5 parties sign peace pact ahead of Malawi judgement day
Five political parties have signed a peace pact to ensure peace before, during and after the Constitutional Court election case ruling on Monday.
According to Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) executive director Kizito Tenthani, secretary generals of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), United Democratic Front (UDF), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Peoples Party and Alliance for Democracy (Aford) signed the pact on Thursday in Lilongwe.
Conspicuously missing is UTM which is yet to give reasons for its failure to sign the peace pact.
“This pact ensures that there is peace in the aftermath of the court ruling. I expect the political parties to walk the talk, to live by their word,” said Tenthani.
The country, especially Lilongwe experienced violent protests in the aftermath of the May 21 tripartite elections.
PEACE AND JUSTICE MUST GO SIDE BY SIDE AS APPEALED BY HRDC.OSATI MASANA MUKUSAINILA PEACE EEPING PAPER PAMENE USIKU MUKUPANGA ZAZIBWANA KUMANYENGELERA MA JUDGE KUTI AKUKONDELENI APO NDECHI PAPER ACHO SICHIZAGWIRA NTCHITO TIPHWANYANA.
mukamaona a ndale akuzikuza,its because you take them as gods.remember,the ones ,left out are the voters and who are with anger.Peace park can not defuse peoples anger……..anyway voting is a waste of time……Tionera apa ngati ndizopindulitsa……..Malawians in a road to stop voting………..Someone says though people wake up early to cast their vote,whether in majority or not but its the dicision of MEC that select the winner.in other words its not your vote that decides the winner but MEC.
peace park for political parties what?who vote for these parties….ishiii missed target again
Is there any punishment for whosoever don`t want to sign. is it legally instituted that one has to sign.
Mmmmm don’t be surprised that utm was not there.
It was meant for serious people and not just zachibwana
In the land of lawlessness these pacts do not work. Imagine you take an oath only to rig elections. You sign peace pact only to use tippex in an election. It’s not the signing of such pacts that matter, it’s the message the parties relay to followers who were not consulted in the process. The assumption you made was that the leaders will influence their followers – miscalculated because in times like this followers defy their leaders if they are to fight for their birthright. What you should have done at least was to publicize such an event with a… Read more »
Even if it is just symbolic, it still sends a message of intention to the followers. As usual Matama Party shunning this important accord yet pretending to be preaching peace.
Wake Up Malawians, how can people signed peace pact before judgement day? Waiting for the judgement first, then you have to call the peace process while everyone knows what exactly happened during the election process.So you mean parties should just accept whatever comes just for the peace.Already parties and their supporters failed to accept that Peter Munthalika won clean and square.What kind of thinking is this? There are things that will happen,if the judgement is given that election process was full of irregularities which the MEC did not see or they did not solve mwadaladala, with the aim of helping… Read more »
Kodi wakunamizani ndani kuti sikukhala pisi? Zankutu basi.
Kodi mesa nyani wa UTM uja amati peace chani chani nkumanyoza anzake dzuloli? Kuntumbo kwake.