Second Deputy Speaker Aisha Adams has ruled to remove allegations made by Member of Parliament for Blantyre City South East, Sameer Suleman against Finance Minister Simplex Chithyola from the Hansard due to a lack of evidence.
Adams noted that Suleman had not submitted any evidence by 2 pm.
Chief whip Jacob Hara, satisfied with the ruling, proposed that the business committee address Suleman’s conduct for frequently making unfounded allegations.
Suleman was yesterday ordered by the first deputy speaker to present evidence to Parliament regarding his claims that Chithyola mismanaged funds from the Global Fund.
According to Suleman, the Minister of Finance would find it difficult to win donor confidence for the budgetary support after allegedly misappropriating funds.
Responding to the accusations, Chithyola said there is no court of law which found him guilty in relation to the alleged abuse of funds.
“I have a clean record. there is no judgement that found me guilty. It is politically unsound that somebody will attack me like this,” said Chithyola.
Chithyola had presented a ministerial statement on the devaluation of the Malawi Kwacha.
