Malawi ex-president Muluzi calls for talks with HRDC to pacify violent protests
Former president Bakili Muluzi has stepped in to end the current wave of protests and violence by calling for a meeting with the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) as the leadership of the grouping has confirmed and accepted.
A letter from the office of the former president dated July 22, 2019 and duly signed by Muluzi, is calling the HRDC chairperson Timothy Mtambo and his HRDC team on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.
“Given the current volatile situation in the country, your call for the resignation of the chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission over the disputed electoral process and your subsequent call for mass demonstrations, as a former Head of State of this country, I am equally concerned about the current situation,” reads the letter in part seen by Nyasa Times.
The letter says the former president feels obliged and duty bound to find a civil solution to curtail the prevailing situation by initiating dialogue and conversation.
The letter, however, has not said the venue for the meeting.
HRDC has since called off the scheduled peaceful demonstrations on Tuesday.
The grouping’s vice chairperson Gift Trapence has confirmed the cancellation of the protests as the civil society activists would be heading for the meeting with Muluzi, who governed Malawi from 1994 to 2004 under UDF administration then handpicked Bingu wa Mutharika as his successor.
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has also been calling for dialogue with the opposition to end the current political impasse following the disputed May 21 elections.
However, the two major opposition parties; the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM have rejected the dialogue offer before the ruling on the poll case.
it is difficult to believe him,i dont think the guy is credible he might have something at stake you know political engineer nde mukati dyo ……kapena mudikila another 5yrs..kkk
How one would bear to believe in the impartiality of a mediator who was the architect of the “Mikuyu Pact”, is beyond my comprehension. I rest my case.
You cannot win an election through mob justice,what you have done in 2019 as UTM,MCP shall come to haunt you come 2024.Carry on with the mess
Muluxi has his own arterial motive in all this, he does not want to be prosecuted for MK1.7Billion which will happen when regime changes . So the status quo benefits him
Was Mk1.7billion case ever prosecuted? Or it was swept under the rug after his son kissed APMs Ass
Muluzi and his son Atupele are too close to DPP for Muluzi (senior) to be the mediator and he is being shielded from his theft of government funds by DPP GVT
Muluzi can’t seat at the helm of peace as he is the cause of all this destructions. He has proved himself many times to be pro- DPP and he is also full of himself that’s why he took his personal decision to appoint Muntharika without following proper procedures and party structures.
He even sold his party UDF to DPP to free him of his Mk1.7Billion case in Court on the expense of his followers.
As this was not enough, he pushed his son Atupele to marry with the hyena ( DPP) which just used him and left him finished . Now we can hear that there is another party in offing in Mangochi which thought it wise to replace UDF.
Hope this is time to end family parties in Malawi, the likes of UDF, DPP and Aford then we need these national parties to come in the likes of MCP, UTM and the one coming in .
HRDC plz becareful with the Cameleon Muluzi. You have seen him ( Muluzi) already rejoicing with your enemy DPP on the same Table. He must be used to poison you guys or accept the bribe through this called peace maker.
BECAREFUL WITH MULUZI
Ngat simukudziwa ma demo ife a Dpp takozeka kut ma demo ali wose tidzikhala nawo panopa mwawonjeza otsutsa tingoswana basi.no police,no sojar paseu tikakumaneko tokhatokha
A Muluzi mabanja anu awiri anakukanikani, azimayi awiri kuti mukambitsane nawo kulephera, ndiye issues to do ndi dziko mungazithe??? Tazingo namizilani ma disc anuwo kuti asakumangeni milandu yanu yakuba ija, inu nomwe mwakhala mukudya pa gome la DPP ndi nthumbidwa yanu ija Atupere ndiye pano muyanjanitse ndani? Kazidyani kachete chete. Foolish old man!
In my view, things are not adding up. First , we need to analyse and understand what is the root cause of the problem and who are the affected parties? From that perspective, I find the meeting between HRDC and Muluzi fruitless because whatever they can agree on will have no a go ahead from MCP and UTM which can decide to do otherwise.
Don’t sit down at all kuli poison oyika pampando mungayambe cancer ya m’matako..Chenjerani anyamata.
Bakili Muluzi et al told us that they stole the votes in 2004 so that they could continue ruling through Bingu. What kind of dialogue is he up to? Look here, all the heads of states in the neighbouring countries shunned APM’s inauguration in 2019. Is Bakili Muluzi not ashamed of this development?
jane ANSAHYO AKHALEPO MULANDU SAKAMBA MBALI IMODZI
Sort out your sons problems first, nanga analuza bwanji zisankho, shame!
HRDC Gurus, please know this! Bakili is a failure in so many ways. Why didn’t he first met DPP Gurus because as far as we know, these are the causers of all this. Secondly, meet Jane Ansah, she is also the causer of this, and lastly ask for audience with you. Be careful with what you will drink or eat. If you have been bribed to stop demos, know this. If you are playing with DPP, you will regret if ever you will be alive by the time to will regret. Working with DPP is dancing with the Sharks. You can receive monies from them, but just know kuti simuzidya because akuphani. So whats the point betraying Malawians, receive billions from them and without even eating or using those billions you are dead!. Please be smart.
bakili asakhale kuti pitala wakupatsira ndalama kuti uwaninkhe anyamatawa kuti akhale chete, ngati zili choncho zinthu ziyipa heavy
Here is another traitor, no one can trust this man he is the one who has divided Malawians. He has a bad motive please take care and dont accept his meditation.
