Malawi VP Chilima says terror on opposition is State-sponsored: ‘DPP will be in for a surprise’
Vice President Saulos Chilima has said that government has launched a campaign of organized terror and torture against opposition members in the run up to fresh elections, saying the spate of political violence if State –sponsored after a Cabinet resolution.
Chilima said this on Monday morning in a televised news conference from his UTM Party headquarters at Area 10 in Lilongwe.
He said DPP resolved to unleash political violence.
“The violence that we see today is sponsored and well coordinated,” he said.
A highly charged Chilima said the reign of terror is being orchestrated by the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) through its youth militia the Cadets because he said the party has failed to govern the country and are now using violence and intimidation to cling to power.
“Violence and intimidation is a form of vote rigging used by unpopular regimes to create fear in people and suppress opposition vote,” said Chilima.
He said President Peter Mutharika and DPP are enemies of Malawians as they are promoting politics of violence, tribalism and regionalism.
Chilima however said the regime will fail in their strategies as Malawians love unity and have a rich history to resist oppression during John Chilembe uprising, fight against colonialism and fight for multiparty democracy.
The estranged vice-president said the violence is an attempt to sabotage democratic change through the ballot.
“But their attempts will fail miserably. An injustice to one is an injustice to us all. Let us unite to reject these attempts and say enough is enough,” he said.
He said DPP has failed to use money to bribe judges who refused to sell their souls and the nation and also members of Parliament rejected bribery offers to side with Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners.
He condemned the political thugs who attacked UTM Party branded vehicle assigned to the party’s Eastern Region director of women Shaheeda Hussein in the early hours of Sunday in Balaka District.
Hussein, a strong and pious Muslim lady who was attacked in the Holy Month of Ramadan while steadfastly observing the dictates of the religion she is devoted and loyal to.
“She is a powerless and defenceless woman who wronged no one. Her only crime was belonging to UTM. For that, DPP thugs believe is enough reason to terrorise and traumatize her. Such is the cowardice of those that sit in positions of power in this country – attacking women!
“This was followed with further mayhem unleashed on UTM supporters who provoked no one in Mulanje. Again, their only crime was supporting UTM,” said Chilima.
In his remarks, Chilima accused the DPP of waging a war on the people of Malawi.
“They intend to divide this country on tribe and region. Malawians, we must all refuse to be part of this nonsense. We must push back against this evil plan.
“My fellow Malawians, this is the fight of our generation. Just like our fore bearers fought against the racist white settlers and the colonialists, we must embrace this fight and fight back. And that we shall do,” he said.
Cutting a determined figure on camera, Chilima challenged President Mutharika and his DPP troops that they will be “in for a surprise!”
Meanwhile, Chancellor College political analyst Ernest Thindwa has said that the dramatic escalation of violence shows police have taken their partisan role in their law enforcement duties.
“DPP cadets fell they are above the police and they can do anything they wanted they cannot be reached by the law,” he observed.
Another political commentator and governance expert Henry Chingaipe said DPP cadets are “untouchable” by the police; hence they “act with impunity.”
In her speech during the launch of the official campaign period on Saturday, Malawi Electoral Commission chairperson Jane Ansah cautioned political parties against using violence.
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UTM yabetsa chipani. Shame
Surely to be a DPP supporter of this current regime and its actions is the height of stupidity.
musanamize amalawi mwana alindi nzeru onse chakwela ndi mutharika alibe nzeru ngati mwanai , ndipo ndiyekayo amene angate kuyendesa zikoli ifeyo amalawi nkuona tangible results kuti likupita pasogolo enawa amangokala mu office kumwa juice nde muziti ndi a sogoleri palibe chanzeru amayankulapo ayi nchito kungozisegela ku nsanjika , akudikila abele mavoti kenako azinama zintu zikuyenda bwino nziko muno, very stupid nchona machende ake ndala ameneyi
Malawi has been burning from last year after elections. The centre and north were the epicenter of that violence. Chilima and Chakwera did not condemn the violence because it was perpetrated by their supporters. Schools, banks, businesses were burnt and looted in the north and centre and noone from opposition seemed to care. You failed your responsibility that time when innocent people lost their businesses. Now that it’s your supporters that are victims you are crying foul. If you were responsible opposition, where were you when your supporters were burning Malawi? You failed miserably. Now that it’s your Nissan NP200 that was burnt you are feeling pain. It’s just a share of pain Malawians experienced when you were looting their shops and destroying their hard earned properties. I wish all your cars were burnt so that you can feel the real pain. Your are worse than DPP thugs because you made many Malawians miserably with your looting and violence. They are poorer today than they were because you destroyed their businesses. God has not forgotten your evil acts and you too will be in for a surprise because you victimized innocent souls. Today you are painting a picture that you are Holy. The tears of innocent people who lost their properties and business reached the throne of God and he will pay you back handsomely. Whatever a man sows the shall reap. Your surprise too is coming.
