Prof Hussein warns Mutharika to tame his language
Political scientist Professor Mustapha Hussein has asked former President Peter Mutharika to guard against public pronouncements, which could bleed disunity and generate into chaos in the country.
Hussein was reacting to the remarks Mutharika made at a press conference he held in Mangochi on Sunday.
The political analyst said the former President, being a lawyer himself, should be the first one to know that declaring a President illegitimate and illegal is wrong and that only the courts can do such declaration.
Hussein said: “This call could have not come from Former President Malawi Governments in Malawi come in and go through the ballot. Once the Malawi Electoral Commission has declared some as a winner, no one can challenge that. It’s only the Judiciary, which can declare and interpret something illegal.”
Hussein said such remarks from Mutharika has capacity to generate violence because every time followers take words from their leaders.
Speaking when he addressed the press conference, Mutharika described the Chakwera administration illegal and that the government does not respect principles of rule of law and human rights.
Mutharika, who was flanked by George Chaponda, David Kambalame, Aliki Mwanza, Charles Mchacha, Imran Mtenje , accused the government of lacking policy direction.
On economy, Mutharika said it is sad that the Malawi economy is in a poor state citing examples of failing Kwacha and high inflation rate.
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Mr. Former President, You are a disgraced person. The spoiler. The dormant. The stagnant. You failed in several things and now you are coming in as a wise man. Too bad. Always wise Men bring in ideas of interest to the country. To remind you a bit. You failed to end the impulse at Chancellor college. All the falling of Kwacha and all the suffering of Malawians you are the contributing person. You were sleeping while driving the country now today your brothers are trying to undress your mistakes and make things done you are against them. What type of person are you. A failed president. Too bad!!!
I for sure take this Mustapha Hussein,an IDIOT INDEED.He has been working for the ousting of President Peter Mutharika.Who doesn’t know.Mustapha must be very stupid to come up with this article.When Lazarous Chakwera and Saulos Chilima flanked by Timothy Mtambo,why didn’t he come out to protest them,he was behind them indeed.Today he fears tat people will rally behind Peter Mutharika and what surprise him.Leave Prof Peter alone,he has the right of expression.We don’t need such imbeciles in Malawi.People who claim to be educated yet they are educated fools.
This IDIOT doesn’t seem concerned with the people’s welfare currently which is in tatters and tearsome.
Mmmmm awanso awa
Nothing wrong here. He is in the opposition. He needs to do that so the govt party does not relax or fail to deliver what it promised the people. Everyone has freedom of speech. He has not asked anyone to uprise against the govt. You political analysts, you are the one who create dictators. The govt party will then say let’s do something about the former president so that he stops criticising us. You will then see them bringing up trumped up charges to make sure the former president spends most of his time in the courthouse.
How dare can a professor, say watch your language, doesn’t he know that all politicians speak the same language. Why can’t he ask, president Chakwera about the one million jobs he promised Malawians? The problem with politicians such as professor Hussein, don’t like the truth if such, they start saying shut your mouth because they don’t like to be exposed or the truth to be said.
Why is it that people in Malawi forget fast? If you recall, you will agree with me that Chakwera was in the forefront opposing anything from Mutharika both in and out of Parliament. Was it not him who led demonstrators who went about destroying/torching property, why was he doing that when he knew there was a leader at the helm? Surprisingly he is the first person to point out that there should be one leader at a time. Actually, most of these outbursts wouldn’t have been there if the rule of law and democratic norms were upheld. But if the implementation is selective, then you start to wonder.
Was it not Dr. Chingaipe from Chancellor College who cautioned Tonse Alliance not to muzzle the opposition and democracy as it were. One wonders why Prof. Hussein is deliberately ignoring realities and very unwilling to tell the truth as a learned man? It is hightime people stopped clapping for mediocrity in order to have a country worth its salt.
Mr Prof u are slapping on our faces.Let the mthalika speaks there minds, don’t stop him.
This Tonse Alliance is Nyenkhwe.
Hussein. Chakwera used to say the same things of APM and he was even boycotting sona on that premise yet you said nothing.now since you are salivating for appointment to boards you open your stinking mouth. Chakwera is an illegal and illegitimate president having declared by an illegal and illegitimate commission
Mutharika is a chaotic man. I remember one day, long ago he was asked his hobby. He said he love watching War films. However, this is not a good image to someone who has followers.
I think he was born with a problem of immatured brain.
