The country’s electoral body Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has warned all people who are involved in attacks against people with albinism that they will be barred from contesting in the 2019 general elections.
According to MEC Director of Media and Public Relations Sangwani Mwafulirwa, those convicted for possessing bones, abducting or killing people with albinism, and conspiring to kill or abduct people with albinism will be caught in the law and will not be allowed to contest in the coming general elections.
“It is morally unaccepted to exhume dead bodies with the intent to sell the bodies, so if you want to stand in 2019 as a ward Councillor, Member of Parliament or President stay away from engaging in such crimes. Stop killing, torturing, abducting people with albinism,” said Mwafulirwa.
The MEC spokesperson also reminded Malawians that any person convicted by a competent court of crime involving dishonesty and moral turpitude within seven years prior to the elections will be barred from contesting.
People with albinism in the country are still living in fear over attacks against them which increased in the first half of 2016. Recently the country’s First Lady Gertrude Mutharika called upon women in the country to join hands with the aim of ending the evil act.
Mulungu Alowelelepo
Awululidwe adzawayika chizindikiro chanji? kkkk asagwidwe koma asazaime malawi wa lero mcp gets ready we tired
First we have to know them
Who’sfoolinwho? I hope one day Malawians will wake up 4m slumber
HOW SHALL THEY RECOGNIZE THEM?
Good statement
Like who?
Ok!! list ya maguyz mulinayo eti? mulungu atikhululukile ndithu
So you actually know the culprits,
Mmesa ndinu nomwe a DDP mukuchita izi?
I hope its not away to stop potential candidates
Zanyanya Nthawi Ya Pitala Abale Anthu (albino) 2019 Mabvuto Akuntha You Are Also Malawians Oky!!!
Nonsense . ..Why not get them arrested if yo xo sure dat they are involved . .? Put de m….ther F…..ckrs to jail 4 lyf…
Thatv
Tiuzeni ngati mukuwaziwa
Oky, which means those politicians who will be involved in albino attacks won’t be arrested, but u will just prevent them from contesting in the 2019 general elections? This speech is indicating injustice, what are u trying to tell malawians there, oky at this period politicias can kill any person with albinism but 2019 he / she won’t allowed to contest in the generation elections as a punishment for that killing?….I never knew that MEC is also the denifinition of stupid!
Including who r involved in cashgate
Barred from contesting but free to carry on attacking albinos? No justice at all. Yu knw them, the law must take charge.
MEC ikuwadziwa anthu amene amakhudzidwa ndi ma albino koma sangagwidwe chifukwa ndi anthu amaina akuluakulu
MEC ikuwadziwa anthu amene amakhudzidwa ndi ma albino koma sangagwidwe chifukwa ndi anthu amaina akuluakulu
So these killers are well known
So these killers are well known
So mec knows the culprits in the albino killing?
So mec knows the culprits in the albino killing?
If U No Them Y Cant U Arest Them Mukufna Kt Abale Athu Athe?
If U No Them Y Cant U Arest Them Mukufna Kt Abale Athu Athe?
How many of our brothers and sisters wl be affected upon reachng that 2019… u #MEC# y if u knw those cowards jst go and jail them???? Do u thnk we are hapy of all these??? Mind u mwazi wa munthu is so superior so mukapusa u wl pay this by blood too…
Zilibwino
??????? Which ones?
How will Electoral Commission know about this? What about those in cashgates? Boza lankunkhuniza ili. Kufuna kuzionetsa ngati mmatha.
Which party is this, so that we can judge it for ourselves now
is it wrong to say tha MEC knows very well these albino killers ?
okey u know these motherfurkers all these u r sayiig iz shit people r commiting crime ur here telling malawians shit okey oneday u will comfence
Yap! That’s Nice Abnism Atacks Is Conducted By Politicians Its Better To Remove Them Yap! Yap! MEC.
I don’t understand this statement.I thought it has been declared that All involved in Albino killings should save life sentence? So which politician should be spared once found? Are politicians our yard stick in commuting sins?
So you know them, hu???
all this time..Haaa…It means u are at abrotherhood with the killers…If ucant release them now,who wil start the ball rolling in 2019? inuso u will be barred from ur positions….MBUUZZZII !!!
