PAC says mass demo to go ahead: To meet next week for dates
The Public Affairs Committee (PAC), a multi-faith human rights, democracy and accountability watchdog, says it will consult its board January 30 in Lilongwe on new dates for the mass demonstrations that were called off last year.
The protests were called off to push for enactment of the Electoral Reforms Bills following government’s indication that it would table all the pieces of legislation.
But the bills, including the 50-plus-one electoral system of electing a Head of State, were rejected .
PAC said following the shooting down od the bills, it will proceed with the protests.
The three Bills which government shot down are the Assumption of Office President (Transitional Arrangement) Bill, Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections Bill and the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill.
PAC executive secretary Robert Phiri said the board will meet next weke and direct the secretariat on when exactly the demonstrations can be held.
Phiri said there were wide consultations on the Bills, using the civil society task force and that the shooting down of the Bills is regrettable and retrogressive to the advancement of democracy for the country.
He said PAC secretariat is ready with the peaceful protests, saying they have a minimum of 120 placards and reflectors for all the marchers countrywide.
“We have the banners, which are ready with the messages. So for us, it’s just a matter of the board’s resolution,” Phiri said.
Phiri said the mass demonstrations will be held and there should be no doubts about it, expressing the hope that people will participate in the protests.
He said the demonstrations will also be highlighting on “broader issues”.
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Zitsilu zisamatitayitse nthawi.. Mwina angofuna podyela funding a landing kwina kwake.. Ikazangokhala masiku uwamva akuti tasintha.. What’s that
Mr CENTRAL is LSM entitled to make bills? Central, can you tell me who was supposed to make ammendments on the LSM proposals if not govt? If LSM has the final say why is the Law advising it to send their proposals to a Cabinet Minister for a final say? Central should accept that PAC and Chakwera have goofed in their sinister motives. A sovereign country does not wait for another country to make a certain law for it to make the same. So your argument of ”where on earth” does not hold water. Laws within a country are made to suit the populous. The MPs have a mandate to accept or shoot down any law which comes their way. In this case they saw that Chakwera’s law was nonsense that is why they shot it flat down.
Lets be serious PAC. U will be down played again. There is a lop_hole here. After how long can the demostrations not called off despite possitive response from government. They will wait for you to spend resources only to feed u with tea spoon of honey in eleveth hour to call off demons. Make it clear that if peoples cry are not responded to within specified time even if government responds demons shall never be called off. Think
Kkkkkkkkkk ! Mukhala choncho makape a PAC. Ndinu omwe muluzitse MCP. Muli ndi strategy yopusa kwambili.
Omex70,
Are you not sympathetic with what PAC is going through? Do you really think PAC members of Chakwera are using their brains properly or the brains are now contaminated with mucous? Did the govt not table the bills? Were the bills not debated? If all these procedures were done on what reason do they blame govt? Omex70, why don’t you utilize the good brains which God freely gave you? Why do you accept to be brainwashed in such a silly way? Do you really think there is any reason to do perete on the issue of those failed bills. Is there any reason blaming govt for the failure of Chakwera’s bills? MCP people will never see the light of politics. JZU is right to say the party is now led by childish people.
Don’t mention God in these stupid issues man! Where on earth is the 50-plus-one electoral system of electing a Head of State also applied on electing MPs? Did government table what MLS gave them? Why did they cannibalize the bill? Why defend the obvious things man? MPs rejected the bill because it mentioning them and was a tampered bill! You may pretend to be clever when going to bed, but lets see who will be clever at dawn!!
PAC is one of the most misguided grouping in this country. I thought you are a goup of church people, dont you have the rains as the main problem now, why cant you discuss to pray for the rains. your demos have been a floop and this time they will floop again. useless
PAC should be decisive on its resolutions. The demos long overdue please stop tip toeing on the issue. APM & his clones has fooled you too many times to believe the hype. Cheats on Electoral reforms, governance issues, separation of power etc will continue with this corrupt regime. All the best with this endeavor Malawians are hurting to be taken for a ride.
