Mutharika urges crackdown on ‘politics of anarchy’: Condemns political violence
President Peter Mutharika has condemned political-related violence and appealed to Malawians to refrain from creating “politics of anarchy” as the country heads towards May 21 Tripartie Elections.
The condemnation followed events of , roughnecks suspected to be the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youth cadets assaulted UTM Party director of youth Bon Kalindo in Mulanje, harassed and forced UTM supporters—including a woman—to undress in Mangochi and beat up Malawi Congress Party (MCP) operative Edward Govati in Blantyre.
In a statement made available to Nyasa Times by State House spokesman Mgeme Kalilani, Mutharika warmed that his government will not tolerate any violence, whether political or purely criminal in its motive.
“Differences in political opinion are the hallmark of our democracy. It is therefore the duty of all Malawians to refuse to be used in any acts that undermine the good image of our country with its sound record of democratic governance,” reads the statement in part.
The Malawi leader warned further that will not tolerate any acts deliberately calculated at humiliating women on the political space and creating politics of anarchy.
The statement said President Mutharika abhors lawlessness and that as a HE-for-She Champion, he will not tolerate any acts deliberately calculated at humiliating women on the political space and creating politics of anarchy.
President Mutharika has since directed the Malawi Police Service to act decisively, within the dictates of the law, on any rogue elements that are promoting or perpetrating violence.
He also appeals to all political leaders in Malawi to be “responsible, refrain from using inflammatory language and demonstrate sound leadership by disciplining their followers who perpetrate violence on political opponents.”
Mutharika assures all Malawians that he will deploy any means necessary to ensure that Malawi remains a peaceful country before and after the elections.
Additionally, the President also reiterates his condemnation of continued violence against people with albinism. He urges all Malawians to value life for everybody and that we must always treat others as we would wish them to treat us.
The President therefore directs all security forces to protect people with albinism.
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This prik is not serious about running the country. We must legally deal with this idiot.
APM in a HE-for-SHE Sleeping Mode
Political oppression is why we removed Kamuzu Banda. Please learn.
Scrap the DPP cadets from DPP ranks and we will have peace. The opposition is also to blame because they are failing to en act the laws against having part paramilitary hoodlooms because they see that once they enter into palace they are going to do the same rubbish. Malawi history show that except the asamunda who were good, MCP had MYP, UDF had Young democrats and DPP has Cadets. Who know what the next president will bring if not NAZI youth or ALQueda Brigade or Al shabaab wing for his paramilitary. The DPP cadets need to be probed even and are on govt. payroll even some are housed in state houses like Zomba etc.
Lets wait for the HE’s action on the political violence issues,he can not just work up in the morning start throwing words to these as if he is a village headman,to run a nation like Malawi needs patience but if there are other things to act quickily let him do so.
my fellow Malawians watch your mouth when you want comment on the Head of state issues,God is not happy when we insult leaders,if he is not doing its God’s responsibility to judge his acts.Let every take full responsibility to guard our actions mainly those in politics,save our women they need to highly respected by all citizens.where did these people took the courage to undress there fellow friend
Walk the talk Mr president,women constitutes 78%of voters in Malawi, should women trust you?
Mavwalo awoooo!
Koma president uyu? Monse muja anali kuti? Uyu wakalambadi azipita mxiii
Shaaa. So the He-For-She Champion was fast asleep.
Anaiwala zoti ndi He-4-She Champion
zapakamwa zimenezo palibe chomwe chingasinte this man is old for this position angofunapo manyumba aulele ndi magalimoto aule akapita kusanjika agone ulele akipitaso Ku Lilongwe state house agoneso ulele, angofuna zintu zaulele basi koma kuti akale ndi nzeru zintu zimenezi zizichulukana ayi , uona achiko mumenemu zintu atazimaliza manyumba kumangota osamanga ena ayi antu income yao yomweija ya 2014 palibe chikusinta ndi ndalayi koma iyeyu bola mukusamala, Malawi isanduka ziko lotandi antu koma nchito yao yopanda pake
where was he all this time you mean he does not even know what is happening in his own country? shame
mbuzi, kuchita kudikila achikakamize kuti chipange condemn political violence perpetrated by his cadets. chakalamba ichi onani kuchikamwa kubwafuka. useless!!!!!