With this law zipani zotsutsa zilimmadzi bliv me kunamizilidwa mkosayamba
malawians y?…if ur sayn those people who r involved in albino attacks will not contest in the 2019 elections…what is this all about?…instead of strengthening the laws aimed at protecting our brothers and sisters(albinos) ngat mukuwazwa osawagwla axanafke 2019 bwanj?? …ur busy saying the culprits will not contest in the 2019 general elections..chilungamo mwachibisa nd ndlama…indeed we’ve been conditioned 2 thnk that only politicians can solve our problemz bt when we wake up from our deep sleep we will realise dat it was..it iz and it will be these politicians who will continue 2 be the ones creating our problemz… oh lord zatiweluzeni
Athu okuda matha zitha nda azungu izi zungu ndiwamaplan
Mukuziwana!!
KOMA MALAWI ABALE TILI PANGOZI NDITHU. MUKUDZIWANA ETI? KOMADI NTHAWI YOTSILIZA. TCHINGA KUDYA ZAMKATIMWAKE. TIKULAMULIDWA NDI MA SILENT KILER.
mukudziwanso, eti
God Should Punish Them Even If They Stand For The Elections,they Are Going To Loose Because The Spirits Of Our Brothers And Sisters With Albinism Are Not Happy With Those Politicians.
God shouldn’t waste time and energy to punish people, tell him to protect albinos
Mukuyakhula bwanji Kodi
Osamasewera ndi mulungu
Haha you mean you are not going to arrest them but you are will just not allow them to contest in 2019 elections???? Where is the justice above all the human rights???
That means they all know who are these attackers,it’s realy true some politicians are involved
Inu makaikilabe muzafa kupusatu
Wasn’t doubting and that was part of a shock why is it hard nowadays to take these people to task.
Pali kanthu apa kokanula ndi scissors sure MEC tiwuzeni zoona
That an awkward moment when u are busy reading my comment to find out an awkward moment but itsn’t there any and u keep on reading this comment and u come to realise that it stipulates nothing important and you just wasted a couple of time of your life but you are still reading and you don’t even know why. That’s awkward you should criticise me for wasting your time. Thanks
chiZungu chimakushuphan heavy bro ma article nsabwe zamkalembedwe paliponse inu mukuona ngat mukuchongesa ife tikukhwasha sorry
You are shielding your mistakes by writting in Chichewa anyway I wanted a dude like you to read and u’ve done it, congrats
You are shielding your mistakes by writting in Chichewa anyway I wanted a dude like you to read and u’ve done it, congrats
kkkkk aaaa sorry am nt supposed 2 comment,accept my apologe plz!
Xap
So u mean u know them all?
So do they mean that they accept albino attacks? That’s bullshit and stupid.
If you know them..why can’t you a rest them?instead waiting till 2019 for elections..
ngati mukuwaziwa arrest them no need to wait for 2019
u mean u knw dem eeh?
Thats crystal and it seems u know those politicians ,So u have to say them to the entire nation
In my opinion, i think MEC is only trying to remind us all, malawians, that if one is convicted of a crime by a competent Court of Law within the last 7years preceding an election day, such a person can not, by law, be allowed to contest in such an election. The analogy of being convicted of a matter involving our brothers and sisters with albinism has only been used as an example to illustrate the point. It does NOT necessarily mean that only those convicted on issues affecting people with albinism will be the only ones to be barred from the election( conviction on other criminal offences attracts the same penalty). It does NOT mean that MEC knows the people involved in this barbaric practice.
In fact MEC is using it as an opportunity to FIGHT against this practice by reminding us that being involved in a criminal matter, let alone being convicted, disqualifies one from exercising his/her political right( in this regard, contesting for public office like MP, councillor, Presidency).
Thank you MEC for seizing the opportunity to fight CRIME.
Thank u Bertha for understanding my point. Am surprised by the comments pple are making on this posts. of course they are entitled to.
thanks for yur civic education.
good one.
Ur really right
bravo!!
Wise words blother
So you know Them ???????
Ndale zothe,mafumu abwerele maudindo awo ndimphamvuzawo zioneke,
bodza iri ngat munthu atapezeka ndiye kt amangidwa osati zmenezo komaso musanamizre za albino podzafuna kupondereza ena ngat alipo amangwidwe thats nonses
mec but why all these years you were silent???? you mean politicians are behind this deal God forbid next publish the names nafe tiwaziwe2 komaxoooo
So you know them “tell us more “
Ooook,it means u knw them well,bt ua hiding them too.mec commissioner,pls tel us there names.eeeeish malawi walero,mmmmmmmmm zoopsa.muziwana etiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.
Once you find them please let me know I will Fry to Malawi and deal with them nicely.
Kkkkllkklkkkkkkkk
Tell us more please.
Moti Mose Tikuvutika Mkumafufuzamu Inu Mukuwadziwa Ndithu ?
what about peter?
Which means you know them & so you are hiding them.God forbid!
How can the contest when they will be in jail upon being known or exposed?