Opposition leader’s speech prompts outrage: Malawi Watch censure Chakwera for calling President Mutharika ‘Prince of Thieves’
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera—who is also leader of opposition in Parliament— speech in the House on Monday, in which he branded 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.
According to Chakwera, President Mutharika “has failed to demonstrate that he is not a Prince of Thieves presiding over a kleptocrcay.”
The government chief whip Henry Mussa protested that Chakwera’s speech was “full of hate” and containing insults and slurs demeaning the Head of State.
Billy Banda, director of the rights group Malawi Watch, said: “The content, language and tone of his [Chakwera] statement demonstrate his limited understanding of the role of the opposition. It shows that he believes that the opposition, as the name suggests, is limited to opposing everything or anything the party in power or the government proposes.
“Worse still, it shows that he believes that resorting to personal attacks and uncivilized language are what an opposition is all about. “
Banda, in a statement made available to Nyasa Times, said Chakwera has once again shown his “political immaturity” as characterized by “emotional outbursts and derogatory language.”
Malawi Watch director said his organisation condemns Chakwera for using “derogatory vilification” of President Mutharika.
Banda said Chakwera “clearly critically short on clues and alternative policies and bitter with his own failures, has taken opposition to mean churning out personal slurs.”
He claims Chakwera is misleading the opposition by using it to advance his personal and selfish interests.
But Geneva-based social-economic commentator Stanley Onjezani Kenani taking it on Facebook argued that a propaganda line the ruling party has successfully sold to some Malawians is that the Leader of Opposition does not provide solutions in his speeches.
“Does this mean we elected robots incapable of formulating solutions? If you tell me my weakness – say, for example, ‘You drink too much; in the end, you might lose your job,’ – do I need anyone to tell me that the solution is to stop drinking? This line is used to neutralise Dr Lazarus Chakwera’s most powerful speeches, but there is no merit in it,” wrote Kenani, a celebrated writer.
“In his most recent speech, for instance, Chakwera pointed out to the President: Sir, this is what you put in your manifesto but you are not doing what you promised Malawians you would do. Ndiye wina nkudzati [And then someone claims] Chakwera did not provide solutions. Isn’t the ruling party’s manifesto the solution Chakwera is pointing to?” added Kenani.
In his address Chakwera said the Mutharika administration has failed to fulfil the promises made during the 2014 elections campaign trail and in his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) manifesto.
He said the President cannot be trusted because all the promises he made have been broken—from the Electoral Reforms Bill to abolishing of the coupon system for redeeming inputs under the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) and subsidised cement and iron sheets, among others.
Times Group on Tuesday had a phone-in TimesTalk program on Times TV and Times Radio to discuss Chakwera’s speech and most of the callers welcomed the leader of the oppositions “frank talk.”
Most callers told host of the program Brian Banda that Chakwera depicted the real situation on the ground and his voice revebrated that of the voiceless.
And Daily Times newspaper in an editorial comment said Chakwera offered insights into a presidency that has run of ideas and is “slowly but surely, making a disappearing act.”
It called Mutharika leadership as a “rolling disaster” and that he has displayed “sheer incompetence.”
The editorial comment concluded with a deeper “moral” question to Mutharika’s supporters if they will continue to follow “a standard-earer who has allowed many to suffer untold miseries and fuelled corruption because of his ineptitude?”
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Billy you are the most useless person on this universe. kupepera kwako kwafika pa chimake. just shut your pit latrine
Mau a Chakwera a mtudzu sachita manyazi kupya mtima pagulu, has personal political hatrage against APM, is an expired religious leader.
APM is too quite on some strong issues that needed his right response. Police is too quite on these issues. Is the police supporting Chikwere or Gvt. Why cann’t the police censor this noisy man. its too much and painful and shamefull, chikwere chikusokosa udyo. Will someone ever be arrested in the future for insulting the president. Kapena chikwere chiri ndi licence yotukwanira pulezident. kodo pulesident waphweka eti? zinazi zanyanya. Kodi chikwere chitati nacho chakhalanso pulezident, chidzalola kutukwanidwa chomcho. ayi kutukwana satsanzirana. chirekeni chikwere chikhale chikwere. inu musasilire kukhala otukwana ngati chikwere. chikuoneka kuti chidachita resign ubusa. now he is a free man not bound by the rules of politeness, diplomacy, love, constructiveness. chikwere ndi chikwere basi cholalata ngati mbulim, zosamukhala chilibe manyazi
Join the discussionYOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR MIND ABOUT WHAT DEMOCRACY MEANS?
