The question to address is “what has he achieved as Vice President”? Well thanks. In the history of Malawi we have had a number of Vice Presidents; the late Malewezi, Cassim Chilumpha, Joyce Banda and Saulos Chilima.
What did Malewezi achieve as Vice President in 10 years? None. What did Cassim Chilumpha achieve in 5 years? None, what did Joyce Banda achieve in 3 years? None, and what has Chilima achieved in 7 years? You expect a different answer because you hate or love Chilima? No. This question can’t be addressed whilst you are drunk in politics of hatred and despises.
To begin with, Vice President is a delegated role. He does what the president wishes him or her to do. That is why Cassim Chilumpha never performed any single role delegated by Bingu, Joyce Banda faced similar scenario, and now SKC was striped off all delegation possibilities. Chakwera can’t delegate him for any role. Now, that idle person you want him to achieve what?
By the way, Malawi under Dr Chakwera has received grants on trust of reforms the country has undertaken this far. Who championed the reforms? Wasn’t it Chilima? Nevertheless, the fact remains, you can’t track any achievements of any vice presidents in Malawi. That role is almost unnecessary under our laws. We were fooled, to think pastors are men of their words, only to learn some are the most crooked who can’t be trusted.
When Chakwera assumed power in the country after winning the second election, he promised voters that he was going to use his second-in-command positively and not like what the past leaders did. Everyone believed him and that belief was made strong because the message came out of the mouth of a person whose association with the pulpit was unquestionable. Surprisingly, a few months down the road Chakwera changed his tune and colours faster than a chameleon. His change of tune surprised people and that was indeed a smack onto Chilima’s face, he was made to eat an apple pie.
In any case Chakwera decided to take Chilima as his vice, it was therefore his choice to throw him into the gutter with no consequences. In simple terms, the marriage between the two was technically dissolved, kaput. Chilima being a grown-up person with functional brains, should have been be in a position to decide his own fate based on the application and workability of their agreement. His being in the alliance to this day can best be answered by Saulos Chilima himself. Contributions by him towards the Malawian people and the country as a whole obviously leaves quite a lot to be desired. Chilima once again is getting paid for doing nothing just like what he did in DPP’s time. Is Chilima a serial cheat or those breathing over his shoulders are overdoing it? As usual all he does is go about showcasing his vice presidency which apparently is nonprofitable to the Tax payers nor the country, possibly his family is the beneficiary.
The million dollar question to answered could be – “Is all that Chilima’s fault or the need to have a vice president in Malawi is a useless idea?” The many lawyers in the country should sit down and come up with something worth adopting other than this copy and paste thing because it would seem this load has been tried before in the past, it is on trial now but it would seem the benefits or advantages of having more Chilimas in Malawi doesn’t make sense at all and is certainly a waste of time and money. An astute and self-respectable person in developed countries would simply resign instead of reporting to an office whose existence makes no sense and is merely draining the public resources.