Rev Gama sides with DPP against 50+1 provision: ‘To harm Malawi economically’

February 20, 2020 Nyasa Times Reporter 95 Comments

CCAP Blantyre Synod general secretary the Reverend Billy Gama has taken the same tonne of governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to oppose the 50+1 provision of electing the country’s President, saying  it will do more economic harm the country.

Blantyre Synod General Secretary, Rev. Billy Gama

Gama said the law set to be passed following a Constitutional Court clarification on an earlier interpretation of “majority”, may bring economic repercussions  and that the country should continue using  first-past-the-post in electing the President.

“The obvious reason is that it is going to be so costly and it will cripple the country because we will need K43 billion to run the fresh election,” Gama said in quotes reported by The Nation daily newspaper.

In its February 3 2020 judgement, the court recommended that Parliament should legislate laws to support the existing statutes that provide room for the President to be elected by the majority of voters.

The DPP has been working to suffocate the passing of the 50+1 provision.

The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) and Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) synods of Nkhoma and Livingstonia agree that the Bill, which was among a set of Electoral Reforms Bills Parliament shot down in December 2019, is in the best interest of Malawians.

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95 replies on “Rev Gama sides with DPP against 50+1 provision: ‘To harm Malawi economically’”

  3. I remember to have met this bakha ali chairman wa Lilongwe water board. This guy has 9 phones and all bills were paid by waterboard. he is crooked and savage opanda manyazi. Bambo okond akazi including house maids. Kumwamba ukakalowa iwe ine nkalowa ka million. You are a disgraced corrupt pastor and you need to be fired from CCAP- Useless man

  4. Gama uzatha ngati katani. stay away from politics and stop campaigning zopusa. Hule iwe. Galu. Bakha

  5. ndalamazo zizachoka thumba mwanu akulu ? ndalamazo bola zizigwira ntchito izizi kusiyana ndikuti muzingoba

  7. Musanamizanepo apa everyone here has voted based on party line and not for the good of the people nor based on his inner conscious. If the court verdict had favored DPP the scenario would have been opposite.

    Musadane ndi Billy Gama, he too voted according to his conscious, even if you call him a DPP cadet, so what? Everyone has freedom of association kukhala was DPP is not a crime, we are in Democratic despensation.

  9. But it is already a law imbecile preacher. Stop commenting on issues you can hardly decipher and concentrate on taking your concubines to the lake for quickies. You do not have any moral authority to stand on a Gods alter after those photos of you and your girlfriend went viral last year. Billy Gama, you are a disgrace to your church.

  13. Majority in fever of 50+1? Nanga bwanji mukusokosa?Nangabwanji siikungodutsilatu.lne ndimawona kuti kukhumba ndikosiana.Musanyoze
    nanunso ndiekuti muenela kutukanidwa

  20. i know this man he has always been a blue ferra . akagwele uko awa . kodi ndalama zoyendetsera zisankho kukhala ngati zimachoka mthumba mwake bwanji

  21. Kodi awa amazitenga ndani ???anthu oti akadya ndiyekuti apita kwa Mulli kukapempha…ntchito umbava…kuchinda ana ndi akazi a eni …mbuzi ya munthu iyi