Zaumbuli mwalemba apazi mutitayitsanazo nthawi kuwerenga ………….. Munthu akayankhula ku parliament samangana,,,,,,,,,,, he is protected .
Iweyo Billy Banda ukumunena Chakwera pomwe naweso ukunyozaso Chakwera kuti ndi mbuli and he is immuturity
If you eat with these thieves, just zip up you mouth.
Otherwise you are another well known useless lot, Billy.
A Billy kukamwa gwa kuli mbuu ngati mwadya makaka kapena mwina ndi chi banz chija wakuponyera Pitala chija
zamanyazi kwambili kuwona nthumbidwa pa ndale zikulowelera pa nkhani yomvetsa chisoni komanso yofunika changu polongosola ngati imeneyi mukakhuta musamati kunjaku kulibe njala tsiku lina muzadya manyi mchitidwe wake umenewu
so if someone tells you the truth is demeaning YOU. POOR Malawian
chakwera is just bitter for having lost the elections and he has resorted to all forms of insults and personal attacks to vent his frustration for having lost the election. Kulira kumeneku chakwera osadabwa. Ndiye sunati ulilabe
Bodza ilo!! bodza iloooooooooo!! This is one of the best characteristics of useless followers of DPP!!
Akuba okhaokha sangafufuzane wanenetsa Chakwera!! Munkayesa sitinkadziwa……..? The good thing is the truth about it is already known…………………………….!!
“Chidaaaaponda” mavoti chipani cha DPP!!
Leader of opposition in parliament, prove that you are different by disclosing the source of funds you are using to construct the mansion at maula. In the name of transparency please open your mouth to disclose.
In the same spirit of being transparent please withdraw all the vehicles, you misappropriated from the party, from your family members back to the party. Please do this if you are indeed different.
Please, if people are to take you seriously, bring back the landlords of MCP who were sacked by you, the tenant. In case you have forgotten who these landlords are; they are Njovuyalema, Jumbe, Kaliwo, Kabwira, Chatinkha, Kaunda, Nanthumba and all those long servicing and dedicated district Chairpersons who are more MCP than you.
Your non response shall be taken to be your testimony of not being different and therefore you must shut up forth with.
As Chakwera said in his statement, akuba samafufuzana okhaokha, therefore am asking you Hatton kuti ufufuze ndiye ubweretse report, try your best don’t do what your President is doing, hiding thieves in his Government, because here we are doing what your president can not do in this house.
Mlomwe iweeee! kodi uli muyelusalemu mommuno? that issue ya the so called “Mansion” adayankha kale chakwera both in Parliament and to press he said “Go and ask Simbi Phiri of Khatho Civils”
Hatton,
Can you please write something different next time. We are tired of your useless comment on the house of Chakwera.
Kkkkkk Hatton is useless pig…he just copy from his previous comment and paste it to make a new comment. He will cry a river over the house issue
umbuli wina ndi uwu
Billy you are full shit we hate.
Useless Billy
Kodi Billy alibe ufulu woyakhula? Koma aka lakhula wa Congress ndiye mfundo? Democracy allows freedom of speech. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. Do not make your ideas to be Billy’s. If he is DPP so what?. Is it a crime? So for you everybody should be Congress?
And this idea of calling the President names shows no respect to your President. Kodi mukufuna nafe tipeleke maina kwanuko?
