Malawi Law Society breaks silence: To join court battle over Speaker’s blocked ‘super committees’

The Malawi Law Society has finally weighed in on the constitutional storm engulfing Parliament, announcing it will join the judicial review case over a court injunction that has blocked Speaker Sameer Suleiman from forming twelve joint ad-hoc committees tasked with probing government operations.

MLS President Davis Njobvu revealed the society’s decision to step into the legal fray, insisting the case cuts to the heart of constitutional and administrative law — specifically the hot-button principle of separation of powers — making it a matter that demands the society’s involvement in the public interest.

The injunction at the centre of the row was secured by Malawian citizen Austin Mkoka, effectively halting Suleiman’s plans to set up the sweeping committees before they could get off the ground.

Njobvu confirmed the society is now racing to finalise the paperwork needed to formally notify the court of its intention to join the case, signalling that Malawi’s top legal body is preparing to throw its weight behind resolving the constitutional deadlock.