  22. To Mr Gama,how can 50+1% harm Malawi economically , this a big lie from busa Ngati inu.Munene Kut chipani chanu Cha DPP sichinga pambane using 50+1%. Ndipo kuganiza kotereku ndi kwa undemocratic.Malawi should be ruled by someone who manages to win half of the votes casted by citizens.If you say using old system is good then nothing has changed and what the court recommended has not been implemented.That law is very important for majority of Malawians.It has to be accepted by members of parliament. Good economic policies will come with 50+1%. With the old system Malawi has already suffered repercussions.Mr Gama, there is no harm in 50+1%.Mbusa osafunira nkhosa zake zinthu zabwino.To members of parliament,when one door closes another one opens.There was a need for 2/3 majority vote for 50+1% to pass.Opposition had voted more yes than ruling party no,we should find solutions now.Members of parliament,you should vote this 2/3 majority vote needed to pass the 50+1% out and continue to vote for 50+1% and it should just need simple majority not 2/3 majority. That’s your job to do that. Honourable members in parliament it’s your job to amend laws.I believe you can change any law to benefit all Malawians.What I don’t understand is that, 50+1% needs 2/3 majority while the president just need a simple Majority. You need to balance the equation here.If it was possible that citizens should vote ,I believe 50+1% would have been passed.My advice is to members is to make sure you pass this law and it should start working in the next 5 months time. Party politics has harmed Malawi for more than 50 yrs.Enough is enough.We want change that is new system not old system.For more than 50yrs we have been using watsogola wawina.We don’t want a person to have any of these:12%,24%,29%,30%,36%,38%,42% & even 49% to rule Malawi.Remove the 2/3 majority that is needed for 50+1% and bring in simple majority,omwe ali ndi figure yambiri Kaya ayes 100 ndipo ano 93 apa ayes awina. This is the change of thinking and we want Malawians to get out of poverty. Sitingakhale chisanzo Cha mayiko osauka pomwe even kwacha yathu yinali yamphavu. I say no to poverty policies and yes to prosperity policies.

  23. 50+1% have not been passed.Now all three regions should be independent.Each region should develop its own land.No Unity zosakhana mitundu zipitilira and nepotism.Court recommended that 50+1% should be passed.This means the MPs doesn’t want Malawi to be one.Shame on all MPs who voted against the 50+1%.Dpp knows they can’t win on 50+1%.North Malawians adyeredwa Masuku pamutu for more than 50 yrs. Minds in northern Malawi should start working, another decades of suffering is coming.lndependence is the answer now.Until you are free ,u can develop your own region and be like countries like Singapore,a country of around 700kms,well developed while Malawi acountry with around 118000kms fails to develop.More than 50yrs,north Malawi of around 26,900km has been sidelined interms of development.If you compare with Singapore you will discover that north Malawi is bigger than Singapore,but Singapore is more developed than the whole Malawi.And central region has around 35000km and they can develop their land.Why keeping Malawians like people in msundwe unemployed for so many years, with this system that benefits only one region it’s not good.For south Malawi can develop their land, Why keeping the people in poverty for 50yrs a region of around 31000km.Even Moritius is doing better than Malawi economically, a country with around 2000km.Chilungamo will set Malawi free.If there is no 50+1% then there should be no election.

  26. How things change! Between 1992 and 1994 Blantyre Synod together with Livingstonia Synod were in the forefront of pushing for the end of one party rule. Today Blantyre Synod has been so captured by DPP that it’s even beyond embarrassing. Even Nkhoma is now more progressive than Blantyre.

    50+1 will actually improve the economy in the long run because Govts will know that if they have to convince more than half the electorate to vote for them, then they cannot afford to be as corrupt or as nepostic as the current DPP regime is.

    Zambia started implementing 50+1 in 2016. The sky has not fallen down, and the earth continues to spin…

  27. Amama kwao nkuti? He sounds very dull, no wonder bt synod is not developing.
    CADET WENIWENI, now, you will die poor.

  28. When we were fighting for a Change, from one party to mult-party, there were some people who were very rigid to Change but enventually we changed the system, so even now there some whom don’t need to Change, the likes of Billy Gama, but what they must know is that, Malawi will CHANGE to 50 + 1!!!!

  31. Any anti-judiciary and anti-50+1 reform well articulated comments from persons of certain status in society could attract monetary compensation or other ‘thank-you’ tokens from DPP and associates. So please leave the Reverend alone. Mwana wa eni ndi wako yemwe ukachenjera manja uzadya naye. The clever ones know what to say. The wise ones only care for wise words.

