Mutharika sets condition for talks with opposition over Malawi post-election impasse
President Peter Mutharika says he could only meet opposition leaders for talks to end the current political impasse if they set an agenda for such a meeting.
Speaking in an interview with the BBC, Mutharika said it was possible to meet the opposition leaders; Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and UTM leader Saulos Chilima who are challenging in court the May 21 presidential polls.
“We will have to see the agenda. They will have to come up with an agenda then we will see what to do,” said Mutharika.
He said he was equally concerned with the ongoing anti-Jane Ansah protests which he said has seriously injured over 500 people.
On a second thought, however, Mutharika said it would be imperative to wait for the court verdict before substantive unity talks can begin.
“We can wait for the court ruling, it will not be long,” he said.
Constitutional court judges hearing the election case estimate the case might be concluded in four months time.
Since the elections, in which Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declared Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) President Peter Mutharika winner, the country has experienced regular protests led by civil society groups under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and backed MCP)and UTM Party.
Both Chakwera and Chilima are jointly challenging the presidential election results in the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe, and seeking nullification of the presidential polls.
HRDC, on the other hand, is demanding that MEC chairperson Jane Ansah, who is also a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, should resign for allegedly mismanaging the elections.
AGENDA
Transparency on how your government administers tenders on public spending.
How your government ignores some Malawians as not Malawians pure enough to be included in your public appointments.
Decentralization of government for each region to have own autonomy ( as once proposed by Hon Kamlepo Kalua).
Why are you failing to eradicate corruption with all those resources you have within your disposal?
Why should ordinary Malawians who till the soil continue to be ripped off on the market?
Why could an indian( a trader and not a manufacturer) get a tender worthy K2.8b and another K8b why????????. Why not introduce prefered procurement that would split the tenders to benefit many local Malawians?
Others!
Smell the coffee mr President. Be in touch with realities on the ground.
Voila APM, 39% Voted for you 61% voted for MCP &UTM. It’s funny 2 parties are not considering that 39% didn’t vote for them. At the end kumangohuwahuwa ngati ndi 61% were votes for one party, what a shame to MCP&UTM followers with their votes in bardo and safari percentages.
How did this guy become a President? He has ZERO leadership skills. A great leader would have seen so much opportunity to shine in this political impasse, instead we have this 80 year old hiding under his desk at state house whilst the country is burning.
Making statements to the BBC, why not address Malawians directly? Why not invite fellow leaders to a discussion, without ridiculous conditions attached? Is the man such a coward?
pumbwa makani
mbuzi ya munthu
paja amagwa khunyu
mbalame
Tisanyozani tonse ndife amodzi before God. Amene adalenga inu ndi ameneso adalenga aliyese . Inuyo sioposa aliyese ayi. We are all Malawians lets unite.
APM ndi bakha
samava za munthu
manthanyula wachabechabe
Za ma biggie izi. APM akatundu omanga ndi waya linya kuduka.
foto yamale kale iyi.kkkkkk koma kulipidwa ndlama za usatanaku
Mwaganiza boh madala pitala one Malawi one nation koma osatiiwala za nkhani ya Jane ansah plz
APM IS GREAT. AND TOUGH. OSAWANYENGELERA ANA AMENEWA.
Patrick, mukamaliza kudya nao whatever 50 kwachas they give you dziwani kunjaku kuli mame. APM akhala akuyankha milandu yake kumwamba, inu ndi ana anu pompa padziko and ndipamene muzadziwe dziko la Malawi siloseweresa. Tikukuonani.
@kishombe & APM u want the opposite to set the agenda yet u r the one ruling & in fact u r failing to rule simukulephera kupita kunja mungotumizako a Vice President? Asaaah this reasoning shows u dont deserve to lead a country its manyaka okhaokha..
Mwati bwanji sizikumvekatu izi. u want the opposite? whats that guys. Izi ndi za ma big mutapitanso mkalasi bwa? or be quite.
AKUZIPOPA NGATI FINYE- APHULIKA
my well dressed president. anthu akumva nawe kuwawa. akufuna azitchena ngati iwe. agalu awa osalimbana nao. ayambanso kugonja. mtunda ungatalike bwanji mbali inayo kumakhala nsese.
Koma ma cadet akulembani ntchito yomayankha ma comment a anzanu kkkkkkk. Osalemba mfundo zanu tiwerenge nawo bwanji. Its pretty obvious and shameful what we are witnessing here.
Moto kuti zii, iwenso ulibe mfundo, munyela limodzi ndi SKC komanso m’busa wanu wabodzayo, mlanduwu mpaka 2024 wooooooo🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃
Manjaawo, zonyera ife inu muzadya one day inu phee
Mr chakwera and Dr chilima are not one
If they were it would be a different story
Zimvetseni Inu
Matimu oluza awiri sapanga u modzi after finals
Alephera basi
APM looks very relaxed and comfortable on his ‘throne’. What does he know that we don’t? Beware, APM, pride comes before a fall.
