Hundreds of people are flocking to Mai Dinala’s funeral at Chitawira in Blantyre, defeating COVID-19 measures of strictly 50 people attending such a ceremony.
We can reveal that women clad in UTM, MCP regalia and CCAP women’s guild have already gathered in large numbers at the funeral house.
While some of them have face masks, others have been spotted without the masks to prevent themselves from the risk of #COVID19.
The vigil also attracted a huge crowd last night, comprising church and party members as well as people in the surrounding neighbourhood.
Meanwhile, MDF are erecting tents at Soche SDA Church ground where the funeral service will be held in the presence of President Lazarus Chakwera.
This is a litmus test for the Chakwera administration in walking the talk as regards to the enforcement of restrictions on gatherings. #CFMNews #Malawi
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Mwayika photo yakale. President sangakhale choncho ndi anthu opanda ma bodyguard. Muchira.
Mukumva kuwawa ma Cadet. You have a long way to oppose. Muzolowera koma.
First of all the president went to the funeral as a president and not as a policeman to enforce the law…..so if anything these cadets should know better that it is not mr Chakweras responsibility to enforce the covid guidelines at the funeral.
Secondly these cadets should know that when a president travels, he does not travel alone…….his entourage alone would have taken 50% of the number required to attend a funeral per the new guidelines and it would have been unfair for the real mourners at the funeral to be chased away to accommodate the president entourage.
Thirdly, if the head of state attends a funeral it means that the funeral is not just any other funeral so there will always be some exceptions……..just as we allow our presidents to order stuff from abroad duty free although they get paid more than everyone working in the civil service.
I think just because the Tonse alliance government has given us all the freedom to criticise everything that we think is not going well, I think on the other hand, let us use this freedom maturely and use common sense before start pointing fingers.
it is not the president’s responsibility to enforce the law, all he has to do as a leader is nothing else but to lead by examples. If he says a thing to day it will not make any sense if he will be forefront walking back or contravening the same statutes he earlier instituted. He shouldn’t treat Malawians as his subjects but equals. Has he already forgotten that he said not long ago that he is a servant leader? MCP followers don’t just defend the indefensible when it obviously shows that Chakwera has an unbecoming character.
This is not hypocrisy but it is utter stupidity! you pass a law which is inappropriately doned! and you don’t even respect the law yourself! May I know why the
president was not arrested when he did not wear a mask and why he was attending funeral where there were more than 50 people? One law for some ? Honestly I am not Impressed. I sometimes wonder if Chakwera really knows what he id doing!