Malawi needs rotational presidency – MP Mzomera
Member of Parliament for Mzimba Hora, Rev. Christopher Mzomera Ngwira Wednesday sparked controversy in Parliament when he proposed that there should be Constitutional amendment to provide for a rotational system of choosing the President among Malawi’s three regions.
The House was deliberating on Bill 34 of 2016: National Parks and Wildlife Amendment and Ngwira in his contributions questioned as to how long the country would continue electing Presidents from the Southern region.
“We are having a very big problem in Malawi since the other part or regions feel that they are being side-lined when we talk of development in this country. This is so because the issue of nepotism, regionalism and indeed tribalism is very high,” said Ngwira a known pro-federalism advocate.
He said to wipe out nepotism, the country should have Presidents rotating from each region.
“I think the best way is to come up with a deliberate policy to amend some laws which will definitely see such quarters feeling as if they are part of this nation. For example, the laws that we have in Malawi will definitely guard the nation, this House and the members of the public to
“The positions which are prominent in the country like Reserve Bank Governor, we should come up with a law that will guide the House and Malawians on appointments. For example, if the Reserve Bank Governor comes from the centre, the next one should come from the north. Even when we talk of the Presidency, there should be rotation of Presidency,” said Ngwira.
Founding president of Malawi, Ngwazi Kamuzu Banda was a Chewa from central region district of Kasungu who ruled for 31 years. Banda was succeeded by Bakili Muluzi, a Yao from eastern region district of Machinga who governed Malawi for 1994 to 2004.
Then Muluzi’s handpicked successor Bingu wa Mutharika, a Lhomwe from southern region district of Thyolo ruled up 2012 when he died in power , succeeded by Joyce Banda a Yao from eastern region district of Zomba.
Banda was defeated in 2014 elections by incumbent Peter Mutharika, a Lomwe from Thyolo in southern district.
Mzomera Ngwira’s remarks of rotational presidency irked First Deputy Speaker, Easter Mcheka Chilenje, who accused the member of commenting on issues off-track to the wildlife bill.
“Honourable member we are debating about Bill 34 amendments and would you please concentrate on that,” Chilenje said.
Mzomera Ngwira kept on talking: “There should be rotation of presidency, if the President is coming from the south, next time north … we are talking of amendment of bills and laws in this august House and we should also be able to amend those laws which are favouring one side of the country where only one family seems to be fit for the office of the President that is what I am saying.”
He voiced out that the time was ripe for Malawians to stop the dominance of the big ethnic groups in leadership.
“We should give a chance to other regions too to produce the President
That is what I am saying! Give a chance to other regions as well. We should have a Presidential rotation in the country. We should not allow only people from one place. Understand what I am saying. It’s the only way we can deal with the nepotism — It is not fair, it is not fair,” ranted Mzomera Ngwira.
The Deputy Speaker warned the MP that she was going to boot him out of the House.
“I will invoke standing order 105,” Chilenje warned.
Part of the standing order gives the Speaker the power to send out of the House any member who shows rudeness to the authority and distracts debate.
“You have deliberately disrupted the business of the House. You know that when a Member is given the floor, you are only entitled to five minutes. I gave you extra two minutes. You have spoken for over seven minutes and you continuously and persistently disrupted business deliberately for no apparent reason at all. I don’t know what your intention is. I therefore rule you out of order and this should be your last warning. If you do that again, I am going to invoke Standing Order 105,” Mcheka- Chilenje said.
In an interview with Nyasa Times later, Ngwira said Malawi should emulate plurilingual societies such as Switzerland where diversity in the political system is accepted, rotational presidency was introduced to accommodate cultural differences, diverse interests and demands.
He said elsewhere rotational presidency system has brought stability, cohesion, equity and pluralism , citing Nigeria’s ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party, which adopted the presidential rotation in a truncated manner.
Mzomera said the presidential rotation system would have far-reaching effects in addressing ethnic rivalries, competition and hostility in Malawi.
“It will also bring order in the way scarce resources are managed and utilised for the benefit of all. There will be little feeling of ‘winner-take all’ since in the end all will be winners,” he said.
Mzomera said Malawi deserves a system that addresses people’s fears, frustrations, emotions and fundamental needs – and that is rotational presidency.
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Northerners should not be given a chance to rule Malawi. When power gets into their heads, they will change the constitution to hold on to power and the whole nation will cry foul. Ngwira is saying all this due to power lust.
