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Malawi government says it will engage the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank on the financing of the...
The parliament can pass any Bill they want but if enforcement is weak then its useless. Malawi has great constitution, elaborate policies and wishy was vision. Same policies that Malawi has written are being used to great effect by countries like Rwanda. Malawi politicians are just too bad at implementing their own laws and policies. As it stands today, the constitution provides for charging an ex-president for the crimes committed whilst in office. We have muluzi case which has been dragging for over a decade now. Eventually he will be acquitted. The challenge with Malawi isn’t lack of laws but… Read more »
All these bills that are targeting particular people will not help our country. A bill should be brought because it is necessary not because some people are targeting someone. That is where we go wrong as a country.
This is a non starter. Immunity from criminal and civil prosecution is only while in office. If a president is in office and involved in corruption he can be impeached then after impeachment he can be taken to court since the impeachment itself would have gathered enough evidence of guilt. Can you imagine if some foreign president wants to visit but at same time the president maybe has a court date. Or you want to set a court date and there is a UN general assembly and president wants to attend. How long can that trial take. That’s why impeachment… Read more »
Yes the removal of the immunity from prosecution is good for a nation whose fuel is vendetta. At no point has the majority of Malawians ever basked in development all of us are religiously relishing the catch of big fish in the political pond right now we hysterically call for a matter which can plunge this nation into a constitutional turbulence. MCP with JZU miserably failed to dislodge DPP with Bingu at the helm by employing section 65 on the flight of the legislators from their legitimate parties, so some proposals are the face of the hate and frustration of… Read more »