Livingstonia Synod Backs UTM/MCP Day of Rage

Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) of Livingstonia Synod has backed the decision by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and its bedfellow United Transformation Movement (UTM) to stay away from work on Friday to force Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners out of office.

According to Secretary General for the Synod Reverend Levi Nyondo, if MEC commissioners are not going to resign all members of staff have been directed that they should be on a holiday on Friday.

“As a sign that we are annoyed with MEC, this morning, I told our staff that they should not come on Friday. It is going to be a holiday for the synod. We want to show that we, too, are not happy,” said Nyondo.

Nyondo added that they are also disappointed with what President Peter Mutharika has done by not signing the Electoral amendment bills and not taking heed of the recommendations by the Public Appointment Committee (PAC) of Parliament to fire MEC chairperson Jane Ansah and all commissioners.

“In other countries, it would have been very bad. But the President seems to be undermining the people’s demands. Ansah and her colleagues should kindly and politely step down. This is a serious request from the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia because she is confusing all Malawians from Nsanje to Chitipa.”

At a press briefing in Lilongwe on Tuesday, MCP and UTM said they have instructed their lawyers to ask the Constitutional Court to determine whether it is lawful for Ansah to continue holding her position when the court and Parliament stated that she is incompetent.

To this effect, the alliance partners said they have declared tomorrow a day of rage to remind Mutharika and Ansah that the country is tired of them taking Malawians for granted.