Civil society organization leaders say they will go to court to force Treasury fund the November sitting of parliament which is supposed to commence impeachment proceedings for President Peter Mutharika over corruption allegations. Human Rights Defenders Coalition chairman Timothy Mtambo said Treasury should fund the seating of parliament where the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) […]
Civil society organisations (CSOs) are pressing for an emergency Parliament meeting so that President Peter Mutharika can be summoned to answer impeachment charges over allegations that he may have benefitted from K145 million that a supplier involved in the K2.7 billion Malawi Police food rations scam deposited in a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) account for which he […]
Malawi Parliament on Monday ignored a petition from Mzuzu City constituency to impeach President Peter Mutharika. Except for one MP from Mzimba who said Mutharika would stay put in office until the next elections, back benchers from both sides of the House did not make any comment on the issue but concetrated on the business […]
A movement calling itself ‘Reform to Transform’ led by former legal advisor of late president Bingu wa Mutharika, Allan Ntata and supported by a former spokesman of late Mutharika, Chikumbutso Mtumodzi has issued a statement calling for the impeachment of President Peter Mutharika. The statement issued Friday comes after there has been calls from opposition […]
Karonga central member of parliament (independent) Frank Mwenefumbo has warned legislators against attempting to impeach Speaker Richard Msowoya. Msowoya is an elected member of parliament from Karonga. Speaking in parliament, Mwenefumbo said the Speaker will not be impeached. “The Speaker comes from Karonga. Karonga is a very tiny district in this country and yet the […]
Member of Parliament for Rumphi East (People’s Party), Kamlepo Kalua, on Monday queried the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on its purported plot to impeach Speaker of Parliament Richard Msowoya. There have been insinuations that DPP were plotting to impeach the Speaker. Kalua, who has been very active in the House during the budget session […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) has denied any involvement in the purported impeachment plot against Speaker of National Assembly, Richard Msowoya. Msowoya faces impeachment over his alleged bias in the handling of the petition by a civil society leader to declare vacant seats of 11 UDF members of Parliament (MPs) who moved to the government benches […]
After Nyasa Times first reported about the alleged plans by the ruling Democratic Progress Party (DPP) with the support of its parliamentary coalition partners United Democratic Front ( UDF) to impeach Speaker of National Assembly, Richard Msowoya, Leader of Government in the House Francis Kasaila has warned that the impeachment couldn’t be ruled out. Msowoya […]
June 2005: “Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that in accordance with Section 86 of the Constitution, the President, Bingu wa Mutharika, be indicted by this house on grounds of serious violations of the constitution and the laws of the Republic of Malawi,” Lucius Banda. Following this motion, among other things, the then Speaker […]
Despite winning a new five-year mandate, Malawi President-elect Peter Mutharika’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) failed to amass a legislative majority, a situation that could render his government inept and unable to govern should the opposition decide not to cooperate. A leading political analyst has however, favoured the ruling party not to face legislative hurdles. “The […]
The Malawi National Assembly has withdrawn a review of the Standing Orders that among several others included procedures to fast track the impeachment of the President. Speaker of the National Assembly Henry Chimunthu Banda announced in the House on Thursday that the Legal Affairs Committee of the Malawi Parliament which was mandated to do the […]
A report in the DPP-sponsored Sky News said on Friday a leaked diplomatic dispatch has revealed a plot by Leader of opposition, John Tembo, to take over the Presidency of the country through the impeachment of President Bingu wa Mutharika. The broadsheet claims it has the confidential memo that exposes an agreement Tembo had with […]
A leading private practice lawyer and critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika, Ralph Kasambara, has finally been freed on bail, lawyer Wapona Kita told Nyasa Times on Wednesday. Kita a lawyer in Kasambara’s law firm, Ralph and Arnolds – said he had picked the former Attorney General at Chichiri Prison to his home in Nyambadwe. “Yes […]
Malawi’s Information and Civic Education Minister, Patricia Kaliati has lambasted Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), for advocating for impeaching President Bingu wa Mutharika, saying they (NGOs) have run out of ideas. Kaliati was reacting to a story carried out by a local newspaper in which the NGOs were demanding the removal of the Head of State […]
As Malawi Parliament sets out to “Reforming” its Standing Orders; a lot of historical and democratic thought should concentrate the mind, lest, lightening might strike in the same place twice, or indeed thrice! Reading in today’s (November 21) local Newspaper [The Nation; front page article entitled Impeach Bingu As Well- NGOs”] where it is suggested […]
Malawi’s Vice President Joyce Banda will face impeachment in parliament as leader of the House, George Chaponda has acknowledged that government has indeed mooted the idea to complete impeachment procedures. Earlier reports indicated government has so far drafted procedures in the Standing Orders on how to remove a sitting President or Vice President. It was […]