This is mere smokescreen. Mutharika must speak on both radio and TV so this his cadets including Mchacha must take the message seriously, otherwise people will think he is condoning violence perpetrated by members of his camp.
Poor leadership .sleeping on duty after 100 criticism then open the mouth waluza boma iwe get yout bags ready
Hey boss! Get back the abducted girl in Karonga before telling us your nosense!!!! Arrest all Albino killers and try them in an open court. Identify the ultimate user of human body parts then we will trust you!!!!
Bwana President you take too long before you react to serious issues….decisiveness is very important in leadership…it’s clear that you are tired and old but you can at least walk the last mile
It’s time for action baba not
Just making noises on podiums (kulubwalubwa)Malawians expectations are very very high !!!may be you don’t know ?
A true definition of hypocrisy. Mchacha, Jeff wa Jeff and Sanga have used vulgar language in the presence of Mutharika himself but at no point has he ever called to order these foul mouthed DPP officials. What do have instead? He appoints Mchacha deputy minister, Jeff wa Jeff is the party’s Chief Executive Officer and Sanga manages DPP northern region. The issue here is that Mutharika does not look at issues the way most of us look at them. He is someone who is just laid back ( polite word).
Too late too little Mr. president
SHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,OK AZICHEMWALI ATHUWO AVULENI MOMWE MUKUFUNIRA MPAKA PA 21 MAY,YANGA VOTI NDASUNGA PABWINO.THERE IS NO DEMOCRACY IN MALAWI.I TELL YOU
Mr. President, your call is malapropism and that you just shed crocodile tears. It would have been meaningful if you had directed it to your party thugs who are perpetuating violence and not to the general populace. Instead you appealed to us – victims of your cadets’ actions to refrain from violence!!! Tell us how we as victims we can refrain from violence? By not attending meetings of opposition parties ? what is the essence of democracy then? We expected that by being in a land of matured democracy (USA) for 40 years you would bring and practise civilised politics. We see the contrary. Through your spokesperson you said the violence was the matter of opposition and you didn’t want want to be dragged into it. Now you are condemning it why being such protean? This year after May or in life to come Mr. President there will be nemesis for your party for every beating and insult it unleashes. Malawians know that is DPP through Dausi and Mchacha is the pay master for terror and abuse of women while Jose pays a blind eye. MPs who approved Jose’s appointment should by now feel betrayed and ashamed. They should see the reasons why most Malawians were against his appointment.
This is just rhetoric to save the face of the old man and his dying party. We hated Bakili because of what YDs were doing. Malawians rejoiced when Bingu left Udf to form dpp. Alamu Pumani Mwakalamba has taken Udf back and allows Ntopwa 1, Bwangwe 1 and others to commit crimes. The vehicles with dpp flags are not stopped by police just like it was during Bakili time. We are defeating you agalu Inu.
Mmmh sleeping on the job,
People with albinism are loosing life day and night, plz do something as quickly as possible Mr President.
On politics, am just fade up with your Cadet guys. If this continues will bring mayhem in our communities .
Lock up these uncivilised individuals so that our election should be conducted without timid.
Too little too late. I don’t have trust in this guy anymore and whatever has been said is not his own idea but Mgemes and I am very sure about this, to save his master from embarrassing condemnations. If indeed he is the one who said this then surely he is not in control of issues or of his job. So, he did not know that his cadets are harassing Malawians all this time? Is he not the one who has employed murders at the security institution even after Malawians had condemned it?
