PAC to meet Mutharika for dialogue resumption on Malawi political impasse, Covid-19
Public Affairs Committee (PAC), a quasi-religious body formed in 1992 during the country’s political transition from one-party to multiparty system of government, has announced plans to meet President Peter Mutharika on the need to resume dialogue in order to resolve the political impasse that has engulfed the country since the disputed May 2019 elections.
Speaking to reporters in Blantyre after a board members meeting , PAC spokesperson Bishop Gilford Matonga said apart from resolving the current political impasse before the fresh presidential polls , the religious body wants President Mutharika to engage opposition political parties in the fight against further spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Matonga said the prevalent resistance by some quarters in the Covid-19 pandemic fight which led to obtaining of an injunction by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition(HRDC) restraining the country’s 21 days lockdown as preventive measure of the pandemic calls for consultations.
He further feared that the country might head towards heightened political tension at the expirely of 150 days constitution court ordered time frame for the Malawi Electoral Commision (MEC) to conduct fresh presidential polls which he said might create a political vacuum hence the need for political dialogue .
“The political tension we have witnessed in the country might get worse if nothing shall be done.
“At the moment we are faced with the coronavirus pandemic which needed both the opposition and government side to work together in fighting the pandemic but with the tense political atmosphere that is not happening, so we have agreed as PAC to seek an audience with the Head of State for him to extend an olive branch to the opposition,” said Matonga.
The PAC mediation team comprises members from the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM), Evangelical Association of Malawi (EAM), Quadria Muslim Association of Malawi (QMAM) and Malawi Council of Churches (MCC).
Led by His Grace Thomas Luke Msusa, who is the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Blantyre of the Catholic Church, PAC embarked on a dialogue initiative in a bid to pacify the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and opposition parties disputing the May 21 Tripartite Elections results, especially in the presidential race.
The lasy year’s presidential race saw the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Dr Lazarus Chakwera and UTM president Saulos Chilima disputing the results in court which ruled in their favour on February 3 2020 declaring that President Mutharika was unduly elected and odered a re-run.
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal is expected to deliver the final verdict on the matter.
Kuwononga madzi kumeneko CHOKANI NOBODY WANTS YOU EXCEPT MEC & PERER
Za Jane Ansah, HRDC munatiuza zomwe munamvanazo? Chi PAC chopanda phindu ichi. Azibusa osathandiza oloooo. Musamatinyanse kupangitsa ma meeting opanda tsogolo. Mukangolowa konko ku DPP ko. Zachibwana ife tatopa nazo!!!!!!!
This is one thing I hate the so called PAC. The body takes time to take action.
Are you fire fighters or you control the fire?
I don’t know what made me read this nonsense mxiiii
Could have done better visiting the toilet
PAC if u don’t have anything to do please don’t waist our time you can do us good if you disband quietly
Just go and feast fill up your Bellies
Mr. Raza Lash whatever your name is, Peter Muntarika is not a human being. If he was a human being he could not have been killing the future of our children. He wasted his time in the USA and only to come here to destroy the country that Malawians built under the wise and dynamic leadership of Kamuzu. Professor? My foot.
I am going to buy MAGNUM. Chocolate ice cream.
Meet him for what
He is a dead man walking
Are you going to discuss what and why? It’s a waste time!!!considering what people lost when they were demanding Jane Ansah and the commissioners to resign or that the president fire them but nothing happened.. Some people lost life ….PAC do not waste your time. There is nothing you will achieve apart from a banquet at the palace…..peter can not be advised or reason with any one
it is too late for dialogue at this stage. Let the ballot paper speak this time around without being tippexed.
PAC is just another arm of corrupt greedy DPP povo. They are just seeking hand outs from donated funds to assist those suffering due to COVID-19. This useless group should be dismantled. Waste of resources.
PAC should not waste time with this headless chicken which has messed up our country big time!
MEC was simply used to achieve his sinister plans but thanks to Concourt!
APM simply wants to die while in state house….paja ukamafa mumayamba ndi nkhutu ugotha…sangamve chilichonse
Adya money a PAC akagwere ukoife tikufuna electionsbasi.
PAC please meet the Judges, Chakwera and Chilima tell them they are destroying Malawi with their unrealistic personal ambitions. Tell them to accept defeat. Otherwise, the current situation political situation will continue.
Defeat with tippex? wait for a clean battle my friend. No shortcuts this tym around
Amene alikulimbana ndi Chisale for K2b akunya ameneyo
There is no politcal tension and no vacuum can exist. PAC read the constitution first. APM will stay in power up until elections are held. The opposition need no olive branch. It is not their business to fight covid 19. Wait kaye Chakwera imugwire. Meanwhile it is attacking his strong base more.Wait and hear the figures by the end of next week in LL alone
Malawians are very dull people including myself how can you keep choosing the same people of President as if there are no other people after failing Ministry of Education. A Malawi nonse mukhaula and this is the time. PAC is zero just sit down and share KK150m yo . Peter punish them hard including their judges sc .
PAC yake yiti ? Why can’t they wait for JUDGEMENT from supreme court ?
Kapena akufuna akatapeko za corona zikugayidwazi ?
PAC should go to the corrupt and incompetent judges to tell them that they are destroying this country. They should also go to Chilima, CHakwera and HRDC and tell them to stop. Mutharika is NOT the problem.
No lockdown malawi is too small and has no output
Banda, wake up! Mutharika is indeed THE PROBLEM and is the one who has destroyed this country! Is he in this country? When did he last go to all parts of the country? He is so passive and does not act when his action is required. Even when he speaks, his voice is that of a tired and defeated person, with no inspiration in it. I do not know what good some people see in him because with him on the driving seat he is sure driving us nowhere and the destination is destruction. Of course the people surrounding him are doing so to protect their positions and from prosecution because of the crimes they have been commiting knowing very well that without him they would also be nowhere but sooner or later the inevitable will happen, change will come. We need an energetic and quick thinking president, of the likes of Chilima.
Are they still around in this country?
I wonder what Muthalika is up to. The man is over 80 and doesn’t have years to live longer. Why is he busy destroying the future of our you men and women. Muthalika and his followers do not have children in this country and obviously he doesn’t care. He was not here in 1992. He was not here in 1964. In his last days he is destroying the country. Does it mean there are no better Malawians than this impotent old dog? It’s the youth that matter most. Even animals in the bush protect the young ones from predetors. Ichii nchitsiru zedi. Mgogo wopusa kwambiri.
dont be jealous he was voted to be the president of the republic so don’t blame muthalika blame the opposition they are the ones that are so stupid and stubborn not wanting to engage with the government to work together in fact they are greedy hungry for president position. remember this is apm last term you will never see him again has a president so why don’t they work together if they want political fight start 2024 but now they are just delaying chitukuko this time they are wasting will never come back all this people APM SKC ABUSA they are all hungry lions
One of very stupid writer. no lockdown instead. Judges sc went to school and the 5.
Fix executive. To be professor is nothing but reading books.
Is this coming from your head or from your bottom?
You are more chitsiru yourself.
Osati iwe ayi
Iwenso mbuzi think b4 you vomit… He is human like you… A creation of God
Rahim! You are an idiot.
and we are paying for the luxurious life abroad, just like we see today on Atupele,we paid for all his education, he came back ,no job application or interview ,but just given a cushioned seat. I bet he cant ansewr any interview ques.
and look now he is farting on us. kudula cala cokudyetsa phala.
I tell you ,these guys live a comfortable lives abroad. any of them because cash just flows in their accounts.
kkkkkkkkk !!! Lero ??????