Opposition, HRDC react to Mutharika ’s olive branch offer: MCP says ‘no peace without justice’
President Peter Mutharika’s fresh calls for peace talks and reconciliation with opposition political parties, civil society organisations (CSOs) and other stakeholders has drawn mixed reactions as parties have stood their ground saying, there cannot be peace without electoral justice.
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka said the opposition cannot enter into peace talks with President Mutharika before the verdict of the Constitutional Court ruling on the landmark presidential election petition case.
“Mutharika should just wait for the outcome of the court verdict. How can there be peace without justice?” said Mkaka.
His views have been shared by the UTM Party spokesperson Joseph Chidanti Malunga.
Mutharika called for a political war ceasefire, saying the political standoff is scaring away potential foreign investors.
Mutharika said this on Friday in Lilongwe on departure for the United Kingdom where he will attend the Africa-UK investment summit.
“Foreign investors are reluctant to come to Malawi because of what is happening [political instability that has followed the May 21 presidential elections results dispute],” said Mutharika.
He then extended his olive branch to the opposition political parties and the human rights activists, inviting them for peace talks to end the current political deadlock over the highly disputed elections which has put Malawi virtually in lock down.
“I call upon the opposition and the human rights activists to stop the protests. The point has been made, we have heard you. Now come, let us talk,” said Mutharika.
He said both the opposition and the human rights activists should now turn to the agenda of building Malawi.
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo accused Mutharika of empty political rhetoric.
He said Mutharika has on several occasions pretended that he wants peace but behind the curtains he eats his own words.
“He has called us a terrorist group. A person who wants peace cannot say that,” said Mtambo.
However, Lilongwe-based political scientist Godfrey Pumbwa said Mutharika’s offer would help to cool down the current political temperature.
HRDC has been organising nationwide demonstrations to force Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah to resign for allegedly mismanaging the May 2019 Tripartite Elections.
They are also organising protests to force the arrest police officers implicated in the Msundwe rapes and the Anti-Corruption Bureau to name those involved in the attempt to bribe the Constitutional Court judges in the election case.
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If MCP has a bad name it is because of Nkaka and his rotten mouth. This man is very stupid, angry and short tempered and these will be the Ben Phiris of MCP regime who will destroy Chakwera with their bad and stinking mouths
Joloza, zifwamba ndi zimene zimakaponya ma petrol bomb usiku!
WAR AGAINST WHO? WHO WILL BE FIGHTING WHO?
NKHONDO SIKHSLAKO! WHOEVER STARTS THE WAR, NUNDWE WITH HIS BOYS WILL CRUSH HIM KKKKKKK
Only a foolish man has interest to discuss any issues with a thief of repute that has stolen from him!
Diso loyendera solar energy nde ndilimenero…mwaliona lamavitamin onse,kakudako kakuchita kusambira
APM alibe mtendere!! A court analeka kumva za nkhani ya chisankho pa 6 December 2019! Ndiye akumati akaonkhetsa masiku akumapeza kuti kuchokela pa 7 December 2019 kufika pa 31 December 2019 = 25 days! Kenako kuchokela pa January 1 kufika pa January 20 = 20 days! Then when he adds he is getting this: 25 + 20 = 45 days and chiphuphu chimene chimapita ku ma judge chakanidwanso!! Amangwetu munthuyu muzimuyandikilatu uyuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
HRDC NDI gulu la uchifwamba kumene. Zofwamba zimakambirana NDI munthu?
“Mutharika’s offer will help to cool down the current political temperature” My foot! Uyu ndiye pumbwa weniweni!
Kkkkkk
Kwathu timati bilimankhwe,
( Nanzikambe)
Munthu wantundu wanji oti lero akamba izi nawa zina,nde timve ziti?ndipo munthu ofuna mtendere sayankhula pa gulu,akuluwa akufuna public sympathy,komwe kumapezeka Mtambo,Chakwera ndi Chilima akudziwako,akhoza kutumiza nthumwi mwachinsisi kukakamba nawo ife kudzangomva zothaitha,osati ulendo uliwonse pa podium kupempha zokambirana pakangotha 2 weeks kuyamba kuwanyozanso,nkona anthuwa akukukanani,mundikhulupilira,
akamachoka kumeneko umva anyapapi,alubw ulemu.
kufuna zokambirana popeza akupita ku mangalande cholinga azungu asakamufunse za momwe zinthu zilili kumudzi. anzake adziti iyeyu akufuna mtentere ovuta ndi a opposition and csos. remember when he wascoming from russia, he started preaching peace after putin advised him to talk to the opposition. APM, you must know that there is no europian solution for African problems. kodi mtenderewo azikuonerani ndi azungu kuti malawi needs peace, inu bwana simukudziwa kuti the country needs peace, my foot!!!!
