DPP calls for Chakwera’s resignation

The Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has called on President Dr Lazarus Chakwera to resign now for what they called lack of direction.

The call comes following the statement by President Chakwera yesterday at the opening of a conference on Separation of Powers which the DPP said is dismayed and horrified.

In a statement signed by Shadreck Namalomba , the DPP observed that if Chakwera understood the duties placed upon his shoulders by the Constitution, he would have understood that the buck stops at his doorstep.

“The DPP wonders that if the President is not responsible, then who is? The DPP has always maintained that this country is on auto-pilot. There is nobody in charge. That is why everything is going wrong, and the Chakwera administration does not seem to care.

“The President provides executive leadership by among other tasks appointing a cabinet to manage government ministries and state companies, appointing Secretary to the President to supervise the civil service, appointing the Inspector General of Police and Army Commander of the Defense Forces, and the Head of the Judiciary, the Chief Justice and appointing heads of institutions such as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi, the Commissioner General of Malawi Revenue Authority, the Chairperson of Malawi Electoral Commission etc,” reads the statement.

Namalomba went further by asking Chakwera to resign for failing Malawians who trusted him through the ballot.

“When you listen to Chakwera’s utterances and promises before election, he said he would change everything and that if he does not change anything in two years, he will resign. Now he says it is not his job to change anything let alone everything,” said Namalomba.

Effort to talk to Minister of Information Moses Kunkuyu proved futile.