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NGO condemns violence

by JONATHAN PASUNGWI
09/05/2018
in National News
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The 50:50 Campaign Management Agency has condemned the fracas and attack o f Mulanje West legislator Patricia Kaliati (Democratic Progressive Pa r t y- DPP) on the sidelines of the Third Meeting of the 47th Session of Parliament last Friday.

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The agency has since asked the office of the Speaker of Parliament and police to investigate the matter and ensure that the culprits are brought to book.

In a statement released on Monday and co-signed by the 50:50 Campaign team leader Viwemi Chavula and ActionAid executive director Grace Malera, the agency says the attack poses a threat to the country’s democracy as the development could deter Malawian women’s participation in politics.

Reads the statement in part: “The Agency has noted with concern

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incidents of violence that occurred at Parliament during the occasion of the opening of the Third Meeting of the 47th Session of Parliament on 4th May 2018. The Agency is particularly concerned and saddened with the barbaric incidents that took the form of physical and verbal attacks on Mulanje West Member of Parliament honourable P a t r i c i a K a l i a t i . This development is retrogressive, constitutes violence against women in politics and elections is a serious threat to Malawi’s democracy”.

The agency stressed the need for a conducive political environment for women as the country draws close to next year’s tripartite elections.

Kaliati, who is a former minister of Information and Communications Technology, was attacked at Parliament on Friday alongside other DPP legislators by suspected DPP youth cadets who were brave enough to disturb the proceedings of the House as President Peter Mutharika delivered the 2018 State of the Nation Address.

But in a statement released on Saturday signed by DPP publicity secretary Francis Kasaila, the ruling party disassociated itself from the violence saying the party does not condone violence in any form and called the police to thoroughly investigate the act and bring the culprits to book.

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