PETER MATHANYULA …UFA NDI BP
Don’t sweat the technique APM. You have failed & you’ll continue to fail as long you remain adamant. There’s no need to pretend when you don’t have solutions to this political impasse & with all due respect only Chakwera & SKC hold the key to the future of beloved Malawi. You can’t talk about dialogue when your blue painted cadets continue to petrol bombing opposition… where is the logic in that???
Kodi aja amawotcha chimbaula cha police ku Lilongwe aja komanso kuvula mzimayi wa police aja ndi ma cadet? Kodi aja adakaotcha Karonga council offices, Obama Chiume, DPP office etc ndi ma cadet? My friend, in physics there a law (Newton’s law) that say “for every force that is exerted on and object, there is an equal and opposite force exerted on it”. I’m sure you did not expect your victims to be passive, did you? Ndeutu ndiyophweka kuyambitsa, koma kuyimaliza ndi nkhani ina. Ndiye tiyeni nazoni zanuzo.
Mtambo should resign for mismanaging demonstrations. Demonstrations have been marred by irregularities.
kkkkkkkk yes thats true. he promised malawians peaceful demos and yet violent ones so he too must fall just now and let him honourably resign!!!!
The first to resign should be your illigitimate/tippex president.
The Tipex Mutu Bill should resign first
At least there is logic in your statement than in Chakweras Breanna and Mtambos reasoning capacity
This comment comes now and again. Made by uneducated person I think.
Ichi ndichisiru kwabasi chi APM kodi chinapezeka bwanji ku Malawi. Akuona ngati a opposition akumuopa tithana naye just wait and see
Mmmmm, inu! Umphawinso ndi mavuto bwanji. Muthana naye mungatani inu kkkkk. Osandiseketsa ine kkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkk
Man pathako panu mwava ngati iweyo ndi zitsiru zako chakwera ndi chilima simumukonda APM ,ife timamukonda komaso kumunyadira kwambiri nde mukamanyoza mudzidziwa kut ife sitingamutaye.
NDIMKAONA NGATI MUMAGANIZA, NDADZIWA LERO KUTI MULIBE MZERU
The response shows that the president does not want to talk then you leave him. And let us all wait for the election case and we are very happy that the matters are in courts. Never ever someone tampers with people votes in any way. You shall call on people’s wrath on your family – now it has been Jane Ansah who is suffering because of greedy and evil politicians. Never again in Malawi.
ZOKAMBILANA AYI TIDIKILE A COURT KAYE PANOPA TIZIKAMBILANA KUTI CHANI NKHANI ILI KU COURT, AKAGAMULA A COURT NDE TIKAMBILANE KOMASO AKANENA KUTI TIVOTESO PALIBE CHOKAMBILANA CHIFUKWA TIKHALA KUTI TIKUYANGANA CHITSOGOLO KUSANKHA MTSOGOLELI CHIFUKWA PAKHALA PALIBE PRESIDENT
Kkkkkk chisoni mwabweretsa umboni kukhothi kut chisankho chibwerezedwe
Ignorant kikkiki. You know in your heart that votes were stolen. Otherwise you follow the party blindly. Insiders are much afraid with the case
HOW CAN HE SET CONDITIONS AS IF HE IS PRESIDENT?
he is now ;legally. thats why is at kamuzu palace
STUPID PITALA IWE SUKUZIWA ZIMENE ANTHU AKUFUNA REMOVE JANE ANSAH NGATI UKUFUNA KUTI MUDZIKO MUNO MUKHLE BATA
Anthu ake ndani?
61% of Malawians
Kodi iweyo ndi a khothi atiuze chilungamo ndi ndani.
Do you think this president is going to help Malawi, NAH! He is just there to save his position, he was the first to ask for the round table with the opposition, but in this interview it seems like that Malawi doesn’t matter to him but his position does. For the president’s worry has to be his country that is must not suffer, it is his duty to see that the country is in order, united and prosperous. APM is not that type of a president, he lacks understanding.
It is the opposition that s burning the country. It is the opposition that dragged the president and MEC to court. It is the opposition that has beef to settle with government. So yes, the president is right, let the opposition set the agenda since they are the ones with issues to settle, not APM, period. Tisatayitsanepo nthawi apa.
It is MEC and DPP that messed up elections and the end result is fire
The agenda is already set, opposition need re-run bcoz votes were stolen, tampered with and tippexed.
What kind of another agenda is APM looking for???
Is he really a professor this man that he needs me to school him.????
Let him discuss with BBC. He must ask those who stole the votes not us. Our votes are needed and we are happy the courts are on with the case.
Yes you are right he called for round table discussion and opposition denied. So wait for the court nanga munthu ukakagwada kwina kufuna thandizo ufunanso chiyani let mcp, utm and hrdc keep fingers crossed until court make its determination. We all agree that it is only the court that put this matter to rest since i have heard myself from chilima and chakwera that mec failed them but courts will bail them out. So just wait ooooooooh!