Kkkkkk bwana Hussein do you need to be educated on this? The courts already said in their judgement that the appointment of Linka Kunje and the three others was illegal since DPP seemed to have four in MEC. But in actual sense I heard APM telling the journalists when in power that DPP had three (Linja Kunje, Jean Mathanga and the other one) while Duwa was appointed to represent CSOs and then MCP had two. Further to this, according to section 75 section 1 says there shall be a Judge appointed by Judicial service and other commissioners not less than six so you can see that the law does not talk of any equity in terms of commissioners in MEC which entails that APM did nothing wrong it could only be wrong if he had appointed 5 or four. Now if ruled that these appointments were illegal how do you expect something illegally appointed come up with good results? You a lecturer yourself how can wrong formula given produce good answer? So if it was illegal then their appending of signatures on Chakwera’s presidency are not acceptable because they were not supposed to do so. So to ensure the legitimacy its good that first let the results be annulled and let the current MEC leadership handle another presidential elections. You as somebody educated you should be the first to understand this better that’s why Hon Silungwe ulemu kwa munthu wamkulu advised the president not to fire these commissiners he foresaw this legal coming. So please analyse issue properly do not be partisan NO! dziko limamvera zomwe inu whom you call political commentators and analysts voice out so be careful when making comments otherwise you mislead malawians.
A whole Professor making such a useless comment! Muja anthu ankati APM was an illegitimate president where was this so called Professor?
Nanunso a nyasatimes kusowa zolemba eti? Mudzingoti Professor wina akabwebweta basi inu mwapeza nkhani.
Let him speak Prof., he is a citizen of this country and a truth is more painful than a lie. Its not coming from APM, its coming from Chakwera himself. Chakwera government is on record to have said that the MEC that administered the last elections was illegal, it didnt have the mandate to run the elections, so too the results, period. Its very clear that its not APM who declared such pronouncement, but himself, we just interpreted, of which our interpretation is true and correct. So, Prof., just shut your beak!!
It is completely out of step, indiscipline of highest order, politically incorrect for a former President to make any comment on how his successor is performing.
I beg to differ Brother Professor… am sure he was exercising his freedom of speech and on top of that the judges who declared the current President as the winner was found incompetent to run the elections so that means whatever results comes from them cannot be counted as legitimate so as the Presidential results.
If Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda declared the presence of MEC commissioners illegal, is Mutharika not right to say the current administration is illegal? Please Mr. so called Professor, look at this issue with two eyes, not one eye.
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the former president interprets it correcly. it is you an illiterate proffessor failing to interpret unbiased.
Just forgive the Oldman, he was told to speak those things by those who franked him that day
Chilungamo chikuyenela kumayankhulidwa mosawelengela kuti akulankhulayo ndi ndani. APM, ayankhula chilungamo pakuti zimene adandaulazo tonse tikuziwona. Musatenge advantage poti ndi former president ndiye siwoyenela kuyankhula izi kapena izo. Kumbukilani kuti asanakhale president anakhala kaye mzika ya ziko la Malawi. Therefore ali ndi udindo woyankhulapo ngati pali zina zomwe akuwona kuti sizikuyendesedwa bwino, komanso ngati ali ndikuthekela kwakuti akayankhula zifika kwa oyenela kunva. Sindine wa ndale koma zinazi munyanya.
Is Mustapha Hussein a Malawian. Is he serious that no one can challenge the legitimacy of a president once declared by Malawi Electoral Commission? Was he asleep when this happened in Malawi. Just to remind the so called prof, that the current president stayed out of parliament and Lowe was leader of opposition when he denied the the results of the outcome of the presidential election. Can he explain why we have Tonse Alliance? I wonder if the student benefit from this man.
Sizoophyezana.We claim that we have freedom of speech…Today you feeling pain.The outgoing president isn’t wrong just because the trueth always painful…..He’s right.
Is it not the language the current leader used in 2019 when he was in opposition?
They need more baked beans.
Mr Hussain that’s ur opinion and noone can stop you eating that buns Malawi is a democratic county where everyone has right to exercise their rights and mutharika is not breaking any law and to say the truth chakwera is failing look at ministers he promised to change after 6 months now is a year even he can’t fill the gap those 2 ministers that died with covid still until now and covid money that was stolen how many got arrested and even 17bn that was released after 6bn still uncounted for so much so leave mutharika to say anything
Mahala walije mlala yula. Why is he saying Chakwera connived with judges to bring him down? Are the judges tippex?
Professor Mustapha be reminded that the MEC he is talking about had no mandate
Akufuna banzi awa. APM is right, period!
Mr professor Hussein, you are being stupid.
Why should he remain silent when your pastor Chakwera is busy increasing the suffering of Malawians? Why is Chakwera busy firing Lomwe people from employment and replacing them with his tribesmen only?
Mwasowa nkhani ndinu and this is not the first time such words have been said in Malawi.
ZOMVETSA CHISONI ZEDI. IT IS GOOD THAT A PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE HAS COMMENTED ON THIS. INE MALAWI IMANDIVETSA CHISONI KUONA ANTHU AMAUDINDO AWO NGATI OMWE ANALI KU MEETING IMENE IJA KUMAKAMBA MBWELERA. WINA UMAKHALA UKALAMBA I THINK. ENA KUMASEKELERA NDIKUOMBERA MMANJA. NDALE ZA KUMALAWI ZOPOLA KWAMBIRI!