Another stupid and coward nicompoop fool
July 2…operation chotsa mbava! Kuzakhala kulira ndi kukukuta mano ma Cadet! We need a very strong ACB director so that all stolen wealth should be recovered from all the cadets!
There will be need to drain the MACRA, MRA and ESCOM swamps of all of THEM! You know them…the ones who were employed just because of their tribe!
When the supreme court removes your corrupt MEC, when it endorses the concourt ruling ndipamene munve kuwawa makadeti. A new MEC muziwanso
How many shops and cars and property has chilima destroyed over the past 11 months through demos? How many people has chilima killed with his MCP and HRDC? Lero ndiye aziwoneka ngati he is not violent? Amalawi musapusitsike naye Arafat Hamdan yu. He is vocal, temperamental, harsh, brutal, non-forgiving, destructive and selfish. Chilima does not have qualities of a good leader at all. Ngwaphuma munthuyu. Pajatu kwawo ndikumpanyira kwa nkhondo tisaiwale.
Nyekhwe ijatu ndiimeneyi Mr Hamdan.
Bambo Chilima kumbukilani chaka chatha mukutitsanzika Kwa Kauma kuti mukupita ku State House kumayiloza nyumba ya Boma. Lero mukuti muli pamgwirizano ndi MCP kufuna kuwabwezela a Malawi Ku one party system of democracy. Toto takana mkamwa mwa kongiresi sapita kawiri
A Chilima inu mukutaya nthawi. If you failed to win the election last year forget about i.t. After all pomp and fun last year, your UTM party only got 4 MPS. That explains a lot kuti you dont have structures pa Malawi. Anthu anakuuzani kuti mwafulumira. Now you destroyed your party by joining the MTAMBO/CHAKWERA sponsored demos that destroyed the country. Your Party Lost steam. Pano tikumva pa ZODIAK Kuti you will not stand . We told you before kuti UTM is a tiny-briefcase party which cant stand alone . Kutha kwa UTM . Mumabisa MEC yaulula kale . Mwaithawa Game A CHILIMA anthu anakuuzani . lero ndi izi mwagulitsa UTM ku MCP. Forget about winning. Muzapitanso ku Court mark my words.
Null and void elections by the way DPP has never won. Rigging all the way Malawi is destroyed and not developed because of greedy corrupted people. Put tools down Mr 80 plus president. Colonial leader. Look at hospitals market places roads safety lights on the roads just a few have mentioned PATHETIC
Not one alliance or Mcp flag on site. He he he
Alas ‘Gen. Nundwe’ the deterrent force that DPP cadets were visibly scared of has been tactically removed. DPP in all smiles for achieving this feat. But wait a minute! Where is ex-President Al-Bashir of Sudan with a whole powerful army in support and defence of him? It means there is a more powerful deterrent force that is no match for even rampaging armies or cadets. That deterrent FORCE is called ‘THE GOD AND JUDGE OF ALL THE EARTH’. Go and ask ex-President Al-Bashir, he will shed more light on what happened to the army that was willing to kill hundreds of civilians who were simply fed up with his unjust leadership. If it is true that the majority of Malawians are fed up with APM’s DPP tribalistic and regionalistic leadership, it is possible that even the ‘removal’ of General Nundwe will have achieved very little for APM’s DPP. Let’s wait and see time will tell!!!!
Ubwino tikuziwa zochita tionana pa 2 July or mutimenye ana a beast inu
They will be surprised!
Mr Chilima you spent the whole half of last year on the streets with Mtambo acting as Demos
did you ever commented on when peoples properties and businesses where being looted
police officers being harrased in LL.? what did ever think of tomorrow?
You missed your oportunity to show us how peace is a need in a democratic society.
Thats the glipsy of our Malawi you planted
So bear with it.
He’s fighting for malawians
Bwaha ha ha ha. If you actually believe that you are deluded mmutu munangodzadza mbwanda.
For his supporters not Malawians
SCK ali booooo. He speaks on behalf of many Malawians. DPP government may now have a meeting to start responding one by one on issues Malawians are seeing/speaking on the street.
DPP u will have small room in Malawi,because u trust thugs,UDF went down because of that behaviour but Bingu distance him self from UDF because of that behaviour,ask Muluzi the way how he was treating people from Northern region,it was very bad,1999 he was saying central and south Chewa people even in parliament,Northern region thy was alone called Tumbuka’s,his aim was to stay in power(Muluzi)central region people sleep for long time,now DPP saying Lhomwe vote for a Lhomwe
Your understanding of Malawian politics is very poor. Have someone who knows seat you down and tell you 1 by 1.