  33. What economicsort harm is he talking about if not his own poverty alleviation?
    The 43billion cost he is referring to is coming from tax payers and going to some tax payers who will be hired as polling staff. Timapezerapo ntchito malovafe apa

  34. Rev Billy Gama a true revered man of God osati nyimbwa yaku Livingstonia synod Levi Nyondo. Nyondo, a witch and a coused batch of a reverend should learn from people like Billy Gama

  35. God is not Billy Gama nor Mutharika, cowards are full of subjective poverty like this hypocrite Billy Gama. Your days of oppressing Malawians are over. God is great and Dpp with this your Billy Gama are trampled by justice and they not succed in any endeavour.

  36. Justice, fairness, truth, integrity and credibility do not matter to this man of God. What matters to him is the loss of Kwachas as if he really cares about the economic plight of this country. We cannot go very far with this kind of mentality among people who are expected to know better.

  37. I dare say f**** all reverends, pastors who are connected to this issue. Pastor Ansa, Nkosi, Gama, Nyondo, Muloyi and all of you claiming to be God’s servants. Anthu opusa inu. Anthu adyera. Go burn!

  38. Ask Dausi how much our boarders make in a day, just recall what he said the time the HRDC wanted to close down the boarders. There is money here my brother, Malawi can make this within two weeks (Dausi:2019)

    1. These words by Gama can not make any difference to alter our line of thoughts because many people except you know that he is a DPP Cadet and he is speaking from cadetism perspective.

  40. I think war will harm Malawi economically when we always allow a minority government to rule against the will of the majority of the people. In any election is is dangerous for a few individual to silence many. Rev Gama is committing suicide.

    1. Some people are just opposing for the sake of it. The effect of general and rerun elections cost on our poor economy must not only be viewed on MEC expenditure for the same. If MEC spends over K40bn for an election then I am quite sure overall political parties and independent candidates combined spend 2 or 3 times more. And that it is almost 10% of our annual budget then add a rerun!
      One can contend that its their private monies being used but they are being used for noneconomical items like t-shirts, fliers, transport, etc which become useless once elections are over.

  43. Gama is speaking the truth. Do not attack him. He is the only one who is brave enough to speak. Let him express his mind.

  44. Billy Gama, you need to add that 50+1 will end multiparty politics. Small parties will be eliminated and yet they stupidly do not see.

  45. 50+1 can’t help Malawi in any way. People will shift their vote apparently for a president to have a majority. The coalition that will be created will end up fighting for power. No coalition has worked well in Malawi.

  46. How many Billions of kwachas have been syphoned in the govt, we don’t have money because you want us to think so Mr. Gama? which economy are you talking about…. not correcting things has it’s high end economic backthrash… more than if we are to correct it now, that’s what you should be talking about…. that’s retrogressive mind… not good for someone who thinks God supplies

  47. when Rev Levi Nyondo and his Synod attacks DPP why do u celebrate ana anjoka inu? Leave Billy Gama alone, he z just doing the Nyondo way but on the different side

    1. Better to be mwana wankoja that to have a lizard brain. Is that money going to come from his pocket.

  48. Sad some men of God behave like mbuzi….I don’t expect such characters to successfully lead the flock of the whole synod. Buluzi wachabe chabe

    1. When other reverends speak you do not see anything wrong with that. Leave Gama to express his thoughts. We are in a democracy. He is right that that money will be wasted.

  49. Silence is golden Mr Preacher. The bible says anyone over 70yrs is living a borrowed life. Take this verse to Professor Munthalika to read and reflect on it.

