Tomorrow, some people of Malawi, have organised a demonstration against what they perceive as problems in our land. Some seek publication, some seek to fill their pockets, some to destroy what is destroying their selfishness. They will speak what they find faulty with our current government. Some demands are unreasonable. Some may indeed be words unheard among all the noise and genuine. They might have been unheard for they were speaking through the wrong mouth and with wrong attitude and without respect to the ear that was ready to listen.
The west is good at rushing to punish even from hearsay. I find that before any action against our land of Malawi, if the west wishes to put pressure on the current leadership it shall look at the expressed issues independently and take at the objective look at the issues raised and the facts on the ground. I find that it shall need adequate time to consider the matter and independently investigate the truth of the matters raised. It shall not act for at least after a month to allow for investigation.
Malawi is a democratic country which has two five year terms allowed for each presidential terms. These terms were solely put to limit the time a president can stay in power. To allow or assist the removal of the current president before his term ends would be to bring unnecessary disturbance to the people of Malawi. For already we have to deal with so much unrest during election times which to we Malawians detest. For even in our national anthem, we have always asked God to keep our land in peace.
Malawi has proper of correction if a president is going against the wishes of the people of Malawi who are peace loving and for the sake peace and order have adopted a constitution which gives the guidelines of resolution in such situations.
These procedures have not been followed. And the demonstrators have not tried these proceeders in a proper way.
Not every voice that demonstrates speaks the wishes of Malawi. Not every aid that reaches the land of Malawi with honest intentions. Some indeed come to our land for malicious motives. Because they do have the money to stir up a crowd and bring disturbance, they succeed. We therefore call for peace loving organizations to come to our aid and counter the balance that the foreign malicious organizations may not succeed in their malicious motives.
In the acceptance speech, our first President, His Excellency, Ngwazi Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda called for each of us Malawians to hold the responsibility of maintaining peace and calm, law and order as we malawians have always done.
These were the words of one who was considered a dictator as well, but did listen to the voices and wishes of Malawi and did step down.
Those who took over government then with the pressure of foreign organizations, tore apart most of our national resources for their selfish gain leaving the majoring of the people of Malawi who lacked nothing in abject poverty. So much corruption developed amongst many officials, than was accused of Kamuzu's Government. This corruption, the current president has been almost single handedly has worked to curb it.
The introduction of the quotaed university selection system saw most of these who have been trying to protect their ill gained riches through corrupt practices which the current president is trying to curb.
Just days ago on 5-6 February 2011, Malawi commerated an anti-corruption day lead by the current leadership. Last years theme was mainly among religious leadership, this year was for government officials. This was lead by the president himself, His Excellency, Prof. Bingu Wa Mutharika which shows how supporting he is in the fight against corrupt practices.
There has been a letter written by the same group of people who want to incite Vice President Madam Joyce Banda against the current president. In this letter they were trying to implicate her in a conspiracy against her president but it does revel the intentions of those who found opportunity through the demonstration against a quotaed university selection system, but failed, they wanted to take advantage of the fact that Malawi Electoral Commission was closed pending an investigation. It is a difficult situation but like any organization, money is missing, there has to be an investigation and it can be a trap to find fault against the current president so as to find fault to impeach him. Like they have tried to incite Madam Joyce Banda so that her removal from her post could be used against the president who also removed Dr. Cassim Chilumpha who was not the presidents choice of running mate.
These are some of the problems that have arisen because of the people who have illegally acquired riches in the government of Dr. Bakili Muluzi as evidenced by the letter forged to implicate Madam Joyce Banda in a conspiracy against the current president.
These things foreign governments and/or organizations should objectively look at before supporting the demonstration being organized in Lilongwe, inspired by the North African demonstration. Even though the Egyptian demonstrations have succeeded, not all such demonstrations are for the right cause.
We need peace in Malawi than anything else. And We especially don't want a disturbance for all the wrong reasons.