Mutharika washes hands clean over judges bribery claims: ‘Court must decide polls case purely based on facts’
President Peter Mutharika has washed his hands clean over the Constitutional Court judges bribery allegations, saying the judges should be left alone to make the election petition case without financial inducements.
In a statement made available to Nyasa Times on Saturday issued by his lawyers and signed by Samuel Tembenu, Mutharika says he is dismayed by the alleged offers to bribe the Constitutional Court judges.
“Our client (President Mutharika), as a custodian of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi, strongly believes that the judiciary must be allowed to decide cases without pressure, inducements or any or any extraneous factors,” reads the letter in part.
The letter says Mutharika believes that the court must decide the case “purely based on facts properly adduced before it and the applicable law.”
The letter says Mutharika believes in the Independence of the judiciary, saying Malawians should refrain from actions that can compromise the integrity and independence of the judiciary.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau this week arrested a financial services business tycoon Thomson Mpinganjira on allegations that he wanted to bribe the Constitutional Court judges hearing the election case.
The judges are expected to make their ruling January 31.
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IT WAS A VERY BIG MISTAKE FROM OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE SOUTH TO CHOOSE THIS CLUELESS LAW PROFESSOR AS STATE PRESIDENT JUST BECAUSE HE WAS BROTHER TO LATE BINGU.
ON THE BASIS THAT OUR POVERTY AND CORRUPTION LEVELS HAVE GONE HIGHER THAN THEY WERE BEFORE 2014, THE OLD MAN HAVE BEEN A LIABILITY TO MALAWI.HOW CAN A WHOLE LAW PROFESSOR ASSEMBLE THE LIKES OF TEMBENU AND MBETA AS HIS LAWYERS LEAVING OUT THE BEST LAWYERS??????THE SAME LAWYERS THAT ARE BEHIND THE BRIBERY OF JUDGES??????.SHAME.
THIS THE VERY SAME SLEEPY LAW PROFESSOR APPOINTED A TEAM OF VERY COMPROMISED JANE ANSAH AND THE JEAN NAMATHANGAS,MOFFAT BANDAS AS COMMISSIONERS WHO ENDED UP MISMANAGING THE TASKS BEFORE THEM HENCE THE UNPRECEDENTED VOLATILE POLITICAL SITUATION MALAWI IS EXPERIENCING.PEOPLE HAVE LOST LIVES AND PROPERTY BECAUSE OF POOR LEADERSHIP.MALAWI S POLITICAL REPUTATION IS HEAVILY DAMAGED AND HAS BECOME A GLOBAL LAUGHING STOCK.
Are you trying to fool us so that we must be that your were not in this syndicate of bribing the judges?
Takumvani bwana even nkhuku ikatha kudya imakwechapansi mulomo kuti sinine ndadya mwadziwa liti
He is hiding he will caught soon
Mr tippex has spoken
How can we in stands believe this. In the first place you did not want this case in court through your lawyers, secondly the briber did that towards your side (MEC and u). Thirdly your lawyer is the one how shop judges to release the suspect. Fourthly all filth money goes through this man and his bank eg 4 billion for tipex , MSB surge, ESCOM scams just to mention a few. Muasatinamize wawa Ife akumudzi chifukwa uyu akamuneneza. You are the masterminder, Mafia. Thanks to God that he hears our cry.
This man is a fool, should have never been in that office. Zero leadership skills.
Iwe ako ma skills ali kuti a leadership
If your hands are clean show us by arresting mpinganjila and L.Chikopa.
Ask why he only issued a warrant of arrest for Mpinganjira leaving Chikopa free.No Justice and no wonder Matemba has been fooled.
Whatever ,this man always tells the truth. He doesn’t loose temper easily unlike some of these idiots who are power hungry and wants to use short cuts. ,2024 Mutharika woyeeee. 2024 Chakwera MP woyeeeerrrrrrrrr( Leader of the opposition,)
Ganyavu unya uwona,dirty cadet
let social media talk but the vote is on the ground. Anthu ammidzi have a lot going for them compared to city people . now They have solar, the Chinese tv’s. the 48,000 kwacha cash transfers that They receive but never tell their relatives in town. They have many programs that they benefit from. Munthu wa mtauni ndi amene akuvutika. unfortunately the power of the vote lies with the illiterate who only think about instant gratification.
Osadzachulutsa zonena chigamulo Chikaza nkujalino
I like the equation here: Same lawyers representing Muthalika in election case are same lawyers representing Mpinganjira but your hands bwana HE are clean. Ulemu wanu bwana, mumatiyimila.
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 who are you trying to deceive? Yourself? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mr Tembenu and Mr APM I don’t see the reason why you are generalizing your message and say: “Malawians should refrain actions that can compromise the integrity of the judiciary!”, when in youself you very well know that it is the DPP gurus, people whom you yourself sent to do the operation just as you did with tippex!!
Tembenu stop bullshit. You are a ghost lawyer!!
Koma zomvetsa chisoni kuti agogo awawa is a thief and so corrupt. Kodi agogo ndalama mukubazi mukazidyera kumanda? Agogo khalankoni ndi manyazi ndi umunthu. Azukulu anufe tikuvutika agogo
Probably Thom was acting on behalf of UTM and MCP? Eish..this one wont be shaken off easily baba! Muli mmadzi basi!
He is dismayed my foot. He is the Architect of all this what is happening. And we dont need to hear it from his lawyers. Is Samuel Tembenu, Peter Mutharika?
What is wrong with bribes? I see nothing wrong bribing the judges.
Beware: The judges abruptly stopped the case on 26th November 2019 around 3 pm. People speculated about the ceiling it was this incident. This means in December 2019 the Concourt know how wicked this bribing camp was. Beware!
We don’t know exactly who bribe the judges whether is you or Mpinganjira and Chikopa we don’t care, soon we will see who was trying to bribe judges. There is someone who is the head of this move soon we will find out who was that idiot.
Note APM does not condemn the corruptor or the corrupted. APM does not say that the law should take its course and the guilty punished, APM doesn’t ask ACB to complete its investigations quickly.
Malawians should not be fooled.
When judgement is against your party supporters,you transfer the judges to be close to you, so that u can monitor them.You take the cases to Zomba to receive good judgement..When the judgement is good for your party, u don’t transfer them.What kind of independence of the judiciary are you talking here?We are hoping to see the indipendence of the judiciary on this case even if they judgement is against you.No judge should be receiving death threats from party cadets or transfer some of them to come to Blantyre.And
we wish that the Malawi electoral commission headquarters should be moved to the capital city or to Mzuzu. Coz if this office is still in Blantyre more votes Will be favouring your party.We don’t want that , citizens will should be respected at all times.
Whatever comes this man’s mouth cannot be trusted he is a liar and a crook.
Mutharika has brought provety and suffering to our mother Malawi.
I have lived and experienced in all governments. MCP era was worse in poverty.
Dont take us for granted. Why the bribers r free todate? I feel sorry 4 our country.
Mwayamba kuopa Ankulo Mr Tippex? Suuja umayankhula motumbwa iwe? Kusamba mmanja kwabodza! Nthawi yonseyi unali kuti? Usalire waba wekha!
I love dpp
ZAVUTA KUSAMBA MMANJA
Ulemu wanu munthu wamkulu!
Look who is talking?
Let’s see how the case unfolds. Someone is bound to mention someone at some point.
You are throwing him under the bus before he is prosecuted. Akakuwululani kaya. Mukanadikila. Zanu izo. Remember, ‘Nkhuku ikanyowa siyenda malonda, amati ndi chipsolopsolo’.