Malawi akhala pa mtendere ikasiirathu mfitiyi. Akusokonezabe Muluziyu.
Hahahahaaaaaaa nonse amene mukufuna ma demo muli mmadzi. Ndimakuuzani ine nthawi zonse kuti Mtambo ndi Trapence simungadalire. Amadyera mma demo. Ma demo onse akhala akupangidwawa ndichifukwa choti anapakidwa tipex ndi a opposition kale timati adya chibanzi cha opposition. Panopa akukapakidwa tipex wa boma through chair Muluzi. Muluzi is not an ordinary person ngati simukudziwa ndi political engineer payekha. Mmene akukakumana ndi chair lero dziwani kuti ma demo atha. Cholinga cha meeting imeneyo ndikudzola tipex. Mukangomva kuti panopa taimika ma demo tayamba zokambirana mudziwa kuti tippex wadzoledwa osatinso kupakidwa. Ndiye ndangoti ndikudziwitseni nonse anzanga amene mumadalira Trapence ndi Mtambo. They are traitors. Chipepeso changa chipite kwa UTM ndi MCP kuti tipex wanu amachepa chifukwa mumapaka. Anzanu mumadalirawo akukadzola tipex tsopano. Ngati simukundikhulupilira izo ndi zanu. Tsoka kwa Chakwera ndi Saulos chifukwa amadalira ana a Satana(CSOs). Satana alibe nzake sungapange naye ubale tsiku limodzi amakutembenukira. Ndi izi mukuzionazi.
go to hell traitor!!!
who do you want to brain wash. a load of shit man
Please stop this Dambwe language and allow sense to prevail.
Timothy, Gift st al., plsmake sure you travel separately and DO NOT EAT OR DRINK at the meeting with Muluzi. Please.
Don’t even drink bottled water because it can still be poisoned. Make sure you use separate cars and also change cars last minute to fool those who will be following you. Have a good security team because they are planning kuti Musowe
Kodi Bakili umaona ngati tinaiwala nkhanza umatichita nthawi ya saimanso ija eti, ndipo mavuto onse akupezeka panowa unayambitsa ndiweyo, u r a big crook
Pitani koma musakalore zoti musiye mademo.Pokhapo ndiye musakalore.Tatopa nazo tsopano, dziko losauka koma zochitika zachinyengo mbweee, what fuck is going on in this country??.Police has opted to side with ruling parties not malawians, it is very sad.
Looks like tippex is king. Corruption lives.
Mr former president please don’t waste your time & unnecessary energy when you’re sleeping with the enemy. You’re a Trojan horse masquerading with a bait in the light of fraudulent elections which you endorsed APM & his corrupt cronies. The current political climate has your DNA that is marred with corruption which has created a political discourse. Jane Ansah must fall by all means & that’s non negotiable.
But he should remember that he became the president of Malawi because Kamuzu accepted amicably his defeat.Alomwe amavuta and they want the presidency to be in their tribe.Naweso Bakili ndiweso chi shit kutisakhila mutchona wopanda ndi nyumba Juno.kubwereso ng’ono wakhe umphawi too.
in 2011 we had Undule and Bamusi for Bingu, after doing what they did they were bought by the government. Bamusi now is one of the advisors in the government. In 2019 we have Mtambo and Trapence. The meeting they are having with Bakili tomorrow is the beginning of the end. But there will always be someone who will emerge. Adios Mtambo and Trapence.
A Muluzi aliponso amawamvera, crook no 1, Malawi is suffering today because of him, he is the one who brought in the Mutharikas who have done nothing but rob people of the little that they have. Now they have even started killing people, presiding officers dying mysteriously and now even Nundwe’s son, Akuti hit and run, Malawi? Iyambila mwana was Nudweyo? My advise don’t waste time meeting him. Let him go and talk with Bwampini wakeyo.
The best option would have been to have the demo in the morning and meet BM in the afternoon. Cancellation of the demo is defeatism – the winner will be Nankhumwa and DPP.
I’m sorry Mr President but your letter and intentions are miss directed, you should be addressing MEC. You have been shielded by DPP from your own mess so we know you can’t approach them and your Son Atupele Kissed APM’s Ass so in other words you are not the right person to negotiate anything coz you cannot be impartial…. but thanks for trying
mwatopa ndi ma demo..zipangani mukuwona ngati mukutchuka. APM is just scoring marks. mukhaula mpaka 2084 woooo.
This call for peace is pointless. CHAIR is fully DPP and he is proponent of ensuring power remains in the South at all cost. This is the cost Chair.
VERY VERY DOUBTFUL THAT DEMOS ARE OFF.
Very stupid dude…an enemy to the Republic.U used to rig against Gwanda in those days without facing consequences.Times have changed and this generation of MCP will not accept your nonsense!
He is an interested party. He endorsed APM by attending in fake inauguration and more importantly he created DPP. He cant out come now. His son also accepted election results. suppose it was his son who was robbed would he have attempted to stop the demonstrations?. Has he spoken to APM and listened to DPP utterances. Opposition dont ever allow this man to intervene. Mwachoka kutali, he watched you being ridiculed, beaten and insulted. Now he wants to tie your hands behind so that DPP which he created should continue to torment us.
You are right my brother, this man is crook,after election results were announced by ansah he was the first person to go to attend sworn in ceremony, he has never come out publicly to condemn the management of election. Now he comes for what? Be careful with this man Malawi called bakili muluzi
Anthu anyau Inu, tatopa ndi umbanda wanu. Demeti.