Palibe chanzeru akambapo apa
This is the best way. Violence is not just physical. It also includes impunity, arrogance, insults, innuendos and disrespect that will torture someone’s mind. Scombingo Arafat and his key henchmen, including Kalindo, Noel Masangwi, motorized mouth Akweni, motor-mouth Kabwila and the fake accent ex-reverend and his henchmen Mia and Mkaka are all guilty of vulgarity. When the former reverend opens his mouth, he speaks vulgarity and insults like he has never used it to read the Bible preaching about the kingdom of heaven. All this amounts to politics of anarch Mr President. It must be condemned in strongest terms
Maliseche under Pressure!!!!!, ………………your wife needs to publicly condemn violence against women
A lost opportunity Mr President. It did not have to come to this. You should have cautioned and warned your DPP cadets from carrying out these acts, afterall we have seen them collecting money from state house. Secondly you should have made a live statement on TV and radio warning against the violence and instructing the IG to deal with it aggressively. By issuing a simple statement written and distributed by Ngeme, whom we now associate with lies and misinformation you have diluted the impact, it seems for you the violence by your cadets is business as usual and that is a shame. Just imagine the goodwill you would have gotten had you decided to surprise and join the women from all parties who were meeting to complain about this violence and reassured them that you stand with them? We need action and leadership, not platitudes or forced statements.
Tiwonana pa 21 May pano. Zotipusitsa ife ayi. Ndale zanu za chikalezo tatopa nazo. To hell with DPP. Chipani cha DPP ndi cha magazi. Fotseki.
Face saving is what this all amounts to. Sorry Malawians with mutharika as president we are in very clumsy hands as a nation and we should be very worried. As a nation we have had enough condemnations of political violence before including from Mutharika himself. All we need now is to have a leader who is going to deal with the problem decisively and not someone who lets violence pass even when it is perpetrated right under his nose. Take for instance the nonsense that DPP cadres unleashed when Mutharika was delivering SONA in 2018. No president worth his name would tolerate that nosense .
Why poor people hurt each other for nothing. These so called leaders are using us for their benfits. Leaders becomes only for parties they belong to. instead of preaching unity they instigate violence. Shame shame. Mugabe used this where is he nw? Lets love each other we are all Malawians. Our enemies should be these leaders who are failing that country to go up. If people dont like us lets go and rest.
This man is a big fool and always sheds crocodile tears. What does he mean when says he is appealing to Malawians to refrain from creating politics of anarchy? He used the wrong word `Malawians.’ Does he mean to say all Malawians are creating havoc on each other due to political differences? He should have condemned his notorious cadets who he is proud of, from abusing or stripping women, harming political opponents, and destroying property belonging to opposition parties.
The problem is Mutharika doesn’t understand pluralism and was absent when we Malawians heavily fought for the birth of democracy. In fact, the atrocities committed by DPP now outshine those under Banda’s MCP. Peter Mutharika should stop fooling us as if he is committed to ending political violence-he has been seen most times at his rallies praising Cadets.
The Mangochi stripping saga is a result of Mchacha’s speeches who proudly paints UTM as a party of disgruntled politicians and prostitutes; Mchacha is on record to have said in Mulanje that any woman who follows UTM is a prostitute or hule, has Mutharika condemned such careless speeches from his errand boy? Instead, he has rewarded him with a non-deserving ministerial position, is that good judgement?
Now that women of dignity from different political bases have a collective voice to denounce political violence against any woman, you have a sleeping president waking up from slumber pretending to show concern, that is outright hypocrisy. Mutharika tolerates violence. By the way, has anyone been convicted of political violence and barbarism since Mutharika attained office? The man is a coward, fake leader, passive, and too reactive without solutions to problems affecting Malawians.
Mbuzi ya munthu
And where is the so-called first lady, mother of the nation woman? Kamwana ka Mary Chilima, sorry, future real first lady, has spoken against this violence. Inu muzipitadi mwamva!!!