By Vincent Gunde
Two activists Bon Kalindo and Lytone Mangochi have advised former President Dr. Bakili Muluzi to side with Malawians especially now that all are demanding Commission of Inquiry to investigate circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Dr. Saulos Chilima and eight others, in the Chikangawa forest in June this year.
Kalindo and Mangochi have told Dr. Muluzi that Malawians love him and will continue to respect him forever for championing democracy in the country from one-party state and dictatorship to multiparty democracy in 1994.
They have asked Dr. Muluzi never and ever championed democracy from where it is today to one-party state and dictatorship reminding him that Malawians of today are not the same as they were in 2020, side with Malawians for his legacy to continue to be respected.
Speaking through different audio clips circulating in various media platforms, Mangochi says it was not good for Dr. Bakili Muluzi stands at a podium accusing United Democratic Front (UDF) members that have taken a hand in blocking the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) from attending UDF Convention.
Mangochi has advised Dr. Muluzi said that if he is holding secret meetings with the MCP to take UDF members to support President Chakwera’s bouncing back into government in 2025 that is a waste of time and resources.
He has appealed to Dr. Bakili Muluzi takes his son, Atupele to the MCP and leaves UDF members alone saying UDF members whatever circumstances are sailing through, no one is ready to join the MCP which has been labelled the party of death and darkness.
“You better go alone with your son Atupele, UDF members will join Malawians in a quest of pushing President Chakwera to constitute the Commission of Inquiry to prove him and his MCP not guilty to have taken a hand in the killing of Dr. Chilima and eight others,” says Mangochi.
On his part, Kalindo has advised the UDF not to make a mistake of making a political alliance with the MCP saying do so will make the party end like curtains on the wall assuring Dr. Muluzi and Atupele said that their speeches at the Convention were questionable that one leg is with the MCP.
Kalindo says the UDF has a good history of democracy In Malawi saying its duty is to safeguard the hard-won democracy assuring it that nobody in Malawi will erase UDF history, the party is supposed to walk, and speak of what Malawians are wanting to do.
“Crocodiles have no democracy, they are wild animals, if you want the UDF history of you and Atupele to be erased in the country’s political history, join the MCP, the UDF which is being seen today, tomorrow won’t be there,” he says.
