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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has made a U-turn on the authorization it granted to Malawians who want to hold demonstrations in support of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Martha Chizuma.<\/p>\n

The group calling itself \u2018Citizens Against Impunity and Corruption\u2019 wanted to take to the streets on Wednesday to express displeasure with the action taken by corruption suspect Ashok Nair to drag Chizuma to court for defamation over a leaked audio clip.<\/p>\n

Protests leaders already secured permission from the Lilongwe City Council but the council has today rescinded its decision after consultations with stakeholders.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this case, the office of the District Commissioner is writing to you that it has cancelled the permission that was given on 25th February, 2022. The permission has been cancelled because all the stakeholders have noted that the issue that you intended to demonstrate on is still at the High Court, Lilongwe Civil Registry,\u201d reads part of the letter which is signed by the district commissioner Lawford Lapani and has been addressed to one of the organizers Sylvester Ayuba James.<\/p>\n

The cancellation come hours after the organizers held a press briefing in Lilongwe where they stated their readiness to hold demonstrations. Martha Chizuma sued<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has made a U-turn on the authorization it granted to Malawians who want to hold demonstrations in support of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Martha Chizuma. The group calling itself \u2018Citizens Against Impunity and Corruption\u2019 wanted to take to the streets on Wednesday to express displeasure with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":17106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9],"tags":[233,371,300,234,835,554],"class_list":["post-17107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-corruption","tag-malawi","tag-martha-chizuma","tag-protests"],"yoast_head":"\nLilongwe Council says no to pro-Chizuma demos - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has made a U-turn on the authorization it granted to Malawians who want to hold demonstratio ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-council-says-no-to-pro-chizuma-demos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lilongwe Council says no to pro-Chizuma demos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has made a U-turn on the authorization it granted to Malawians who want to hold demonstratio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-council-says-no-to-pro-chizuma-demos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-28T20:58:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-28T21:06:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621d393720eba.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"493\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-council-says-no-to-pro-chizuma-demos#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-council-says-no-to-pro-chizuma-demos\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lilongwe Council says no to pro-Chizuma demos\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-28T20:58:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-28T21:06:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-council-says-no-to-pro-chizuma-demos\"},\"wordCount\":216,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-council-says-no-to-pro-chizuma-demos#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/02\/img-621d393720eba.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"corruption\",\"Malawi\",\"Martha Chizuma\",\"protests\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-council-says-no-to-pro-chizuma-demos#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-council-says-no-to-pro-chizuma-demos\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/lilongwe-council-says-no-to-pro-chizuma-demos\",\"name\":\"Lilongwe Council says no to pro-Chizuma demos - 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