Malawi leader says Chilima cannot manipulate International Criminal Court
President Peter Mutharika has rubbished the country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima for reporting him and Acting Inspector General of Police Duncan Mwapasa to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over crimes against humanity allegedly committed between 2018 and 2020.
Spokesperson for Mutharika, Mgeme Kalilani, poured scorn on the calls for ICC action against the Malawian president.
Kalilani contends that the political violence Malawi has been experiencing for the past year was started by Chilima himself in collaboration with the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Reverend Lazarus Chakwera and the Human Rights Defenders Coalition in reaction to their loss in May 2019 presidential polls.
“Together, they have been planning, funding and perpetuating the violence across the country on innocent people in the guise of peaceful demonstrations since May 2019.
“They can’t fool any reasonable court about their involvement. He is probably misleading himself to believing that he can also manipulate the ICC and use it as political tool,” said Kalilani.
But the country’s impoverished and embittered populace are not focusing on the possible indictment of Mutharika at the Hague as they feel reporting him “might just be a waste of time.”
One observer said it is futile to expect anything serious from ICC .
But Garton Kamchedzera, professor of law at Chancellor College—a constituent college of the University of Malawi— said a referral to the ICC would o send an unmistakable message to the beleaguered citizens of Malawi that Mutharika will ultimately be held accountable for his crimes.
He said normally,the ICC will assess such complaints and check whether the local remedies have failed or not.
“I think the thinking in Chilima is that the people that have the power, the authority to pursue the cases, arrest and bring these matters to court are the police not him as the Vice- President because he can’t say I will arrest or prosecute them,” said Kamchedzera.
ICC is a creation of the UN and Malawi is a signatory of the Rome statute, the treaty which grants the Hague court jurisdiction over four main offences—crimes against humanity, which are serious violations committed as part of a large-scale attack against any civilian population; genocide; war crimes and crime of aggression.
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ICC judges cannot be bribed like those idiots of ConCourt and Supreme Court. ICC investigation will show that it is Chilima and Chakwera who have been perpetrating violence.
You mean Ngeme?
Bwana Kalirani, u need timing, kunali wena before kumeneko and kukubweranso ena, samalani malankhulidwe anu from amene akukutumaniwo kuti muzakhale nafe bwino kuno. What matters to you is how you worked not mene munalaltila ena, otherwise zilongezani next week out of state house.
Koma ndiye mwanenepa ndikuoneka wosamba, misonkho yathu yomweyi imene mukudyera ku nyumba yachifumu, nthawi ifiki kuti tifanane mufune musafune Mulungu atiyankha nefeso ?
Iwe ndi wopussa kwabasi.
Police raping women,
Inalinkhani yongopeka pofuna kusokoneza zakuphedwa kwa wa polisi.
Tambala family,
ndintchito ya MCP ndicholinga adziyipitsa aDPP pakampeni.
Ine ndiye ndinakafufuza ku area 24,komweko
Why would you send someone to speak on your behalf on a very personal issue like this bwana Mutharika with all the legal know-how you claim to possess—is it not time to dazzle us with it?????!!!!! I doubt ngati muli kalikonse m’mutu umo!!!!
Police used rape as a weapon and Malawi police have done noting but to shield those who were involved.
A policeman was murdered by the Nsundwe guys while establishing law and order. The demonstrations perpetuated by Chilima andcChakwera demonstrations resulted in terror for innocent people. Goods stolen, cars smushed and pictures still available. Yet Chilima has the guts to point fingers at APM. And the politicians Garton Kamchedzera painfully tries to justify this insanity.
I honestly sense the rot in this country is too much. Folks too greedy for power.
Only foolish gule people and power hungry Chilima can make sense of this insanity. Him and Chakwera should go there first. If Mutharika was like these mad guys (Chakwera and Chilima) this country could have been on fire long time ago.
Are you telling us Kut you can report yourself when you are doing bad things. Amugeme nanu zinthu zimasintha izi sidzamuyaya .Mudzapusa nazo.Learn to keep quiet sometimes.Malawians don’t want dictators.The fact is that Malawians will be at peace when Tonse alliance wins without that happening no peace,you know what I mean.
Mukupusa ndiinu akulu. Do u know the meaning of a dictator? With your five sense operating can you justify how Mutharika is a dictator according ro the definition?
Chilima read what Kamchedzera has said . Local Remedies have to be exhausted. Your Lawyers – Sasamba Chikosa apeza podyera kukuza ma Legal firms awo poti analibe source of income. Tiyeni naoni guys timudyere chitsiru ichi chazungulira mutu pano. Ankayesa game iyi ndi yokhweka koma pano waona kuti kwatentha. Sakugona tulo ndi ATUPELE. very soon he will be a retired VP like Khumbo Kachali
Mbava izi….Tonse alliance is the hell in waiting for Malawians
Mukafotokoza ku ICC komweko.
A Mgeme kudalira fatani kuba eti? This time this fattani guy will leave the country before he came.Any mmwenye ndiwobwera kuno sikwawo. Wether born in Blantyre koma sikwao kuno ku Malawi apita basi because he is the one disturbing our country.
