Mutharika forced to change route in Lilongwe: Police spray teargas to disperse protesters

June 19, 2019 Owen Khamula & Alfred Chauwa – Nyasa Times 46 Comments

President Peter Mutharika’s security detail had to make last minute changes  Wednesday on the route of the Head of State following a fracas in the capital city  as police fired teargas to disperse protesters blocking the M1 main route into Lilongwe as Mutharika was due to enter the capital from  from Mangochi.

President Mutharika entered Lilongwe by a different route
Protests erupted in Malawi following Mutharika’s election victory, mainly in Lilongwe which is the power base of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), which has claimed there were irregularities

Mutharika had a week-long stay in Mangochi, where, among other things, he held what the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) dubbed victory rally.

Mutharika managed to dodge the M1 road and used the Nacala corridor bypass road as angry supporters believed to be opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) faithful erected a makeshift roadblock using burning tyres.

They were also pelting the police with stones.

In retaliation, the police used teargas to disperse the crowd and this caused a lot of commotion and disrupted businesses, according to eye witness a journalist Lameck Masina.

MCP and UTM have gone to court to challenge the outcome of the presidential polls.

In the end, the president entered Lilongwe by a different route, his spokesman Mgeme Kalilani said “the decision as to which route to use is made by the police.

Kalilani said the head of state was safely at Kamuzu Palace and named his Cabinet.

Police spokesman James Kadadzera declined to comment on the matter.

Mutharika left Lilongwe for Malawi’s second city, Blantyre, prior to May 21 elections and stayed there for his swearing in ceremony days later.

Wednesday was his first trip to Lilongwe since the vote, ahead of opening parliament on Friday.

 

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46 replies on “Mutharika forced to change route in Lilongwe: Police spray teargas to disperse protesters”

  1. Does he have any Intelligence Officers…They should not have Used the Same Road being Used by Angry People Coming from the Court…What does Mob Psychology tell Us…Vuto lomalembana Ntchito kamba ka Komwe Ukuchokera….You End Up being Surrounded by Dull People…

  2. Am sure tge DPP cadets and strategists did not see this coming..eish! This is certainly not going according to their script…they thought the script would be get Tippex , rig elections and Malawians will accept the doctored results. But Malawians of 2019 are no longer docile.This issue will not go away until somebody gives way. APM now knows for sure ….Malawians are not happy with the status quo!!Imagine a leader changing routes in fear of his own citizens!!!Amangwetu bola kuzisiya!!!!Shame!!!

  3. Zotseka misewuzi ndiye uchtsiru. Protest, yes, but do not inconvenience others.

    Otherwise APM and his cronies are no doubt feeling the heat.

  4. Muzolowela pang’onondipang’ono wolira samulesa kulira . Lirani kaya muvula lirani amalawi aluza inu

  5. 38% is from the 5 million people that voted and not from the 17 million. There is no way one can say that APM was rejected by 60% Never. In 2014 he won by 36% and he ruled the country. In 2009 the late Bingu won by almost the same margin and ruled Malawi . Lakula this time ndi dyera la Lazaro basi chifukwa akudziwa kuti nthawi yake yolamulira dziko lino yatha. And mind you, SIDIK MIA will now take and lead MCP in 2014 ndipo sakawina . He cheated Chakwera kuti abweretsa mavoti from East and Lower Shire claiming he is lower shire giant NOT knowing that he is just like a myau! myau! Myau! Myai! – A small paka. His friends – Kasiala and Bagus are now in Cabinet. Ngongole zawavuta a MCP sichina. Akakhala Saulosi ndiye zomwe akuchita ndi kulira. Wautaya a u VP. he said mpando wamuchepera koma lero he is not even an MP. Shame on you all.
    mawa ife tikukachita address parliament

    1. Mulopwana , you seem to be stupid. But I agree with you since you are a fool. Which election your bubu won? A aaaa come on! Ask him, he knows where he invested much than from Malawians, you idiot. We are coming with full force. If you don’t know anything about elections, you better keep quiet, you fool! Dyera ndi limene akupanga Maliseche, kupototsa chilungamo poon a ngati we are still in 1990s this time Malawi will redeem herself by blood again for the sake of our children, stupid!

      1. last time I checked our history, we entered multipartism in 1994. it meant that diverse opinions can be made, and no one has the right to call you stupid because of your different opinion to him. So, you better grow up and take other people’s comments otherwise you are taking us back to single party era, where opinions from other people were not welcome. And do learn to desist from calling people stupid, maliseche. these are words from uneducated people.

    2. Pitanso kusukulu chule iwe…………..ngati ukuti 38% ndi omwe anamuvotera ndiye chita masamu ochotsera kuti ngati anthu ovota anali 5,000,000 yomwe yili 100% ndiye 38% kapena 1,900,000 ndi yomwe inamauvotera kuthauza kuti ndiye (100-38)% = 62% kapena titi 3,100,000 ndi omwe sakumufuna.

      Nchifukwa chake anthu akuti over 60% sakumufuna mbuya wakoyo…..mbuli yachabe chabe yosavala panti!

      1. nanga if we were to take lazaro’s percentage vote of 35%, would it not be the same when you add APMs and Chilima’s? your argument would stand if there were only 2 people competing. in reality, no one got 50% and therefore it shows there is no confidence in all the leaders!