  50. K43 billion basi? Zimenezotu zigwira ntchito, chifukwa kumeneko nde kukonza Malawi!! Uyu musamumvele uyu, he is a ‘cadet’ and a Wolfe in a sheep’s skin!! Kodi iyeyu wayamba liti kulankhula ngati economist? Naye billy wayionela patali kuti tsopano game ili mu injury time iyi, nde tingapange bwanji ndi a nyaphaphi anzangawa, kuti tiwanamize a Malawi mwina zingayende, waupondaaaaaaaaaaa cadet iweeeeeeeeee!! Pano usovengeeeeeeeeeeee ndalama umakasambila nazo ndi ana a eni ake zija, pano zikupita kumapeto, eni thumba a Malawi a kwiyaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Eti nyong’onyong’onyong’onyong’ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! Ana a njoka inuuuuuuuuuuuu, mu dictionary yanu mulibe mau akuti chikondi, chomwe mumadziwa inu ndi tsankhu!! Dzisankhani mitundu muja mukuchitila ku BT Synod University pomalemba a Lhomwe okha okha………. Fotsekiiii!!!

    1. I agree with you Central. What is MK43b? How much have these motherfuckers shamelessly stolen up to date?

    5. let us not just support things because our readers are supporting what I see to this guy he is not wrong cause he puts the matter of fact. apa ndipamene ndawona kuti athu a kumalawi akungosatila zimene azisogoleli Awo akufuna. sakuona ubwino ndikuyipa, Ndiye I kungozisiya now I can see that a malawi amakonda politics than developments

      1. You wanted to say Leader right? You are stupid, we all want to see the change in our country,is this money coming from Blantyre Synod? Did we asked him? Useless thinking like chicken.

  54. Penapake Gama amandikwana kwambiri kodi osangosiya ubusawo ndikukalowa ndale bwanji chifukwatu ndiye mukuziwika ndi nkhani zambiri zoipa inu a Gama za ku Nyanja inu nomwe

  56. What will 50+1 change? Nothing. It is being advocated by politicians and parties who have failed to win on their own. Thumbs up to Rev Gama.

    1. The change is that we want the president to be elected by a greater majority… alliances must be made, development must be shared according to how tax is collected, you dont collect tax from 50people and develop only 2people…. you seem to have a pigish mind don’t you think?

      1. He will not be voted by the majority. Rather voters will be forced to make that choice in the second round and the coalition emanating from there will be torn by infighting which will result in unstable government and loss of money.

      2. If you say, development has to be shared equally in all regions, what do you mean?? It’s better you sites some examples to backup your claim, otherwise I see no truth in this. Road projects are in progress or even finished across all regions. E.g Lilongwe- kasiya road almost done, Mzuzu-Nkhatabay road almost done, Liwonde – Mangochi road almost done. BICC is in Lilongwe, Bingu National Stadium is in Lilongwe. New Reserve Bank of Malawi, Mzuzu Branch now working. Pena pakhe kumanena chilungamo it’s better.

  57. Very thoughtful contribution from Rev Gama. We do not need 50+1. Our country’s democracy is not mature enough.

    1. You dont seem mature yourslef and think every1 is immature, including democracy in Malawi, dyu even wish to grow? BTs is your pigish minded friend…..

  59. Rev Gama is right. 50+1 will harm our country economically but also politically.

    1. The money for elections could be used to eliminate poverty.
    2. It does not solve our political problems. It will make political charlatans to create coalitions which will not hold after elections and the country will plunge into chaos. There will be an economic cost when that happens.

    1. Since when has the money in Malawi used to eliminate poverty except robbing from the same poor citizens to fatten their bellies.

  61. why don’t we get rid of elections all together then because of economic harm they cause? What a man (of God?)

  62. This is USELESS. EVERYONE KNOWS that this guy is a DPP CADET. So why should his opinion matter. CCAP SYNODS are divided on party lines – Blantyre synod is pro-DPP, Livingstonia and Nkhoma are anti-DPP. I don’t care about any of them. Their opinions are useless. Oh and FUCK JESUS! 🤘🏾

  63. DPP Cadet Rev. Billy Gama…. What else do you expect to hear from him?? If I were a journalist I would give him space at all

  65. Dpp Cadet Rev. Billy Gama… What else can he say? If I were a journalist I wouldn’t give him space in my paper..

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