There is nothing wrong to call the rein its real name! Time of stealing resources and money is obvious to everyone ! And govt reply to citizenry outcry is silence in supportive of the theft situation. The people who are shy to give situations and leadership true names are illiterate and brutal in the political arena. Even if in politics it is acceptable to oppose facts this situations have no alternative names and let a club be a club. I’m ashamed of Malawians who are shy to speak real facts on the current economic slavery deliberately created by our politicians. How then do you expect to figure out solutions to these challenges if you hide and mask them with good names? So Mr Billy don’t lead Malawi Watch to mission of observing , ululutating and clapping hands to appreciate the extent of rooting and extravagance taking place in all high offices instead if you have energy to spend let those who are educated help you shape your speech! Please don’t tempt Malawians with useless speeches there is anger out there. Secondly it is very evident that evil things are happening in this govt because we have over recycled political positions over 20 years to train these people to become better thieves and devise new further ways of syphoning money from govt departments. In conclusion let people give definitive names to prevailing situations to strategies ways of dealing with bad states of govt
Billy you are not different from what you discrediting. Do you mean the whole speech is has no substance?
Mr Lazarus and Sectingo, it’s so sad that you include God in this matter. By the way it was God who say leaders must lead by example. How many times has Muthalika insulted Malawians? And how many times has Peter called bad names to the opposition? Or maybe you’re telling us that God does only allowe the rulers to insult everyone they want? Let Peter lead by example, let the opposition take him to task. Iweyo uzaziwa kuti Peter wawonjeza mubale wako atafa because kunalibe magesi. Michel Sata was so many years a opposition leader but he stood at the truth. At last God gave him a chance and it was the chance that changed Zambia forever. Your president is building expensive hotel here in capetown, where did he get that money? He’s buying expensive houses here, where is he taking that money? Just two months ago he bought a house wealthy R49 000000.00. Where do you think he’s getting all that kind of money. Just because he’s a president then chakwera must hide the truth, let the story be taught. Let Malawians know what kind of a leader is Peter. My people if you convent that 49 million rands to kwachas its alot of money in billions.
olo munene za chakwera koma vote yanga ndi yake basi
Mr Billy note that Dpp manifesto is a solution itself. Mr Chakwera and malawians would love to see Dpp government accomplish its manifesto. I may call you Mr Billy a timid. Your brain has been drained off by the barbaric Dpp rulers. If you have nothing to say why don’t you stay quite! How many people are losing their lives in public hospitals across Malawi! Why don’t you fight for those who are sleeping in darkness be because someone has stolen money. And why are you only using state media to vomit your useless statements. Everyone knows what you’re capable of and we are not surprised to hearing those insults from you.
This sort of political siding for money shown by this poor Billy is What has led to our suffering. When ones is pushing government to do the needful, other selfish guys like Billy are seen speaking to the contrary. All this is done to seek personal favours. This is betrayal characterised by people who think can move themselves out of poverty by siding with ruling parties in every situation. Every Malawian knows that the speech by leader of opposition had everything that every one in Malawi is complaining about. What sort of tone would Billy want the opposition leader to use? I wonder if He himself has ever been in active politics or rather opposition leader to judge Chakwera as not politically mature. We all know that Billys useless Malawi watch is struggling to secure funding, but I feel that the way to sustain our financial standing should not be through betrayal of fellow nationals.
Kupembedzera u Chairman wa ku gaming Board womweu. Munthu wopanda nzeru Billy Banda.
A Billy Banda basi mwangoyang’ana mbali imodzi, zomwe ayankhula a Chakwera? Bwanji osamayang’ananso zomwe akuyankhula enawo? Inuyo ndiye mungathandize mtundu wa a Malawi? Tangokhalani chete nthawi yanu
inatha, zingodyani ndalama zomwe anakupatsanizo muli chete, osatinso mutisokoneze ife a Malawi. Maso athutu ali ku tsogolo ife, osati zobwerera mmbuyo zomwe mukunena inuzo. Tabweretsanitu magetsi msanga ife tiziunikira mmanyumbamu, nanga simukufuna kuti athu asayankhule za kukhosi kwawo, azingoombera mmanja ndi zopusa zomwe ngati zomwe mukulankhula inuzi, just shut your mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!