Santana, you are a DPP boot-licker.
Man/lady Omex&0 Santana mwangodana naye. Of all the people who are trashing these stooges of MCPor LCP, why are you fighting only one person?
PAC kuvala chikopa cha nkhosa ali mbuzi za wanthu! Munasuluka anthu anakudziwani.
I always feel pity with PAC. Instead of mobilizing people to pray for good rains zowona PAC mwasanka ma DEMON – Sration? Mukusogozedwadi ndi ma DEMON
Useless PAC at it again. The devil is really the master of these so-called men of God.
Mind you PAC, we don’t want to see what is happening in DRC here. There is no peace in DRC because of the Catholic church and PAC.
Is PAC above parliament? Is this the kind of democracy that we wanted? Did we choose to be ruled by churches? No no no no no PAC, you are overstating your mandate. We know Parliament and NOT PAC!!!!!
This is total nonsense. The bills were tabled and rejected. What is the demonstrations about? Don’t lead ignorant Malawians into this shithole.
Can PAC concentrate on next year’s elections on civic educate the masses especially the rural people. These bill were shoot down by parliament which has a fair representation of the Malawi nation. Give us break
PAC,instead of going to the street demonstrating, just go to Parliament and pass the bills yourselves on behalf of the MPs. kkkkkkkk.
Kodi a PAC munadya zingati zomwe zikukusowetsani mtendere chonchi?
Ife wont tire, ndi go konkoooooooooooo. Dont mind the idiots, inu a PAC.
PAC are useless, we want action not words.
Total RUBBISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why don’t you just accept that your sinister motive was shot down? You asked for the tabling of the bills and government did so as per its promise. Democratic procedures were followed in Parliament and the Parliamentarians from both sides chose to shoot those bills down. So this dunderhead is now saying government shot down the bill. Are you really following these things or you just being pushed by your pay masters to do this and that? Is it not your boss Chingota who accepted defeat and promised to find other ways to woo people to support the bill once it comes back if possible? Go back to school you Phiri and learn how democracy works. Sindinu mumachita makani kuti you consulted fully and people wanted these bills to pass. Yet the represantatives of the people you talked of shot down the bills. Instead of sitting down with the parliamentarians who bruised you and your Chakwera you are talking of going to the street, for what now? Will your demos make the bills pass? What a silly PAC we have in this country. Go and learn in other countries how these things work not doing things just because your wives have told you to do this during peak period in bed. You say the reason of going ahead with the demos is because of the shooting down of the bills. What a stupid PAC? Didn’t the bills gone the democratic procedures before shooting them. Tiziyendera zofuna inu? This PAC is just full of devils. By God you will never succeed in your devilish clandestine plots. Tell Chakwera, the runaway pastor that you PAC is just fighting for a losing battle.
Santana, Peter Mutharika’s ass licker….u have licked all the nsete from him till there are no more now his ass is dripping blood
Santana wapatsidwa zingati ?Uchitsiru basi.
All what we need now is referendum on 50+ system of electing the president. People should express their views through referendum. Members of parliament cannot be trusted because they are easily corrupted by the side that opposes the view on 50+. We all know that there was a wider consultation on the issue and many people and organizations expressed their feelings that the system was the best option of electing credible leaders (presidents). Failure to adopt this system will lead to civil unrest in this nation. Malawi is for all of us.
You are lying. Which people were consulted ? You mean those against government? Check the people that are called to consultative meetings are always the same people that hate the DPP and it’s leadership. Those are biased consultations. Imagine even Wandale was being invited to such meetings and the only reason is because, through his madness, he was fighting government.
Kagwereni uko
A Nabetha mwaonetsapo ka umbuli wanu pang’ono. Ife a Lilongwe Congress Party tsono tavomera kuti nkahnizi zatikulira. Tinkayesa PAC imbereka president wathu Laza koma every move Mulungu sakulora. Takhala tikumusowetsa mtendere Peter from the word go, ndipo timaganiza kuti he would not last two years, nanga lero tafika azo pati?