Chakwera says Mutharika living in ‘fantasy’

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera who is also leader of opposition in the National Assembly has described President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika as failure and living in a fantasy.

Speaking in a media briefing organized in the capital Lilongwe aiming at highlighting serious issues affecting the nation such as corruption, power outages, water crisis, sharp rise in consumables on the market and others, Chakwera said it is sad that the President is failing to provide solutions on the challenges rocking the country.

Chakwera said Malawi is in leadership crisis.

“Your Excellency, I tell you now without fear or favor, that you are living in a fantasy.

You live in Mutharika Republic, whose capital is the State House, where our taxes supply you with an endless supply of free water when Malawians have no water, free food when Malawians face hunger, free electricity when Malawians live in the dark ages, free travel when Malawians walk with no shoes, free fuel when Malawians cry at the pumps, free 100-million Kwacha cars with bullet-proof doors to protect you from imaginary enemies when Malawians have nothing to protect them from your disastrous leadership, free medical attention across the globe for your so-called rheumatism when Malawians are dying in hospitals with no medicines and no doctors,” said Chakwera.

He added: “The Mutharika Republic you live in and of which you are President is a different country from the one the rest of us live in, because the rest of us still live in Malawi, still live for Malawi, still go to school in Malawi, still go to hospital in Malawi, still raise our children in Malawi, still work for Malawi, and still fight for Malawi.

“And in your speeches from the distant and out-of-touch comfort of your Mutharika Republic, and in your failure to lead this great country for the past 30 months, you have made it abundantly clear that Malawi is not the country you are living in, its people are not the people you are working for, and its problems are not the problems you are working on.”

Chakwera called on Malawians to leave Mutharika to continue his “retirement in peace, for he is clearly past his prime.”

“I just hope that he does not expect us to continue funding his incompetence when we have 17 million Malawians that need more resources than his wasteful Government does.

“I also call upon all Members of Parliament and all Councilors to be brave to use your respective roles to serve your country, not your president, for the Malawians you represent are trusting you to show Mutharika that they have lost all confidence in him and his whole cabinet,” added Chakwera.

Meanwhile Presidential Press Officer Mgeme Kalilani has trashed Chakwera’s claims.