So from the comments on this issue – it is Chakwera 9 (10 with mine) against 2 for Mutharika. It seems openya alipo ambiri than those who are not seeing the problems in Mutharikas leadership. I rest my comment.
Billy who does not know that you on the payroll of the DPP.We know that your organisation is one man show and it is no longer functional.U are only heard when u are told to do so by your masters DPP.We didnot see anything wrong with the speech of Chakwera,he was saying the truth.Is Peter God ,who deserves that respect?He is a top public servant and as such he should be called by names when he is not performing.The problem with you,u are just an MSCE holder,so it hard for you to understand and articulate issues.I repeat,a botched form four certificate.Tell your masters,that Malawians are tired,we need solutions to the current problems and u better give that advice to Peter.And iweyo mbuzi yamunthu,samala matenda ako,kukamwa kwazilonda ngati nyini yahure.
kutukwana choncho agule inu boma simuzalilawanso. 23 years + in opposition with your fake Dr, one Chakwera.
Billy Banda sakukuziwa ndani that you are a crook in a green grass? Cant you ask yourself why people have lost trust in you on the civil society platform? Unali kale
Billy Banda Billy Banda Billy Banda!!!! You are too dull and DPPed to understand the reasonings of Chakwera. Just fry yourself in the DPP dirty money, foolish
Dammit!! Ndikambavanso aka inu!!! Can’t you see his face ndi ku KAMWA’ ko. In fact he is the same cohort of thieves Dr Chakwera is referring to.
Iwe tidye nawo ingokhala chete,! if you want to hear real vulgar language against the president start following parliamentary debate on Dstv ya South Africa. Hear what real mwano means from Malema and his EFF colleagues. Follow CNN and hear how Trump is being stripped off. One can’t be more diplomatic than that taking into consideration the mess our country is in at the moment.. It can’t be more PATHETIC than this
Chakwera was just calling a spade by it’s name which you ddp thieves call a large spoon ati “yopakulira corruption”, mafuta NONINONI kukamwa kuwonekela PATALI.
And when people notice kuti anthu awatu akuba ndiwotu awa! Without SHAME mukukana.
SHAME on you ddp thieves and your Prince.
Here is another stupid person, Billy Banda…… you want people to clap hands for you becoz of power blackouts.
Prince of Thieves, the name befitting APM indeed.
well said
Mr Banda is taking sides her and he is blue. I rembember when JB was a president he was hard on her. He did not want to give her chance. He said in one of round table discussion on capital radio that a leader should govern not giving excusses now he is applying double standards here why?
I feel very sad with Chakwera. The president highlighted the problems and their solutions. Can somebody, show me where Chakwera argued on the solutions suggested by president if they are good or bad? I concur with Malawi Watch, Chakwera is now going astray with opposition leadership roles.
Chakwera argued that Peter has been lying all this time. How do we trust him now with all those broken promises. I hope now you understand.
Then you don’t understand the role of opposition leader. Should ague on strategies not personal issues.
You are alier sectingo, your dull president addressed parliament through rising above macroeconomic situations, How can a nation rise above macroeconomic standards without addressing microeconomic standards? Chakwera highligted all necessary areas but you him to give you solutions too! Thats very dull, no wonder you are a blind supporter of your evil dpp
Mr Kachikopa, if you are going to Lilongwe, you can not say you are going to Ntcheu though you will pass through Ntcheu. You should first understand that when we say microeconomics we look at individual actions towards resources. Government already instill culture of hard work, providing resources through subsidies so that individual actions can translate to microeconomics the president talked about.
We are talking about corruption here. Prove you are not thieves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Billy Banda is it not true that Mr. Ibu promised to trim his presidential powers, is it not true that Mr. Ibu promised to revitalize the Nsanje inland port, is it not true that Mr. Ibu promised hig gaffment will put civil servants on medical schem??? The list goes on and on. When Malawians suffer it is you Billy Banda and your friends the so called CSOs who keep silent as if everything is okey in this country. Dr. Chakwera chose to speak for Malawians and you come out into the open to criticize him. God will punish you.