  6. In short let me put it this way: ‘”THERE IS A SHIFT IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM, AS SUCH THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED”

  8. Muthalika should refrain for inciting violence and bring war in the country. Kamuzu said multriparty ndi nkhondo and we are witnessing people refuse to accept defeat on ballot collude with MEC and bought them with money and pretend to have won elections. Malawians will not accept this nonsense at war. Justice is coming and we will see if Muthalika will stand and win on the re-run ballot else agendedwa koopsa and Parliament will reject him period.

  11. Wether you are a blue ass hole or mere Lomwe supporting DPP cause it represent your clan power yet you benefit nothin and majority of ur Lomwe people are poor, APM does not have the legitimacy to rule. The election were manipulated even my 8 year old kid knows that

      1. UTM ref. Can you go back in class and learn proper English before you start commenting on these forums. Your writing is embarrassing, disjointed and incurably defective eish

    2. May I ask you brother Peoples Power, to tell your 8 year kid that PM has clearly defeat us MCP/UTM etc and he is there to rule Malawians including yourself till 2024. Don`t cheat the kid be honest, the more he or she will learn to speak the truth.

    3. thats bullshit, dzayambanso liti dzosankhana ntundu, mapwala ako iwe saivage.. sidzachilomwe idzi, dzatonse chewa, mlomwe, nsena, ntumbuka, muyao tonse ndife a malawi,,,,,,.

    4. oh yeah? Your kid knows it because he heard it from you! if chakwera won, what would you have benefited from him? that is the spirit we want to get rid off – getting benefits from our leaders. Gwirani ntchito rather than waiting for handouts from our leaders.

  13. Sulamulira mwatendela mpaka imfa ya BP ikupeza,chifukwa chakuti mpando wakhalawu ndiwakuba

    2. You are not God. Death knocks at anyone’s door, including you. the most unfortunate part of death is that one never knows when they are dead. So, anyani sasekana……

    1. What can you expect from a Chewa? I can understand you have nothing to do till the next planting season. Luanar please educate these masses on the importance of growing different crops other than just maize and tobacco. Look now at what they have chosen to keep themselves busy…waiting on the roads the whole day just to pelt stones at passers by, setting tyres alight. So you will be doing that for the rest of the five year term instead of consolidating your MCP for the next try in 2024??? Shame!!!

      1. Its not about Chewa its about justice. If a president can not stay in his Capital what is that ? Amalawi anasukutsula mani apa ndi nkhani yogawa chuma cha dziko lino mokomera aliyense osati akumwera okha azitafuna chuma chomwe tonse tikusonkhanitsa. Its not about MCP, UTM or whatever but vision and development.

      2. So you are even proud to have a president who is stealing peoples will?He is not a peoples will president but rather MEC put him them because he gave them money.Of all the presidents we have had here he is the most corrupt,tribalist,evil etc.He claim to be a lawyer but of which he is not.He is just an educated fool together with you

        1. The courts are open for you to go and complain. why do you resort to writing when you have all the evidence which you can ask the court to look at? Shame, uneducated fool Lego.

      3. it’s ok you’re not a chewa, but suppose it were the Chewas who won with TIPEX election would you(alomwe) have accepted? Ukanena zolima, ife timalima angakhale FISP fertilizer mmagawana alomwe nokha mmapezeka mukuvutikaso ndi njala.yearly

  16. Wicked people who want to derail development. If people are saying Mutharika was only elected by 38 % we are forgetting there were 7 candidates, and there was no way he could get 50%. Chakwera had a press conference that he was winning after only 35%. There was even no way Chakwera was going to have majority. So stop dreaming and start using your heads to think properly. Mutharika is the legit president and by looking at the numbers of presidential candidates, Mutharika did well than the rest of the 6 who on average we can say got 10% each.

    1. are you a Malawian, do you live in Malawi? DPP sot down their own bill that the prsident should be declared a wiiner after getting 50+1 of thevotes. Bingu managed to get this in his second term. Tippex brain

    3. You so right he did well on “tipex” KKK the difference between APM and LC was only 150K even a std 8 is smarter than your dumb ass to know this was manipulated when we reached 75% the communication died down at MEC obviously cooking figures.. is that the “landslide” he gibberish all the time? Wake up! If people loved him that much he still can get 50 % plus even of there were 12 candidates. 38% just shows how many idiots are there in Malawi including you waiting for Singapore, Europe and now Mexico New Malawi while you at it pls google these countries and really get a picture of what they look like and ask yourself is he really going to deliver this within his term 2019-2020 cause 2024 is really out of the question here wether pending court verdict or timely death on his part!!

    4. Read Thabo Mbeki report and the auditor’s report first then let us discuss. Malawians are smart and intelligent to be pissed off easily like kite.

    5. MBULI IWE, CHOICES ARE NEVER PROPORTIONAL. ULI NGATI MBULI ZINA M’MALAWI MUNO ZIMATI 50-50 MALE/FEMALE PARLIAMENT REPRESENTATION IS ACHIEVABLE, MATHEMATIMATICALLY AND LOGICALLY POSSIBLE BUT PRACTICALLY NOT, YOU CAN ACHIEVE 50-50 THOUGH APPOINTMENTS AND NOT THROUGH VOTING BECAUSE PEOPLE DON’T VOTE FOR GENDER.

      KODI PALINSO MA SUPPORTER A MBAKUWAKU, CHISI PARTY NDI ENA OTEROWO ETI??

          1. there is no democracy in church therefore you would not vet for mbusa kuti bola as if anakulamula.

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