to flocking to the airport to welcome a person. Airports are in a way security places hence having thousands of unscreened people roaming around is dangerous to the airlines and passengers. Surprisingly, here in Malawi or is it still Nyasaland, we seem not to change the way we used to behave during the one party regime. Ma Nyasa sadzatheka ndithu!
Stop lying.
Even in developed countries people are screened only in designated places e.g. when you are about to check-in but not anywhere around the airport.
Vuto ndi ma DPP cadets like their masters their trademark is bragging ngati odzindikira ndi kunamiza anthu a kumudzi, survival mechanism
It is only in Malawi where loafers have all the time to spend at the airport to welcome their so called party leaders. I even saw some women dancing at the airport at around 2 pm….like seriously????? A lot of money is spent on hiring vehicles and fuel just to see a plane take off/touch down……funny
Chilima is ghost worker basi
amabungwe mwazindikira liti .mwatiesa ife zisiru zanu mwalandira ndalama uko muzitibowa pano.kodi cassimu chilumpha anasiya kulandira ndalama ali mu trison case.nanga joice kapena malewezi ndi 6 months holiday ija anasiya kulandila ndalama za misonkhozo ,ifetu si mbuzi ndife anthu muzikangongona ndi achakazanu osakhala mukapasidwa burns muzitinyasa amabungwe your too corrupt nonsense
The movement for disigruntled pipo….full of anger…..unfortunately pipo know thar UTM and DPP are bed fellows.
The best UTM will get is to be number 3 followed by dpp on position 2 and MCP number 1…
Ufulu wo.Kkkkkkk. A police ali mmadzi. Our stupid police challenged even by dogs. Koma kudziwa kugwilirira ana mu selo. Stupid IG
Our mistakes are bearing fruits mubvi woyang’anira lero walasa, when Bingu left UDF he was supposed to seek fresh mandate from DPP support which he formed bcoz UDF which he dished would’ve stood a new candidate. But our learned lawyers & law experts remained quite while an anormaly was being brewed today tikumwa mowa pano tikuzandira kusowa kuti Chilima achita resign bwanji.
We are all tired of politicians with big mouths, and big appetites, and big promises. Give us politicians with big ears, and big hearts, and honest intentions. When SKC tours the districts, I hope that he will spend at least as much time listening as talking.
Chiswa B is very useless. If it was still time for slave trade, I would have offered him for sale at the lowest price possible. He is a disgrace to the nation.
true and we are here for the UTM
The problem with Kaliati is too much talking without thinking about tomorrow. Shre did the same when she was in DPP.
Chilima Bomaaa
I second and third the thinking
Chiswa B umenewo nde umbuli beyond measure. You mean all along you thought ndi agogo ako anasankha CHILIMA? THEY were chosen together on the same ballot. He was not appointed but elected together. Mbuli yonyansa iwe.
Same old Kaliati just changing colors
Well Mr Chiswa B,take note that on the ballot paper,each vice president appear together with their presidents,so when voting we vote for both the president and his vice since both appear on the ballot paper
All the people who were elected are doing their jobs. Even SKC himself in the UK said his position is a delegated office.
@Chiswa, Mai Kaliyati cannot waste time schooling you; the constitution is already. Read what it says about the VP.
I guess some sections of the constitution are archaic, irrelevant, obsolete, and needs repealing or reviewing. The VP is practically a delegated authority and the appointing powers should be able to dismiss his vice should it be deemed necessary
There were some people to welcome SKC but not scores…lol. By the way, were the police there to force SKC to resign or they were there to maintain law and order?
A Patricia Kaliati kutha nzeru tsopano. Mwafatsa kuwanimiza anthu. Chauta akukhazikani pansi posachedwa and its when you will realise your msitakes. Liitima lakula muntima mwa Kaliati and Saulosi. And musaiwale kuti paja Calista said that Kaliati thinks after she has already said it. By the way had you known that it was Sauolosi yemweyo who planned your removal from Cabinet sibwenzi ukenena zimene ukenena lerozi. Saulosi made plot for you to be removed from being minister of information because you speak first and think later. He called you a disgrace to the Malawi Government and hence you were dropped.
U r right Mulopwana SKC when addressing a rally in bangwe Akweni called JB hule and it was that time when SKC did not want to walk together with her bcoz of bad mouthing. Lero a Chilima womwewo is happy when she casitgates others. kkkkkkkkkk zamasiku ano izo!!!!! We malawians are not kids tiri phe will meet in 2019
Chiswa B or whatever you call yourself go to school otherwise you are an embarrassment to the Nation
Patricia Kaliati and others must school me here. Do Malawians elect a vice president? Or its the President who elects his vice?
President does choose running mate as partner in elections…..the people elect president and vice president( the presidency)……whose contract last 5 years
The presidential candidate choose his running mate before elections, these are elected together during general elections. So if you voted for APM you voted for SCK to become the Vice President. He was not elected after elections. Now those who are calling for SCK to resign the best they can do is to go and ask APM to fire his Vice because SCK has to you that he will not resign.
He, who has the power to hire has the power to fire. APM never hired SKC, but Malawians and therefore APM is powerless to fire SKC as he would with his ministers.
The position of President and Vice are protected by the Constitution. Even APM does not have powers to fire Chilima. The only way is for SKC to resign on his own, which he will not do.
No need to school you they together and both were voted into power
shame on uuuuuu
You must be dumb Sir. Its the electorate (Malawians) that elect the Vice president jointly with the President. The president only chooses the running mate for his ticket. Its not electing a Vice President but rather a running mate. Sapangabe resign mukhaula…
if the vice president is elected by president the akukanika bwanji kumuchotsa? Vice President amasankhidwa ndi anthu , kodi simunadziwebe? nzosafunanso school izi akulu kkkkkkkk mwandichititsa manyazi bwanji.
They are elected together abwana on the ballot…
Why should she? Just consult our constitution to see who is right. If at all you voted in the previous elections, did you see the name of SKC anywhere near the ballot paper? Are you aware that some people may have voted for APM because he had SKC as running mate? Do you realize that the results would have been different with a different running mate especially when you consider that the polls were closely contested between APM and Chakwera.
Chiswa B, you have to know that other people they vote for the party because of one or few members who are part of it. In this scenario others voted for this DPP just because there is Chilima as Veep, that is the reason why the president choose something who is influential and can bring the number on the ballot. Other parties loose elections because of the selection they made on Veep.
Therefore, when someone wants to fire veep has to go back to the voters. And the voters have to decide, like through referendum.
One of the most intelligent questions to mostly low IQ Nyasatimes readers. This one went over their heads. Even at a convention, a vice president is not chosen. A VP is a prerogative of the president and so far it has been proven to be a useless position, delegate, delegate how can you delegate to someone whom you are not talking to, you dont attend cabinet meetings and busy telling people ndikusebenza. Fraud