A Billy Banda musatinyansepo apa. Tadzingodyani tindalamato
Justice will not allow Chakwera to rule this country. I will tell you why. Justice does not promote puffed up, pig-headed and sanctimonious bigots who take pride in demeaning and insulting another homo habilis created in the image of God and a ruler of a nation recognised by God.
If truth be told, Chakwera clearly hates people of a certain ethnic group in this country, and that is his poisoned chalice already. All fair minded people will sadly recall that Chakwera recently threatened to begin a civil war in this country because of normal political misunderstandings in a mere by-election. How can such a man be trusted with the running of a whole nation? That man can cause havoc. That man can cause genocide in a country. That man is politically unstable and immature. Just like Wandale, a political Walter Mitty of the imaginary republic of Thyolo and Mulanje, Chakwera is insane and unsuitable to run the country. And watch me close! Justice will catch up with this man in the not-so-distant future. A win in Nsanje-Lalanje is not everything it takes to win a general election. So if that win has intoxicated his small vulgar mind he will soon find out that he was misguided by his own hubris, as the President clearly stated in his Parly statement last week. Billy is right!
UMAONA CHISOSO CHIKAKHALA MMASO MWANZAKO……..SOMETIMES WHEN YOU THINK YOUR SOMETHING WHILE UR NOT..U DECEIVE YOURSELF……….as Christians lets PRAY for our country and president aswel…….wHEN ALL THESE THINGS BEGIN TO HAPPEN KNOW THAT JESUS CHRIST IS ABOUT TO COME.
Billy Banda is another uninformed young man running a silly one man CSO. He is out of reach with the majority village poor who are suffering because of the poor leadership of the DPP. He is there just to steal from the donors and to gain favor from this failed thieving government.
Mbuzi ya munthu iwe chatsika, you are not a Malawian. How can you comment like this ? You mean you do not know what’s really happening in your own country? Shut up !
Frankly speaking this is a deliberate ploy to incite the anger of The President to arrest him. How can you call a ruling head of state as Prince of thieves? What type of government are you expecting to govern and be told that you are a Prince of thieves by your opposition leader. For once give us facts of what you shall do once you get elected; enough of these outbursts which to me are not having any subtance and are demeaning to the very office you are aspiring to occupy. Are you teaching all young Malawains who are not with you in your Tambala wakuda party to be free to use the foul language you are now using once you ascend to the highest office of the land? Some of us strongly believe a Leader of Opposition is Govt in waiting and you should censure your speeches lest one day once in power the same language will be used against you; as you have set a precedence.
What do you think? Is he not? Or you are one of the thieves in DPP?
Justice indeed what a joke 1 pa -100 dont involve God on this
Only if that justice is your parents, kids or your spouse. Truth prevail whether you want it or not so dont cheat yourself that your evil president will always rule us. Chakwera stands for the truth and real Malawians not corrupt minds. Dpp is evil, a walking devil that needs total destruction and yes we are booting your evil dpp come 2019
And Peter is not puffed up? What about his statements: this nonsense must stop? You should just tell us who butters your bread.
Dear Mr Chatsika
You are the one who is throwing insults by referring to the President and the Leader of the Opposition as ‘homo habilis’. Homo habilis became extinct about one and a half million years ago and is generally regarded as the least similar to modern humans of all species in the genus ‘Homo’. Moreover, by stating that homo habilis was created in the image of God, you are also insulting God.
Inunso ndi abodza bwanji.I did not know that u r one of those who hate the truth..SOMEONE said we always protect wat belongs to us.and I did not know that u Sectingo and Chatsika r also my friends in corrupt worried. I am contemplating on repenting and move with the rest of Malawians.
Are smocking weed Lazaras Chakweras name sake? What u have said here is utter nonsense and rubbish. Need to goninto the the gabbage bin. Sha. Stupid boy. Just keep your mouth shut if u dont have anything to say. Do mot waste our time here. We are busy focusing on 2019 when we will show that electricity cant be s problem. Shut it🗣
a Billy ndi a certain leader of one of the opposition party always find a point against Chakwera when they themselves donot offer alternatives for suffering Malawians – funny people these guys!