Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have threatened to take action to force the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) pay back the money it received from councils and parastatals during the blue night fundraising dinner held at Kamuzu Palace.
According to reports, DPP solicited money from Blantyre City Council (BCC), Mzuzu City Council (MCC) and Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) totalling K13.5 million.
The reports sparked anger among CSOs who demanded that DPP must pay back the money it got from the institutions.
But the DPP disclosed that the party is not paying back the money arguing it did not force the institutions to donate the money for the blue night dinner.
DPP Secretary General Greselder wa Jeffrey is on record to have branded the calls to have the money returned as “Zachamba” (nonsense).
Reacting on the issue, Centre for the Development of People (CEDEP) Executive Director Gift Trapence has insisted that the ruling party must return the money arguing they are to mobilize the citizenry for action if the money is not paid back.
“As Civil Society Organizations we are not going to allow having that impunity and we are warning the ruling party it will return that money come rain come sunshine,” said Trapence.
He further urged President Peter Mutharika not to allow party members to be “insulting” the citizenry when they demand answers on issues of national interest.
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Abweze basi amenewa
CSOs..Get out…dont lead us to stupit Demostration……wats wrong with Donation /wat u call fundraising??…or u just hav badmind with dpp??…..
do not blame a person you have a responsibility to change your nation but you can not change the nation noise and noise each and every day you have to think big Malawian
Chisilu iwe wawononga dziko la malawi iwe well miss our kamuzu banda eich
Kapangen ma demowo muzatpeza mukakawelukako
After demos what next?
Mmmm umbanda wavuta
Noma 5-1 moyale
Cash gate in the name of BLUE NIGHT DONATION. This is pure stealing coz those moneys were not used for its intended purpose
Aaaaagh guys let’s be honest here ,,what does the word “fundraising” means??they donated the money in the name of fundraising so why should DPP retains the money?? inu a CSO musanatipase busy a Malawi everyday tizimva demonstration ndi zausiru zomwe,,muli mabvuto mu dziko muno ofunika kuwapanga handle not zanu mukukamba apazi,,get lost,, I hope a Malawi ozindikira sazabwerako Ku ma demo anuwo
DPP asked for the money by force, man. Do u follow things or because ur a DPP Cadet, u just comment? Shame on u!
who is dpp cadet??were u there when dpp were collecting money by force??ulibe umboni just as i am kuti chinachitika nchani so dont talk as if u know something idiot
Mmm Robin u just hav bad mind with dpp…how can they force only few insitution to pay??
Ndifunsireko Alli, Bvuto la a malawi ambiri tikakhala ndi negative altitude ndi anthu ena pakangochitika chilichonse timathamangira cricitism osaona bottom of the story,am not partizan ndikuyankhula ngati nzika.boma likalakwisa tilizuzule si mulandu koma not ndizopanda mitu zomwe
Malawi’s CSOs why were are you silence about late bingu’story that he left billions of Malawi kwacha in foreign banks where is that isseu.Add them so that it can be two.
Be fair with the old man.
Nkalabongo
Kkkkkk blue gate kuvina akudziwa kuti zalowa ha ha ha