Hon Chilima why should we believe accusations which you make against DPP? Remember you promised to expose the method used by Mutharika and DPP to rig elections and expose corruption? But you then kept silent. How can we believe anything that you say? For you are a proven liar. Let me remind you that you were intimately in the know of the rigging methods used by Bingu and then by Peter Mutharika to rig the elections. Because you were involved you realised that if you were to expose the rigging , APM would turn round and say he knew nothing about the rigging and that it was you who rigged without his knowledge. So Stop fooling us Malawians, we know you very well. You are just boastful for nothing man. You are the rigger.
Are Chilima and Brian Bowler friends? What is their association? Are the 2 business or political comrades in arms? Lots and lots of mysteries about these 2.
It’s very Unfortunate that the Regime has chosen the Path of Violence …Not surprising though looking at the Characters at the Top …Not even Atchayas Young Democrats could go about attacking Voter Registration Centres and Destroying Voter Registration Equipment ….We have seen It happen …MEC chose to look the other Way ….Security institutions have been Captured and can no Longer respect their Constitution Obligations ….But these Characters at the Top must Remember that When you Destroy National Unity you Destroy a Country for Ever ….Olo ma billion Mwabawo will not be Enough to compensate the Pain and Suffering which you have brought Upon Malawi ….
LETS ACT IF POLICE CANT
where was Chilima and Thindwa when HRDC, UTM and MCP were waging their terror acts on innocent Malawians and their businesses. Are UTM and MCP supporters more Malawian than the rest of us. Remember we are living in a global village where people have access to information. Saulosi you should have known that it was just a matter of before your acts backfired. In fact you should expect more if you don’t tame your blood thirsty thugs.
Saulosi you are stupid you man who do not wish this country well. You speak as if you own this country. An idiot together with your unpatriotic zombies who when they speak the behave as if they are the only this that mother Malawi has.Mbuzi za anthu.
You can hold as many so called press conferences as you can, we do don’t care. We are already determined and will cast our vote for APM and make sure that politics is not conniving with some disgruntled bed fellows or some tribalits mascarading as human rights activists. We know who the real tribalists are. You will get a shock of your life.
By the way where were you Bastard when those thugs of yours were terrorising innocent monitors in Central region and parading them in the streets as if they were thieves. Did you think Malawians will keep quite and let you terrorise them as you did during the elections case. Not this time Saulosi, the wounds are still fresh and if you don’t control your stupid supporters expect the worst. And you will be the one to blame. Stupid idiot
We can not be wasting time with this everytime we are about to host election…best way is…tigawanepo dziko basi inunso konko ifenso kwathu….this violence bullshit has reached its Climax now.
The Commissioner at Mec wont badge despite Courts’ pronouncements, so she will be there and she’s going to announce the winner, and if the announcer will be Ansar, the winner will be APM unless of course if someone gives me something different
Kulira ndi mtima,achitsiru a Chilimawa anaonjeza matama
Chilima is so naive. He is buying public sympathy . He, alongside mtumbo and reverend Matiki were on the prowl last year. Count how many cars your foolish followers burnt , businesses they damaged, women you stripped naked. Just dance to the music, enjoy it while it lasts. Ofcourse we don’t condone violence, its primitive way of doing politics
Which Government yet you are in the same Government as the Vice President. Why not report to the Police.
Wachepanayo ndale mfana. Ndichimodzimodzi kupita ku Police kukadandaula kuti anthu andibera mankgwala ozunguza bongo ukudziwa kuti ndioletsedwa. Here you are reporting yourself to the people of what you are doing. Asiyeni achitsiru awa sadziwa ndale
Foseki
The DPP government and makapomola have eyes but they have chosen not to to act against this criminals because they have been given scones
Chilima is free to open his mouth and speak garbage. Chilumpha was right about him. Why can’t he resign like mtambo did? Apm is working hard to uplift lives of Malawians but this pompous VP is busy pulling the president down.
Chilima’s hatred and ambition is delaying national unity and progress. I wish the MPs could impeach him. The VP is disaster. chakwera should reflect and pray about his runningmate decision. There are many deserving Malawians who if elected, can help chakwera in his vision. This chilima leopard of a man should not be allowed anywhere near the presidency. He is power starved and not fit to lead or assist the leader of a country. Chakwera beware
Whether we like or not UTM and MCP will win forthcoming elections. But chilima and Chakwera they must not expect this nation will will be a peaceful national during their time. Violently they are coming to power and the same they be unseat from power. They talk alot promise Malawians that they tell us truth