Eeeish! So much hatred and strife among a nation…tonse ndi anthu be it ‘super human’ or unsuper. Geographical location does not make a people more intelligent or less intelligent. Over population iyi ikuchukutsa poverty. North, South, Centre, East, West. We all need a Gud life and equal opportunities. Let’s push our leaders at all levels and institutions to create positive spaces for equal rights and inclusive prosperity.
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We can get a rotational presidency but we must strip them of decision making powers, they must be there for ceremonial duties and baby sitting someone who will make executive decisions, which means the President will only be in Charge of Appointing officials, Army and Police. The Vice President will cease to exist and that office will get some more power and become the office of the Prime Minister all other provisions accorded to the VP will go to the Prime Minister. The President in this case will be the Malawian equivalent of the Queen in UK. Or we devolve the country each region becomes autonomous under one State the Republic of Malawi. Each region gets its own law, police, budget, health System, development strategy but when it comes to Foreign Policy, Immigration and Defense we go out as Malawi. Each Region elects a Regional Head who becomes an adviser to the Head of State, as well as representative of the Region to the Head of State. The Regions will have their own cabinets, legislature etc. You control your roads, resources and can tax however you want. This will not happen overnight its a system that need to be developed politically and legally we must sit down and carefully divide the powers who gets what, which law applies when and how. how will State funds be manage in relation to state funds what happens when the state needs money can regions lend to the state and if a region is failing can the state come in to help. Its not just a referendum thing we must develop a blue print then we can hold a referendum on these issues. the man is calling for a rotational presidency but I do not think he has an idea how we can make that work its one thing having an idea but making it work is another. Its a good idea but we must find a way to make it work. how will we choose who will take over from the previous guy will the only people allowed to vote/run be people from that region e.g if its a northerner set to take over, let him bring a proposal with mechanisms and evaluations e.g costs/benefits then maybe i can jump on board and support him
Nchawa u know very well kuti mtumbuka akukunyengera Joyce Banda wako.Mwina sumadziwa kafunse aChakulungwa ku musi. Inetu ngakhale sitikhala president what i like most is the fact that we the northerners we rock and we rule Malawi technically.Tangopita m’ma ofesi ngakhale kwanu ku Mwerako and count how many mbwenumbwenus are there against ther small population in the north. Ichinso mwina sumadziwa; its the northerners who taught u fishing.Go and verify it from Akwegwe ako kwanuko.Usadzayambilenso Chitsilu!!!!
kwa mwana wanga ; Ngakhale zitavuta chotani usazapange chibwana chovotera munthu wakumpoto ( Northern Region ). Ngakhale atakhala kuti akupikisana ndi munthu wamkhalidwe oyipa wa kumwela kapena pakati. Zavotere wa Kumwera kapena pakati.
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. . . Is it not this very same Ngwira (as others have already observed) who (as any sensible person would do) vehemently and angrily opposes the evil we call quota system? Why does Ngwira not realise now, that his proposal has the same (loose) implication as the quota system?
. . . Yes, any sane person knows that Malawi has had useless people for presidents, but do these people become useless because they are from the South or because uselessness is their birth right? I believe the latter is.
. . . Now if this crazy idea passes, shall we not have regional presidents as opposed to national presidents? Isn’t this defeating the very purpose the proposal purports to advance, of promoting unity?
. . . And what will stop other equally crazy people from proposing that the presidency be rotated based on tribe? and then other crazier people; on religion, etc? Is it hard to see that this proposal is as chaotic as crazy as you are, Ngwira?
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Truths . . .
. . . The North is relatively underdeveloped not because Malawi has had many presidents from a certain region, but because these people (regardless of where they are from), are useless in their own right and in toto.
. . . These people (we mistake for presidents) are useless not because they come from a particular region but because they inherited uselessness as their birth right.
. . . The proposal to rotate presidents based on region is synonamous with, and just as crazy as the proposal to rotate presidents based on religion and/tribe.
. . . Malawi will develop not by having a president from a particular region but someone who, regardless of where he/she comes from; understands that Malawi is one, and thus that development needs not be skewed to some region(s) at the expense of other.
