Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) Synod of Livingstonia new moderator the Reverend Douglas Chipofya on Sunday took the federation issue to his congregants in his sermon at St Andrews Church in Mzuzu saying federalism proponents should not be intimidated as they are free to propose and debate the system in a democracy. Chipofya contrary […]
Malawi’s public affairs watchdog body, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has thrown its weight on the calls for a referendum to solve the impasse on whether the country should move to a federation. PAC’s position comes immediately after the Malawi Government also said that if need be the country will go to a referendum to […]
Image experts advise that when you face a crisis, you must get ahead of the problem as fast as you can. You must try to be a step in front of the media which has the power to help fix the problem or make it worse. It is clear that advisers to President Peter Mutharika did not miss class the day the topic was […]
President of Umodzi Party (UP), John Chisi has asked those canvassing for federal system of government or North Malawi independence not to let emotions into the debate, saying the federalism zealots are being bankrolled by unknown quarters. A movement of people of the northern part of the country has been calling for a federal state or for the […]
Following the fall of Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union in 1989 and 1991, respectively, American political scientist, Francis Fukuyama wrote an essay – later published as a book in 1992: The End of History and the Last Man. In it, Fukuyama argues that the evolution of human societies is not open ended; the evolution […]
Malawi Government has said that it will consider calling for a referendum to give a chance to Malawians to decide on the future of the country as a federal state. The Government made the pronouncement following pressure from people of the northern part of the country who have been calling for a federal state or […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika Wednesday October 1 returns home from the recently concluded trip to New York for UN general assembly, only to come face to face with the growing calls for federal system of government There has been strong movement from the people of the North Malawi proposing federalism and calling for a national […]
A prominent Malawi newspaper, Nation on Sunday has become the first paper to publicly reject the North Malawi independence campaign but has strongly supported the stance taken by the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) to facilitate a national debate on proposals for the country to adopt a federal system of government. The weekly newspaper in its editorial […]
President Peter Mutharika has agreed to meet Public Affairs Committee (PAC) to discuss on calls for federalism or the Northern Region independence as a standalone country. PAC executive director Robert Phiri, said the religious body which has volunteered to facilitate debate on federalism or secession of the Northern Region, booked an appointment with the President […]
Calls for secession, specifically for the Northern Region and federalism (preserve of the Central Region) are refusing to be silenced into submission. At the heart of the secession demand is the claim, without factual basis I must say, by its advocates that the North has been sidelined and, therefore, has not developed for the past […]
Think-tank Forum for New Direction (Fond) has said it will roll out civic education on federal system of government aimed at providing specific information how the system works by analysing the positives and also the negatives. Fond general secretary Professor Godwin Mkamanga told Nyasa Times after the think-tank’s meeting in Mzuzu city members of the grouping have since […]
Selling the idea of changing the way Malawi is governed it is not an easy task. Leading public intellectual Edge Kanyongolo points out that the “federalism debate has quickly descended into emotive quarrels that cloud rather than clarify issues at stake”. Proponents of federalism, says Kanyongolo, have failed to “explain how federalism or secession in […]
Vocal lawmakers from the northern region have demanded that the calls for federal system of government and power-sharing should be decided upon through a referendum. Kamlepo Kalua, MP for Rumphi east and Karonga Central MP Frank Mwenefumbo noted in Parliament that the current political scenario is passing through extreme fluid conditions due to widespread calls […]
President Peter Mutharika’s adviser on national unity and parliamentary affairs Symon Vuwa-Kaunda, who is also leading the presidential campaign against federalism calls, has asked people in the North Malawi to promote unity and reject division. Vuwa Kaunda, who recently engaged chiefs in the Northern Region to give their stand on calls to have a federal […]
Two of Malawi’s leading human rights watchdogs Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have faulted Malawi’s government’s approach of using chiefs to challenge federalism calls by some quarters, citing that such an approach has only managed to sow seeds of suspicion in the public about the government. […]
Malawi Government intends to arrest two prominent opposition People’s Party (PP) legislators from North, Harry Mkandawire and Mzomera Ngwira, on trumped up charges soon after the current Parliament sitting. It is a way of silencing them as vocal proponents of Federalism and Secession for the region. Ngwira is legislator for Mzimba Hora while Mkandawire represents […]
President Peter Mutharika has been criticised for dispatching his aide Symon Vuwa Kaunda to palm oil chiefs in the northern region and do scaremongering against federalism calls, claiming if allowed it will trigger civil war. Among those petitioning for the North Malawi to be a standalone state or federal system of government is People’s Party […]
Seven members of parliament from Malawi’s second opposition party, the People’s Party (PP), Thursday walked out of the house in protest over decision by second deputy speaker Clement Chiwaya’s decision to boot out its outspoken Mzimba Hora MP, Christopher Mzomera Ngwira. Pandemonium broke out in Lilongwe, the seat of parliament, when Minister of Education Emmanuel […]