Members of Concerned Citizens of Malawi have started assembling at Yanakis in Blantyre ready for what they describe as mass demonstrations aimed at forcing government to address some of the challenges people in the country are facing.
Heavily armed Police officers have also gathered in order to make sure the demonstrations are held in a peaceful manner.
According to Chairperson for the grouping Oliver Nakoma, they expect to present their petition to the District Commissioner for Blantyre District Council and not to Sanjika Palace as planned earlier.
“We changed both the route and where to present our petition following stakeholders meeting which took place on Tuesday”, said Nakoma.
He added that his grouping agreed with stakeholders including police on how to do it so that peace prevails.
Among other issues they want to present are rising cost of commodities, increased number of university and secondary school students who are dropping out of school due to lack of financial support and unfulfilled campaign promises by Lazarus Chakwera.
He further said they want government to address these challenges now or call for a referendum so that Malawians should make a decision if this government should continue ruling the country or not.
The last paragraph is the most contentious point requiring thrashing out for the wellbeing, prosperity and safety of the nation. Malawi shouldn’t be managed as a clan or club whereby decisions are arrived at based on the interests of the few.
Efforts have been made to suggest to the people in government on how to run the affairs of the land by adhering to already tailor-made laws but all that has fallen on deaf ears. One thinks all that is done deliberately or the man at the top is a Zombie and the puppet masters are taking advantage of his ignorance and lack of common-sense. Therefore best solution is to go out there and hold a referendum in order to source the wishes and directions of the trumpled-upon Malawians before things further drift into unretrievable situations due to one misplaced ‘Conman.
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