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I am not surprised, the guy is not feeling well hence abandoning anti-qouta campaign. Why
nkhope yake imeneyo ungakhale president. nkhanza zikuchita kuwonekela kumaso nanga mutimamo bwa
Looking at the calamities that have befallen Malawians were created by Northerners e.g. Most Cashgate culprits are Northerners, Most influential positions are occupied by Northerners in the name of Wakwithu. Now the majority of the voters are from Central and Southern Regions but learning from the behavior shown in the way you appoint each other in these positions, the other regions can not give you the chance to rule Malawi. By the way where is Afford party? If you are failing to run a small party like Afford, can you run a country? Northerners are very selfish hence no chance to rule Malawi. You are good at making noise but you do not have leadership skills
Chitsilu!!! Parties just like any other organisations do end regardless of where they originated from.Cha Uladi Mussa chinatha…ndi waku mpoto? Cha Amuna ndife Nkumba chinatha…anali waku mpoto? Cha Davies Katsonga chinatha ndi waku mpoto?UDF ikutha tcheya ndi waku mpoto? Most influential positions are occupied by northerners bcoz of their intelligence and guts and not otherwise. Even if the recruiters happen to be Whites or Arabs automatically u shud expect to be outdone by northerners.
Anyone who hates northerners bcoz they are highly educated and that they are everywhere in offices it means that idiot don’t know and appreciate the history of Malawi. The problems pipo in face in society are mostly rooted in the mistakes made by their forefathers in the past. In your case the Chawas and Chewas hated the missionaries who brought Christianity along with education.
Bingu introduced quota system in education to get even with the northerners. Unfortunately this can not really work bcoz we deliberately influence the introduction of so many private universities in Malawi and that we encourage our sons and daughters to study online.
Many public universities have introduced off-campuses and ODL which do not use quota for selection bcoz they operate like businesses. These are all open opportunities for northerners to increase their numbers in universities even more and eventually at work places. Know this: ALL open opportunities are influenced by northerners at all levels of government to circumvent any government education policy that can disadvantage the north. Wanzeru ndi wanzeru achimwene.
Simungatithe makape inu. Zikavutanso timayuza private army yathu…the NGOs.
Unbelievable (koma abale inu eeh!)
Apparently, this MP has given up even trying to get a candidate from the North to run for President. He is betraying a principle of democracy: that anybody should run for office (as proscribed in our Constitution) , without favor. Furthermore, he’s exploiting the back door, gain, to mpando wonona uja (the presidency), having failed in disguised coup attempt(s). There is no end to his shenanigans, it seems. Shame.
He and his coterie will pursue the Presidency, for ever, so that they can pillage our treasury, like they did in Cashgate, during that unelected PP government of Joisi Banda’s. Never shall we let another group of incompetent people, whose forte seems only to be stealing tax payers money.
Kamuzu tried to give powers to the Northers and we all saw how they behaved. Kanyama Chiume and his team offered scholarships only to the Northerners to advance their education so they could return home and hold key positions in government. This is what angered baba Tembo and made decision to send back teachers to their regions of origin. He did it in order to level the playing field, but munthu ndi munthu , Tembo was branded regionalistic, tribalistic and what have you. Mzomera and the whole Northern region is against the quota system in university selection. Is his suggestion for rotational presidency any different from the quota system? Double standards wadada Ngwira. The example of Switzerland he has given is out of place. I would have loved if he gave the example of Britain. How many Scottish, or Welsh have been Prime Ministers of Britain? To be a successful politician is to understand history. The mistakenly anointed Gordon Brown from Scotland by Tony Blair lost miserably to David Cameron, an English man. I repeat, history has it all, ba lirani.
James u talk of Malawi history? If u had read it properly especially the history of Christianity in Malawi and the history of education in Malawi u would have known that the Northerners had never been White-phobic…I mean they never hated the whites hence they benefited from their missionary work which brought education alongside it.
The Chawas hated the missionaries so they trekked north passing gulewamkulu area (central region) to the northern region where they were cordially received. There Christianity and education flourished as the south and the centre continued leading their primitive way of lives. As a result when Kamuzu Banda came into Malawi he found the pipo who could help mostly being northerners bcoz of their superior education muscle.He had no choice but to give them high positions in govt.
This is why the first cabinet had northerners in their large numbers. By the way the Malawi Congress Party was formed by northerners. If u hate this truth; go to HELL. Orton Chirwa from Nkhatabay is the founder of MCP and his wife Vera Chiwa is still alive you can ask her or else ask any Historian about it.
