No obstruction to justice, let DPP ‘thieves’ return what they stole – HRDC
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and commentators have said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), ousted from power after the June 23 fresh presidential election, should not claim political persecution on the arrest of law breakers within its rank and file, saying the law enforcers should go ahead to pounce on DPP politicians on wrongful self-enrichment.
DPP spokesperson Nicholas Dausi alleges arrests are aimed at silencing the DPP, which is now an opposition party
HRDC chairperson Gift Trapence reacting to what DPP spokesperson Nicholas Dausi told reporters that senior members and leaders of DPP are targeted for arrest in what he described as “sheer vengeance”.
But Trapence and commentator Stanley Onjezani Kenani said is Dausi wants to paint all corruption cases as political witchunt should be ignored.
“If this [Tonse Alluance] government does not take decisive action on corruption, we will declare total war on it,” he wrote on Facebook.
On his part, Trapence said Dausi claims are simply a scheme to pre-empt obvious pending arrests of its members who plundered public funds and are now living in fear.
“They know the arrests are eminent. What they are doing is obstruction to justice, let they return what they stole,” Trapence said.
President Lazraus Chakwera in 2017 —while serving as a leader of opposition in Parliament— gave a speech in the House in which he branded former president Peter Mutharika as “a Prince of Thieves” presiding over the most corrupt administration in recent history, has prompted a barrage of reactions from several pro-government activists.
The ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson the Reverend Maurice Munthali, said DPP stole public funds and the best they can do is to return what they stole.
Munthali warned that the Tonse Alliance administration would leave no stone unturned, warning that the law would catch up with anyone, regardless of their position or party affiliation.
“If people stole, if they killed, or committed any other offences, they must be prepared to reap what they sow. In a situation where an accused returns what was stolen, it demonstrates a degree of remorse and the law takes care of that when sentencing such people in a situation where a conviction is secured,” he said.
President Chakwera has already moved to tackle Malawi’s pressing problems of corruption and patronage, by dissolving the boards of 67 of the country’s 100 parastatals to tackle corruption and suspending government contracts, pending audits.
Parastatal jobs have traditionally been reserved for ruling party loyalists and cronies and so Chakwera’s move backed his promise of a government for all.
The suspension of contracts was “aimed at ensuring corruption-free and fair contract management and prudence in public financial management.”
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we are ready to face justice but our brothers in arms are with your side. We have Joyce Banda, our cashgate queen. We have Kaliati who beat severely a woman who was helping her to please her husband because she was busy withpolitics. she was part of midnight six, she fixed unselected students in secondary schools and sold Vwanza. we have kunkuyu master of self abuduction. Harry Nkandawire Nkandawire known murderer.
And you are delaying too much don’t give them time let them face the law this very month. Get rude built houses close to mango children stadium just in one month. Imagine buying his electrician a two tonner just for free not as part of payment and him also build his own on the same place. Chech records with mangochi city council
Koma zinthu zimasintha Mwachangu, Mbc kunalibe kuti iwulutse zopusazo eti
Mbava za DPP tikunyenyani, tikuswerani a tonne of bricks pa mitu panu.
Dausi and your clonies just restitution will be the only way to go. Your members were not loaned but stiole from us and we are only asking to give nack what rightfully belongs to us. So stop waffling here. We have had enough of you over the past years you can equally go and farm at your home or elsewhere
Kodi HRDC bwanji tikambe za coronavirus and the lockdown injunction pang’ono
You HRDC or whatever you call yourselves are a bunch of fools. You are all pro MCP and not a human right org. You can only brainwash the ones that you have but as far as am concerned ndinu oononga agalu inu. mbava ndi inu.
Thieves Must face force if law. This must be learning point for current leadership.
Poor hrdc so now are you opposing the opposition?. Thats low effort
Arrest them please. Komaso tikudilira kwainu baba chakwera and chilima for free electricity and water connection. Remove this connection fee thing. Its a promise you made and sizofunikaso kudikilira ayi. Inu kungolengeza lero, pompo basi zayambika
atolere kaye ndalama. ku MRA apeze 800 billon duty free
Yes indeed!
It is only fair that anyone who stole from the public should pay back.
The new government is being generous in inviting offenders to return stollen property or money before they are forced to by investigations.
Yes let them return what they have stole from us.
Is trapence and hrdc really a human rights organisation? I doubt. This is members of msundwe barracks.
President please go ahead arresting these thieves. If not we (Malawians) will go to the Streets demonstrating for our stolen money. The stolen money should be used to build Covid 19 care Centres and buy ventilators.
We will die before those ventilators are bought.
I find it hard to understand that people would be cheer leaders for people who stole from.people of this country.
Muuzeni Kasambara akabweze ndi Nzake JB ayambise. Simple
Why did the former government not arrest them if they stole. You needed a none stealing one to arrest them. Crying babies/cadets.Some are freeing to Zambia now. You can’t hide you sick cadet you will rot in jail where you belong. You took Malawi as a personal estate