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C F S C P R E S S R E V I C F S C P R E NOVEMBER S 2012 S News clippings R with analysis From the E Major newspapers V in Malawi I Compiled by the E Center for Social Concern W (CFSC) Box 40049 Lilongwe 4 Area 25 Next to St. Francis Parish Tel: 01 715 632 www.cfscmalawi.org CFSC Press Review November 2012 LIST OF NEWSPAPERS REVIEWED Daily Times The Weekend Nation T he Sunday T i m e s Malawi News The Guardian Nation on Sunday The Nation CFSC Press Review November 2012 PREVIEW The political scene was awash with so many things in November. The sitting of Parliament also saw a number of things happening that affected political parties in one-way or the other. Some parliamentarians dumped the ruling People’s Party and this meant some support on the government side was lost. Again United Democratic Front UDF Member of Parliament and Economic Planning minister was voted Chairperson of the party at a convention that was held in Blantyre. This automatically changed his future in the running of business as cabinet minister. Despite the calls for Atupele Muluzi to resign from cabinet he did not do so, instead he resigned after some members of the ruling party had ridiculed him at a public political rally. This is what politics is like in Malawi; today one is in government the next second he is in the opposition. Malawi’s economy needs a lot more if it is to improve at a steadfast speed. Goodall Gondwe an economic expert made it clear at a meeting on Malawi’s economy. Is the hunger situation in Malawi being exaggerated as some people are saying? Already there have been distribution of food items to the needy but some still think the government only wants to blow things out of proportion. Malawi Council of Churches MCC has raised concerns over the way some people dress in churches. Of late people have embraced some trendy fashion of dressing a thing that has not amused the men of God and they want this to change. At what age should girls in Malawi get married? This is the big question that is being asked. Should it be at 18, 16 or 21? Debates still continue to flow over the issue, as some still think 21 is the right age. The arguments are that at this age a girl must have finished with education and is mature enough to make such a huge decision. At least there has been some will by the African continent to have women in political leadership positions. It seems Africa is now willing to give a chance to women to play an active role in political activities. Rwanda is a good example of a good number of women who are in parliament assisting government in formulating policies. CFSC Press Review November 2012 POLITICS The United Democratic Front UDF held its convention in November where members elected Atupele Muluzi as the National Chairperson for the party. Muluzi, who is the son of the former president of Malawi Dr Bakili Muluzi, won after the party’s constitution was amended on the age limit for presidential candidate. Way before the convention was held the party had been sailing in troubled waters after a series of wrangles for leadership. Party followers look forward to strengthening of the party now that the convention has been done. The outcome of the convention seems not to have amused some members who have since left the party to form their own. Friday Jumbe, who has been involved in wrangles with fellow UDF members over leadership, announced the formation of a new party called Labour Party. Jumbe who was in one faction of the party is at present accusing the party for using him. He is the man that former president Dr Bakili Muluzi entrusted with the chairmanship of the party. But as it was to be some people never recognized him as leader of the party instead formed other groupings that were against Jumbe. In November 2012 we witnessed how some public utterances can break and cause trouble for others. The Bible makes it clear that tells people to tame the tongue. They say a few words are enough for the wise and yes indeed just a few podium utterances saw Atupele Muluzi resigning from his position as minister of economic planning. How one would wish politicians checked their speeches on the podium. Atupele Muluzi resigned from the cabinet after some overzealous People’s Party PP officials insulted his integrity at a public rally. Press reports have shown that Muluzi was bitter after some PP publicly washed his dirty linen in public. Among other things the party officials are reported to have told the people at a political rally that Muluzi cannot become leader of Malawi because he does not speak Yao, the official language for the Eastern Region where he comes from. One wonders why a mere party official could insult a cabinet minister and get away with it. It is now not surprising to see Atupele Muluzi reigning from his position. The UDF had been asking its members of parliament who are in the cabinet to resign but such calls fell on deaf ears. Meanwhile some political experts have warned that Muluzi’s resignation is a sign that he is not strong enough to withstand any verbal attacks from opponents. Have since advised Muluzi to grow a thick skin. While it was inevitable that Muluzi would sooner or later be dropped from the cabinet, his resigning because of verbal insults is the last thing that many people expected. On the other hand some observers feel Atupele’s resignation is a loss to the opposition United Democratic Front UDF because by having a member in the cabinet, it meant the party was part of the decision making process in running of government business. Parliament in its November sitting authorized the Tripartite Elections. Both the opposition and government sides of the National Assembly voted for the tripartite elections in 2014. This means that for the first time in Malawi people will be voting a presidential, parliamentary and councilor. It has taken government more than 13 years to have this bill tabled and passed. The regimes have given one excuse after the other for their failure to give a go ahead for the tripartite elections. There was a kind of drama in the National Assembly during the November sitting. The United Democratic Front UDF members of parliament for one day crossed the floor from the CFSC Press Review November 2012 government side to the opposition only to return 24 hours later. The party had been sitting on the government side and was giving government the much-needed support. According to the UDF members of parliament they had to get back to the government side because that is what their party had instructed them to do so. Political violence resurfaced in the month under review in Thyolo District. Supporters of the former ruling party are alleged to have stoned PP followers. President Joyce Banda had gone to Thyolo North Constituency where she addressed a public rally at the time of the incident. More than ten people were injured during the incident. But as usual the suspected perpetrators of the violent act denied the accusations. This incident took place weeks after supporters from different political parties fought in Mzimba District during the bye-election. CFSC Press Review November 2012 ECONOMY Just like it did with the revenue collections, the former government is reported to been doing the same with the inflation rate. So many learned experts always questioned why the Malawi nation kept having single digit inflation year in year out. Despite the high cost of food items that is one component that helps in coming up with the inflation, government then made sure that the inflation still remained a single digit. It should be noted that even at a time when it was obvious that there was a food shortage the government of the day that time still insisted Malawi was a food secure nation. One can never tell what else our politicians sugarcoated. It is now common knowledge that low-income earners are the majority in Malawi. This means that they again the major contributor of revenue through taxes. But then experts have noted that the current tax system is a burden to low-income earners. The Centre For Social Concern’s CFSC survey on Malawi’s taxation system has since proposed that there should be a change in the system that will work in favour of the poor. CFSC has always asked for an increase in the tax free band so that the low income earners can find some kind of relief, in these times of economic hardships, but the policy makers have always done it their way. At present the tax free band is at K15,000, but CFSC has proposed that it should be moved up to K25,000. Media reports on the same study also proposed an increase in taxes for those that earn a lot of money. CFSC proposed hat there should be another tax band introduced for those that earn more than K400,000 a month and that these should pay 40%. Former finance minister Goodall Gondwe, who was also economic advisor to the former president Dr Bakili Muluzi, hit the nail on its head when he said Malawi’s economy will take time to recover. Speaking at an Economic Association of Malawi ECAMA conference held in November, Gondwe noted that while Malawi formulates one of the best budgets, there was need to find where to start when implementing the policies.
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