Tembo made a big blunder by chasing away teachers from the north who had come everywhere in the south and centre to curb illiteracy amongst your forefathers. Yes they returned home and helped their region develop education wise even the more in the process beating the chewa and chawas again.
About Chiume; know that scholarships are given to correct recipients. If the scholarships were for pipo say with std 8 and yet just too little or none from the south and centre had std 8…who else could have earned it? The northerners of course!!!
The example of Switzerland is correct and the one of Britain by u is false. Gordon Brown quit it not due to being from another tribe no. “His resignation follows Thursday’s general election in which no party won an overall majority but the Conservatives won the most seats and votes. ” –http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8675913.stm. Usamatenge zolota zakozo n’kumazanama pano.
In the past if chiefs from all regions of Malawi met; only those from the north could speak English. At least now 2 to 3 can try the broken one. You can go to MBC to verify this from recorded speeches.
James u talk of Malawi history? If u had read it properly especially the history of Christianity in Malawi and the history of education in Malawi u would have known that the Northerners had never been White-phobic…I mean they never hated the whites hence they benefited from their missionary work which brought education alongside it.
The Chawas hated the missionaries so they trekked north passing gulewamkulu area (central region) to the northern region where they were cordially received. There Christianity and education flourished as the south and the centre continued leading their primitive way of lives. As a result when Kamuzu Banda came into Malawi he found the pipo who could help mostly being northerners bcoz of their superior education muscle.He had no choice but to give them high positions in govt.
This is why the first cabinet had northerners in their large numbers. By the way the Malawi Congress Party was formed by northerners. If u hate this truth; go to HELL. Orton Chirwa from Nkhatabay is the founder of MCP and his wife Vera Chiwa is still alive you can ask her or else ask any Historian about it.
Tembo made a big blunder by chasing away teachers from the north who had come everywhere in the south and centre to curb illiteracy amongst your forefathers. Yes they returned home and helped their region develop education wise even the more in the process beating the chewa and chawas again.
About Chiume; know that scholarships are given to correct recipients. If the scholarships were for pipo say with std 8 and yet just too little or none from the south and centre had std 8…who else could have earned it? The northerners of course!!!
The example of Switzerland is correct and the one of Britain by u is false. Gordon Brown quit it not due to being from another tribe no. “His resignation follows Thursday’s general election in which no party won an overall majority but the Conservatives won the most seats and votes. ” –http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/8675913.stm. Usamatenge zolota zakozo n’kumazanama pano.
In the past if chiefs from all regions of Malawi met; only those from the north could speak English. At least now 2 to 3 can try the broken one. You can go to MBC to verify this from recorded speeches.
Yaaaaaaaa – unya uwona. 2019 ikubwera ndipo simunati muona landslide victory yomwe sinawonekepo (believe you me). Mufa ndi Bp yamavoti a 2019 – ulamuliro amapereka ndi Chauta, simphamvu sinkhondo. The Southerners anafa Bulu nthawi ya MCP – MCP inachimwira anthu akumwera koopsa ndipo tikubwezera panopa – simunati. – See more at: http://www.nyasatimes.com/chakwera-says-mutharika-failed-govern-malawi-president-living-fantasy/#comment-944815
Akulu inunso ndinu mbuli eti. in this century nkumaganiza za ndale zobwezerana. do you think this country only belongs to southerners, kapolo wachabechabe iwe. do you follow world politics? analiponso ena omwe ankaona ngati iwowo nde utsogoleri ungawayenere koma nthawi inakwana anatsika. Dpp was found and ikulamulidwa ndimatchona woti they never took part in the struggle of his country. Bolanso UDF, Bakili alongside Chihana fought hard for democracy osati Bwampini wanuyi nda azinzake
The Hon member is just frustrated and fears the unknown. Rotation of presidents based on tribe/region will only make matters worse. I remember during the 80’s secondary school selection was baded on quota system. There were so many students from the north who ended choosing less competitive districts like Mangochi and got selected on that district’s ticket, only to be discovered they cheated. Even though many made it to universities. And we have more northerner-graduates in Malawi than any other region. Ironically, this very crop of graduates now cries foul on election of the president. It’s true, the past four presidents from the south have been detrimental to our country’s economy. The sensible solution to this is federalism. Provincial management of this country will put chechks and balances on use of resources. Unlike this time, where cashgate is being passed on relay-race like style. It was introduced by Muluzi, Institutionalized by Bingu, mishandled by JB and being shielded by APM.