I think the political analyst is not following the affairs if this country. Mutharika is making the statement after the same court declared that some of the commissioners that presided over the election were illegally instituted, which means the president was also illegally elected, that is the point Mr political analyst.
Forgive this guy as he has no idea of governance. Look at people he is associated with. Can any thing tangible come from such press briefing?Mungotaya nthawi yanu atola nkhani apa palibe chilichonse.koma kufuna kuti a Malawi ayiwale izo amachita ana a dadi basi.Ife chaka chino kafodya otigula bwino osati zija zinali mbuyomu ayi.
The man is old and sick. Look at the people surrounding him. Mchacha, Chaponda. These are opportunists. The guy couldn’t know his bodyguard is using his TPIN. We don’t miss you and your friends. Forward ever. We don’t go back and can not be listening to a bunch of thieves. Musatiboweso inu achina Muthalika ndi ti ma press briefing tanu. Pa galaundi payenela kuvuta ngati mawindo mumalowela kukaba atsekedwa. Don’t confuse people. Economy yavuta dziko lonse lapansi. Kuli COVID 19. Osanamiza anthu iyayi. Khalidwe mulibe. Zachimidzidzi basi. Ake!
This dude so called prof is useless eeeti. What is different from what the current president from the former. Do not write ma lamulo different for different people. Let’s be profession. When the former was in power people including current challenged him and they were free to talk and kumema anthu in their talks Pankana anakwanitsa what they wanted lero they are ruling.we saw former being civilized no killing and kumanga anthu amayakhula zambiri zoipa zake that time. Lero it’s his time ayakhule basi nayeso ndi Malawi nayeso wakhala kumastand akutha kuona zolakwika basi ayakhule basi
He still want to disunite malawians as before after we paid for his ticket from the self exiled land of US gave him free everything frm then till now and still believe he must be ruling malawi. kulodzrdwa kodi.
caponda ndi ncaca amaombela mmanja nfitu imenenyi.
amele kae mano. kubwebweta kumene kuja mwiyo and then ati tiwelenge bible. sad to whoever gave him that bible quote.
cimbava ca cabecabe
Dear Prof. I think your comments against the APM it’s not true, Munali kuti nthawi imene a President alipo ankanena kuti he is ready to Shed blood, and you were not heard commenting, Leave him to speak what ever he wants, the Blues had no right in this country, if you were seen in Blue especially in the Central you were, you were like attracting death into your life, where were you?
Mwakwera ya tonse bwana? What was the language before APM was removed boss.The language towards the president now is polite,if ur seeking Embassy position ,this is not the time,Pa ground can’t hold.
The same things Chakwera was doing aftermath of 2019 elections. Boycotting parliament sessions, failure to respond to presidential SONA among other used to be the shit Chakwera was doing to APM. No, I think at that time you had no guts to see and say that what Chakwera was doing could cause chaos and violence in this county, but what APM is doing can cause chaos and violence?
APM is very right, CHAKWERA is an illegitimate and illegal president. Ana a njoka inu
So you are trying to tell us that just because the former president is a lawyer then he should just keep quiet when things are not handled accordingly, right? This is a free nation, freedom of speech is tantamount and still fresh. Before being a law professor and being a president and now a former president he is a citizen of this country. Let him voice whatever he deem necessary. He can even call for demonstrations as a citizen of this nation.
Courts should not be exempted from scrutiny,right to speech
How is that a political analysis mr analyst?
Mediocrity is a big problem in Malawi.
With due respect sir, the country is deeply divided already.there has not been unity in this country since Bingu ditched Udf to form his dpp.we had a chance to achieve total reconciliation when he won the 2009 elections but, alas, it didn’t happen.instead,it got worse.and even worsened further prior to,and after Bingu’s death.
And what we saw during 2014 elections campaign was a manifestation of this deep disunity.
The bouncing back in power of dpp gave some people a hope of amother reconciliation,but again alas, we went into another phase of the same problem.
The falling apart between Mutharika and chilima,was not suprising to those who followed the political events in the preceding years.
Come 2019 set of events, this was the climax .the elections clearly exposed the division the country was.people who were regarded as noble,non-partisan,etc, were seen siding with one side or the other.The press was heavily polarized and lost its professionalism.many institutions lost their credibility.everyone was pulling away from the centre.no one was bold enough to pull towards the centre.
And.today majority are disgruntled,because what they have today.is not worth the effort they put into.the current situation doesn’t inspire hope.
So warning Mutharika about what he says is just a lame excuse.what he is saying is what is on the ground..what Mutharika is saying is what everyone is facing.nothing out of the ordinary.
Lets.be too academic about the present aituation in this country.we are the cause of tgese problems,and so we have to find solutions now now.everone must be the soltion.don’t stop people from pointing where things are not going well.the executive must take.every criticism in whatever.form seriously Nd decisively act upon it.tafika stage yoti chidzudzulo chilichonse chilandilidwe ndi ndikupangapo kanthu.osaletsa anthu.kudzudzula …