Mukugwiritsa ntchito Malamulo atiwo. Do you know how people become Malawian citizens even those with foreign roots? Malawi is governed by laws not your emotions. Idiot
ma guyz tiyeni tikambepo chirungamo apa for the first time ngati kwa turuka Puresdent ofoira ombwambwana kapena kuti GUBE ndipo walanditsa boma chifukwa cha dyera ndiye ndi uyu Peter Mutharika basi walanditsa boma 1 pongodana ndi Chilima vice wake analakwitsa veavy, chomwe akadapanga after Judgement akanamuitana Chilima ndi Atupere kuti Chilima Atsogole Atupere Vice wake Peteryo ndi Bakili ndikuwathandidzira Campaign basi koma mbuzi yosaona patali iyi wafa basi
There is nothing lawful that comes from APM and Mgeme. This is why they have been losing cases ever since. Frail gogo will face the law when his term of office is over.
You started it all. Ndi chimodzimodzi kumenya soldier. Killing a security agent is the worst thing you could do. Those men operate as a unit, killing one you killed them all. Particularly, killing their leader that was the most foolish thing to do with your Msundwe Militia. By the way civil war starts with such kind of militias sponsored by politicians. Check intarahamwe in Rwanda, and others in Burundi, lvory Coast. We are lucky to have Mutharika as president during this time. Otherwise, this country would have descended into total chaos with your attitude together with HRDC and MCP. Please spare us this rubbish of ICC in fact you are the one who is supposed to be indicted of crimes against humanity with your militia.
APM has to be very worried. If this young man is willing to report him to the ICC now, what more is he capable of doing once he’s in office in a few days time. Unleash the ACB on him, perhaps?
To my DPP friends: When the water reaches the upper deck, follow the rats…
What do you except from Police officers who are controlled by Muntharika? if a woman was raped by a police officer and the police did nothing about it and you are expecting Chilima to wait from the police to drag Muntharika to court? Kalilani kapereke madzi kwa professor amwe!
achisilu awa alibe nkani a ngeme kalilani makani opanda pake, madoba doba nkoka ngolo ngati inu muzilimbana ndichilima stipud inuso mwafika saizi muzibwezelana mau ndi chilima
mgeme uli mguru la omwe akande dpp ikatuluka m’boma
Chilima is becoming so desparete . This is now the last attempt after he failed to kill APM so that he takes over the prsidency. MCP beware of this snake.
Waste of time wait until you are in govt then you can follow up on such crimes. That’s why they say you are a baby. You cry too much che skc.
There is no judge shopping at ICC and the issues in question were not committed by the reported persons. Maybe your counsel has advised you wrongly but this is total wastage of time. If you expect the ICC to rescue you and your Lawyers from the violence you had caused in the country together with Dr Chakwera and HRDC leadership then you are mistaken. Because on 23rd June, 2020 and thereafter you will test and taste Nyekhwe. Mark my words…..osabisala pachipanda mwawaonetsa a Malawi zowawa in the last 10 months. Killing police office Imedi, burning police stations, undressing women, burning businesses of innocent Malawians, burning houses of innocent people, kugenda galimoto za anthu osalakwa, kuopseza wanthu. Paja munkavala millitary unform mwati Osaopa nkumaopseza wathu anzanu…..Lero ndiinu mukudandaula ku ICC 😄😄😄😄😄.
The devil in chilima is deep rooted. The evil spirit of pride and envy shall keep haunting chilima and he shall know no peace. let’s keep watching him. Asavuka nazo yekha izi .
Kodi Kamchezera akuti chani? Kungoyankhula ngati si lawyer? Every time trying to defend the wrongs of his/her friends. Pity
Uyuyu musadandaule naye. Ndi chitsiru even Kabwera used him during academic freedom. Kabwera just wanted an exit to politics and here she is. Iye adakali ndevu pepeyapepeya and he is hoping utmcp alliance will give him a post if in the unlikely event they win.
DPP is SO CONCERNED to BE LOSING Their President they will SAY and DO ANYTHING stop the Madness VOTE CHANGE enjoy MORE DEVELOPMENT with a NEW Government
It’s up to ICC to determine and not you MBUZI and Chilima is taking you back to pre elections.
Too young to be saying such stupid things. How long are you going to be with the drunkard acting president? Are you in his will? The only thing the chidakwa will leave you to take is his wife who is not even appetizing.
Anthu mukunjoya kuMalawiko! Mpaka kupeza danga lopanga report ku ICC! Tiziona!
police raping women, that was just too much, a mgeme zikanakhala kuti sister wanu wapangidwa zimenezo mukanamva bwanji…. stand for the truth
Nde rape case imapita ku ICC? Mwina nkhaniyi simunayimve booboo. Afunsemi anzanu omwe amamba chizungu akumasilireni ndikuona mwapupuluma ndi comment yanuyi🙈👆👆👆👆
Akanapita ku Police osati ICC
You are a fool.. giving women money so that they should claim they were raped..mahule a kwa Nsundwe osasamba angawachinde ndani? Gule yemwe amawachindayo wakwana. That was cheap politics..nothing happened to those prostitutes….tell me if your bitch was among those…Chilima is stupid..he thought he would get an easy ride to State House..
Kikikiki ndakomoka, kodi inali plan???
Wagwa nayo Chilima
Kodi a President ndi amgemewo?Munthu akalankhula amaikapo chithunzi cake.Just goes to show that Muthalika does not have a say in all that is going there.