On elections, plse be reminded and get it through your thick heads that APM didn’t win, 2014 elections. The judicial system helped him to rig it big time. The irregularities were so massive that opening the ballot boxes could’ve revealed clandestine rigging plot of all time. Registered voters 9,412, Actual voters 10,420. Null and void 0. No wonder midnight six and company don’t care.
President wa kumpoto analipo Joyce Banda and she failed miserably. We dont want another one!
Vuto LA achewa inu munazolowera kulandira zaulere komanso kuba.Komanso ndinu anthu osaphunzira kumangodziwa kuchindana basi ni nyini zokokedwazo
Pepani bambo ifetu tikuchinda atumbuka chifukwa amakhala ndi nyere zankhaninkhani. Nyinitu zokoka ndizokoma and atumbuka amakoka bwino chifujwa mbali imodzi inakhala yotalikirapo. By the way do you know that am fucking your wife? Ask her what she was doing at Lumbadzi on friday 2nd Dec at 10.30am. I was fucking her. So you must thank us because we are servicing thise small dry pussies.
Vuto la akazi akumpoto ndiloti they are lazy in bed. Sadziwa kunyamulira.
Kkkkkkkkkkkk mwagwa nayo. Anthu inu makani kwambili, mumawona ngati school ndiye mathelo azonse, mumawona ngati kulongolola muma news ndiye kuti basi mungatenge boma, ayi ndithu. Chofunika muyambe kukhala anthu ozichepesa, muchose kuzikonda, muchonse ntima omati zonse zabwino ndiza anthu akumpoto, mukatelo anthu azakukhulupililani. Mutu umozi susenza denga, muphuzile kukhala ndi chikondi ndi anzanu mukatelo tizakuvotelani. Komano anthu pano amakuwopani kwambili chifukwa chankhalidwe wanu, sithani.
khokhokho. iwe wayakhula bwino. Ndikupasa mtumbuka umuchite
A Mzomera vuto la ku north mumakwatira muli ndi zaka 50 ndiye mungabeleke ana angati?. ine pano ana 4 AT 30 APM AGALUZE?
Upite ku National Statistics Office ukafunse kuti kodi ochakacha (aumphawi) kwambiri ali kuti m’Malawi muno? Akakuuudza kuti ndi ku mwera kenako pakati. Why? Kuchulukana kwanuko. Let me tell you this:
A massive population will mostly give you a numerical advantage during election and not after. Visit estates and farms in the north…u will smile at your relatives cultivating for the northerners because they are not many. Find out where you live…u will understand that northerners are super human species. Iwe Southerner is this what you are boasting about being many?
In fact northerners are a big blessing to the Malawi Nation if you didn’t know. Look at the Queens netball team…they conquer the whole of Africa and almost 95% of the world. Make a head count you will be astonished to know that the players are mostly northerners. Google “professor Landson Mhango” you will understand what i mean when i say northerners are super human species.
Usadzabwelezenso kulemba zopepela against super human species!!!
Mzomera ndiye galu ndi anthu aku north nonse, rotation eya but quata system ayi. Munya muona simudzalamula ata
The problem is with our friends from the North .we fail to understand and trust you because your blood boils too fast and end up making wrong decisions
How can people from South and central trust you the way Kamlepo behaves like a vagabond
Change your way of doing things otherwise you will remain like that until the end of the world
Please change change get my advice
Whether u hate Mzomera or u like him but he is making good point here.
Chilenje herself is a beneficiary of a corrupt system. I have never liked this woman-she is partisan and has deep-rooted tribalism in her veins. She dubiously and corruptly claimed house allowances but has never been apprehended. Such is the negative trend in the Malawian electoral system that need to be amended. Chilenje belongs to the DPP family and stands to protect the interests of her fellow southerners at the expense of the whole country.
Mzomera Ngwira might be rebuked by some uninterested politicians in his proposal, but he is right with his observation. Malawi is backward because of an incorrect electoral system which has promoted tribalism, corruption,and less competition among the politicians. What has happened especially after democracy was introduced in 1994, is the disregard for minority tribes by the majority rulers who think that no matter what they do, they will still be elected into office; equally, if a current president fails to get elected in the next election, then his/her fellow southerner will, as far as majority voting is concerned. Such a trend has resulted into a relaxed mood which is non-progressive and judging by performances under past presidents including the current one, it clearly shows how careless Malawian leaders have been with no regard for the country’s transformation.
