Lawyer John Gift Mwakwawa has just reminded the nation of the constitutional integrity of Section 65. It is a well established fact, that the DPP of the late Bingu Mutharika manipulated the constitutional channels to render this Section almost useless. The Section is very clear when it comes to MPs who ‘cross the floor’, which […]
The current Constitution of Malawi provisionally came into force on 18 May, 1994 after Parliament passed the Republic of Malawi (Constitution) Act, 1994 (Act No. 20 of 1994) repealing the Constitution of 1966 and bringing into force the new (1994) Constitution. Critics are saying that this constitution contains numerous errors and needs revisiting. Like a […]
Question: who decided to make Dr Hastings Banda life president? It was Aleke Banda who championed the idea. A lot of you did not know that, did you? I am sure you thought Dr Banda declared himself life president. I did not know either until earlier today. You will also be surprised to know that […]
Malawi political parties and the civil society have made a passionate appeal to President Joyce Banda to ensure she sticks to her principles of upholding the Constitution by respecting the anti-defection law, Section 65, to avoid poaching lawmakers without them seeking fresh mandate. Banda ascended to power by Constitutional order on April 7 following the death […]