By Vincent Gunde
Human Rights Advocator Sir Charles Ben Longwe, says since President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera took office of the presidency in June, 2020, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has never fought a good battle saying the Age Limit Bill is a strong poison which was initiated a long time ago and now it is in the ring, Parliament.
Ben Longwe has reminded Malawians that some of the DPP MPs endorsed Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika and others, said no to this and have joined the MCP and Agape Khombe for the bill to be tabled in Parliament to create tension in the DPP.
He said DPPs Mary Navicha went to court to obtain an injunction against tabling the age limit bill but High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda rejected for the bill to go in Parliament but the question still remains, who is being targeted?
Speaking from his Hard Knocks University, Ben Longwe said one who is being targeted not to stand in the 16th September, 2025 elections, is Professor Mutharika appealing to Mec and the NRB to freeze the whole system of voter registration exercise for all over-aged voters not to take part in the voting processes.
Ben Longwe said all the over-aged people registered their names in the voter registration exercise to vote for a fellow over-aged Mutharika now that the law has barred him from standing, the over-aged people will not find a candidate of their choice to be voted for, their choice was Mutharika.
He has argued that there are grandfathers and mothers in the August House representing their constituencies saying this bill must also target them, their names must be taken off from MEC and NRBs voter registration exercise for the youth, those who are not above 60 years to be in Parliament.
The Advocator said for the age limit bill to make sense, it should have started a long time ago before Mec and NRB commenced voter registration exercise as this could have given ample time to all the grannies not to register their names because their preferred candidate was not allowed to stand in the elections.
“Professor Mutharika is old, Malawians are all aware, don’t bring politics into the National Assembly for the law to target one person, whether you like it or not, we will not allow this nonsense,” said Longwe.
He said the country has found itself in many problems ranging from poor governance to economic crisis questioning where the youth? Saying one of the youthful presidential aspirants is Dr. Atupele Muluzi urging all the youth in the country to vote for him if the grannies like Professor Mutharika cannot help.
Ben Longwe said in the June, 2020 elections, the youth won the elections and why not in 2025 claiming that the country has a youthful President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera but he is going to come 16th September, 2025 elections, the youth themselves are tired of him.
He has finally warned Members of Parliament that if Parliament cannot stand with the rights of the citizens, then there’s no Government and Parliament and this calls for an Interim Government to be formed in Malawi to oversee the elections coming in September advising them to continue with their stupidity by lighting the fire to see how Malawi will be.