The successive election of presidents from the south has created a society that lacks love, hard work, but that has promoted nepotism in government appointments , awarding of government contracts, and stealing of government’s and private sector’s money. The most worrisome thing is that our friends from the south, fellow electorates, have easily been brainwashed to believe that they have to only elect presidents from their region and that no president should come from other regions. What bothers me most is that those voters get used by politicians in elections but in the end they suffer equally together with voters from other regions. In short, the past presidents including the current one , have taken things or voters for granted because there is no system that checks them or that can expose their failures.
The main reason why Mzomera’s suggestion is right based on the spirit of unity, is that if Malawi was to introduce the rotational presidency, it would create competition of performance which would lead to accelerated growth and prosperity. The understanding is that the current president would be afraid to promote corruption,tribalism, and to under perform in things like job creation, infrastructure development, fiscal discipline, and good governance for fear of being checked and outperformed by his successor. When at present you are a president originating from say the north or south, you wouldn’t commit yourself to favoring your region of origin because you know that next time a president from another region will do the same against your people. This will result in competition for best performance and in the end the country will progress. The other thing is, as a president , you would be truelly a president for all and not just for your region and party. What has been happening is that our presidents have been behaving as if they only represent people in their party and region. They don’t listen to concerns from people of opposition parties. A good example is when Peter Mutharika was campaigning in parliamentary by-elections in Mchinji; the president spoke as if only MPs from his ruling party are the ones who are supposed to approach him for development concerns and yet he is in government because everyone pays tax, it is not only DPP followers who pay tax.
Rotational presidency will proliferate development and will end corruption. It will unify the country and end suspicion among tribes and regions. It will create competition and unlock the country’s potential. I think rotational presidency will unveil progressive and caring leaders whether from the majority side or minority side. If Malawians love one another, rotational presidency should be discussed and electoral laws amended for the betterment of the country. The country should wipe out greed, corruption, and nepotism which have proved to be detrimental to the country’s progress-this is the time to introduce rotational presidency.
All Malawians are equal and all regions deserve to produce a president. I am not a 100% proponent of a 50+1 system because that system can also promote corruption and rigging and end up electing wrong leaders. Does it make sense for the past twenty two years to have all presidents elected from one region but all failing to deliver and the country still clings or sticks to the same electoral system? Malawians let us wake up, this is the time. Anyone who is against electoral reforms is an agent of nepotism, corruption, and a divided Malawi. TOGETHER WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL.
kkkkkkkkkkkkk !! Why having Democratic Elections Then ?
Surprisingly, this same dude is a proponent of merit when it comes to selection of students to public universities. When it is presidency, he seems to be against the very principle he claims to stand for. Kudzikonda ka mtundu yaka!.
That’s true
So you did not join DPP honorable Mzomera Ngwira as nit was speculated in the media. That’s one of areas that we need to look at this stage. People just support if you look now all people including those who voted for him are suffering now which is very sad. Tribalism shall never sort out problems of this country.
The regional rotational presidential policy may lead to chaos I tell you. It will explode the tribal differences to unimaginable proportions as each tribe will try its best to be an autonomous region. The yao, the lomwe, the ngoni, the tumbuka, the tonga will want to make their own regions and look forward to produce a president.
Mzomera, sell to us your manifesto and we may vote for you into presidency. Your character and not your region or tribe should convince us that you can lead and not mislead us. The urgent change we need now is the 50+1 system. Iam afraid next time you will be asking for rotation of posts according to tribes, clans, districts, TAs and GV Headmen. Sell yourself to us maybe we can buy your aspirations. It is not accurate that Nigeria uses the rotational system. Correct your notes. Goodluck served two terms without rotation. Secondly Nigeria is different from us in many ways. We can’t cut and paste their system. There is still time for 2019 elections. Prepare and market yourself. Don’t expect to get the presidency on regional and tribal platform.
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a Tumbuka presidency???’eish cut my foot.. The pbm is tht u Northernors hv demonstrated worst traits of nepotism of coz at lower levels than presidency. Thts th reason noone can trust u. I for one i cant. Wait mwina moyo winawo zidzatheka not panopo. kkk
If u think a northerner will never rule Malawi u r mistaken and you are very ignorant. In the US idiots like you believed that black man can not and will never rule the US a country dominated by whites.