The State President wants talks with people he branded “terrorist organization” (CSOs)? Anzanu kuwatukwana pagulu la anthu, iwow kuchita manyazi, then tell then bwerani tikambirane?
Fresh talks now cause you going to the UK KKK after branding them terrorist on New Years and before! Dpp does get tired with kid games huh! Well not these Malawians of this generation I see change coming to Malawi 2020-2024 is that generation x mentality!
There definitely cannot be peace talks without justice.
It is best to hear him out. Nothing wrong with that
What new can he say?? Don’t waste time with his peace talks. He has over time demonstrated his stupidity n unwillingness to peace talks with his subsequent statements after peace talks…he does that only when travelling n does the opposite when back home…Let’s wait for the concourt
Let us talk my arse, why talk now? This old man has said many times that he won the election fair and square, he has called the opposition names for exercising their right to seek justice on the election irregularities, he has called our human rights groups terrorists ….he has shouted at the PAC negotiators as if they are kids when they went to meet him on two occasions to bring peace….now he want to talk?
APM should know that Malawians are not stupid, we all know that the only reason this old senile man want to talk now is because he has been caught with his pants down when he tried to bribe the judges thru Brown Mpinganjira and Justice Chikopa…..
There is no way APM should run away from this bribery saga, the bulk stops with the leader.
Come now, let’s reason together for the greater good. Don’t reject the peaceful gesture from the president. He’s offered peace so please respond in peace without claiming holy ground. For once, give peace a chance. If we oppose peace now, trust me we won’t have peace after the court ruling. The cycle of violence may seem far way but soon you will have no chance to escape when it knocks on your door.
He did that before n called the same stakeholders names thereafter..even u in Ur capacity as a human being can u really take that person seriously?? He is not serious
A statement for the British also called face saving, let us wait for the real statements when coming.
Why should people demand a government of national unity ? What purpose can it serve? If the courts say that the incumbent won fair & square then he will be free to lead. And the same will be the case if it goes the other side. Who is Peter to say that he is extending olive branch? He is an illegitimate president.
The weakest President in the history of Africa.
I agree with you. Adazilekelela pachiyambi that’s why chilichonse akunena angokhalira kunyozegwa chifukwa onyozao akudziwa kuti palibe action ingachitike. Kuingalande komweko youth lead organizations started looting and you callec tha revolution. Look how Trump managed to combart looters. Ku usa kumene mumati ndi nkhokwe ya democracy ko. Tamaphunzilani zimene anzanu akuchita pothana ndindale zachiwawa odala.
He should beginning by telling MBC to stop calling HRDC that its gulu la zauchifwamba
Ndizifwamba led by Mtambo
Forget about DPP being in power this time around ruling. We will vote again Wether u like it or not .
Then you will win!!!!
Liberty and Justice
Assuming the court”s ruling is in the incumbent’s favour and the opposition is denying peace talks now,. Would they then
be able to demand a government of national unity (shared power)? Watching. ……..
There will be no peace till he resign
Either case, the camp that is quiet now will begin for yet another fresh phase of destructive demos. That’s exactly what will happen.
There will be fighting, afterward then they will call for peace talk, believe me, there will blood shed
Which ever way the verdict favours, brace for civil war. That’s when all parties shall swallow their pride and request for talks for peace.
Don’t be stupid
Which ofcourse will be the case in the next two weeks. Headless chickens who act as if there is no tomorrow. That’s why they always end in misery
What if the opposite happens, will APM still call for peace hahahahahhaha mwatani kodi?
Yes they can. They have every right to do so because collectively they have 62% of the May 2019 vote.
Asiyeni awa, azingokanda machende akuluakuluwo basi!
Sound like u a narrow minded! Why demand a govt of unity instead of waiting for 2024 or heading to supreme court of appeal?
does not add up. why then are we waiting for the court ruling? it is for him to be either validated or invalidated. period. as it is he is an illegitimate president just as chakwera has been saying that akulamulira koma moswa lamulo.