Police in Lilongwe have arrested former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Kasungu West Alex Major, barely a day after authoring a strong worded letter against President Lazarus Chakwera’s leadership style.
Major has confirmed that he was summoned to Area 30 before being taken to Lingadzi police where he is being kept.
He says he has not yet been charged but suspects the arrest has to do with a statement he authored on Thursday, February 11, 2021, as the publicity secretary of concerned members of MCP known as “Second Liberation of Malawi Nation”.
The grouping is challenging the leadership to make some changes in how it is governing the country including firing some officials at Statehouse.
National police spokesperson, James Kadadzera, has asked for more time before commenting. Major’s lawyer Sylvester Ayuba James has also confirmed the arrest saying the police are yet to record a statement.
MCP operates within four Cornerstones, which among others demands total loyalty and discipline.
Multiparty democracy campaigners have always argued that the infamous cornerstones were a fertile ground for dictatorship.
Guys becareful. This is not apm who could ignore insults because he is a true democrat. As all are aware that even the americans failed to toralate the violence nosense to humiliate and intimidate the power of the ballot by the villain authors of the stupid slogan of the losers” irrugularities”. This is not dpp and this is not apm who could toralate strong criticisms. This is how people will remember apm. The guy of his own class. Those people you termed heroes were really not, only that apm was cool. You will little by little realise that you helped in digging your own grave.
Malawi shall never be democratic. There’s too much spilt blood crying out to God. This country needs cleansing. It all starts with the leadership.