A time came in 2009 and black man took Oval Office. Barak Obama will be retiring by Dec 2016.
You will see it in Malawi. A northerner will someday rule Malawi.
Feudalism inakanika lero mufuna rotational presidency,ndi ndani ? Musiye kuzikonda kwanuko che mzomera.Mungounjikana mmaofesi ngati mbewa pachibale panu angakusamaleni ndani? Tapita ku Medical Council of Malawi ukapeza abale ako aunjikana kumeneko.Ngati sufunako upite ku FAM kapena NARC.
Nepotism,tribalism zonse ndizanu a hinya inu.
Hehehehehehedeeee! a Ngwira kulota maloto a njoka itamera miyendo ndithu. Kumalawi zimenezo takana, zimenezo muzisinthana kudziko lakwanu lomwero la Nyika sipaja mudasankhana kale kumeneko. Mukukanililanji muno mmalawi a Ngwira? Koma angavotere inu ndani wofuna kudzalanditsa dzikoli popeza akangokhala bwana mtumbuka mu ofesi ndiye kuti ndi cleaner yemwe amuitanitsa kuchokera ku HOHO/ ku Enunwini/ ku DIDIDI/ ku Edingeni/ ku Enyamuleni/ ku Nkholongo/ ku jinthajembe. Aaaaaa, palibe wopusa mmalawi muno angapange mistake kuvotera the mbwenubwenuz, mumakokelana mwa usaveji osazindikila kuti anzathuwa akutiona. Zidakanika Chihana kumupatsa u 2nd Vice President ndi unduna waku Water and Irrigation, iye kuchotsa a pa central ndi southern region one ku office ya capital hill, tikutitu u second vice president, ndiye kukhala President wadziko kungakhale bwaaaaa ma saveji inu. Ndiye kuti ma house maid onse nzinyumbamu adzakhala a mbwenumbwenu. Mudatiphunzitsa phunziro agalu inu ndipo phunziro limene mumachitali silidzachokanso mmitu mwathu mwamva ma mbwenumbwenu inu, shupit.
Mzomera Ngwira has sense but he was out of order really. Nanga nkhani ya parks and wilerlife amenendment bill iye akulankhula za rotational presidency……. sizikugwilizana
A Mzomera, tangomasukani kunena momveka bwino kuti you want a northerner President kuti nanunso mudzasolore like the way your party PP did by introducing cashgate in Malawi.
Mr Mzomera Ngwira, when you lecture us on rotational presidency do you figure out how it can be implemented? Do you mean a person should just be imposed on Malawians simply because he or she is from the North or any other region just to appease a certain region or tribe? Is that thinking within the concept of democracy and good governance? I doubt Mr.
If your favourite candidate cannot even be chosen to a lead a political party how can he be elected to rule Malawi? May be you want to be president try your luck, you will see!
Malawi adopted a system of democracy whereby people chose a candidate of their choice regardless of where they come from. When a weak candidate from the northern region fails the presidential race it doesn’t mean malawians were regionalistic. If a strong candidate from the south wins the presidential race, it doesn’t mean Malawians are regionalistic. When a strong candidate from the centre wins it doesn’t mean central and southern regions have teamed up against the north. Mr. Mzomera is a bad and dangerous leader who always hatches plans of sowing seeds of discord among malawians. Malawi is one country and one people. Malawians chose the best to lead them through democratic means.
Next time when you seem to run out of ideas to contribute to a bill in Parliament, better shut up than uttering controversial statements like these.
The north fights against quota system in the admission of students to public universities. Here Ngwira is proposing rotational presidency and I see that the reasoning for this is similar to the reasoning on quota system introduction. I see selfishness in this. Quota system is bad because it works against the north but rotational presidency is good because it will work for the north? Help me understand please
Ngwira is a regionalist, what we want in Malawi are quality presidents, not just any president, he would have proposed stringent interviews on strategy for Malawi presidential candidates, otherwise I do not have any problem even if I am ruled by any intelligent result oriented Arab, white or Indian, provided, he is intelligent or good to rule my country.
No need for any form of rotation. Why should a whole President of a beautiful country come from the dead north. Komanso a Mzomera-Ngwira mtima! Inu mukuona ngati Khumbo Kachali angakhale President?