{"id":28386,"date":"2022-08-04T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/misa-malawi-commends-chakweras-tonse-on-sedition-laws-repeal-2"},"modified":"2022-08-04T22:12:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:12:05","slug":"misa-malawi-commends-chakweras-tonse-on-sedition-laws-repeal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/misa-malawi-commends-chakweras-tonse-on-sedition-laws-repeal-2","title":{"rendered":"MISA Malawi commends Chakwera\u2019s Tonse on sedition laws\u2019 repeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>MISA Malawi has commended move by the Malawi government to repeal some of sections of the Penal Code and Protected Flag, Emblems and Names Act in order to stop criminal offences on sedition.<\/p>\n

In a statement, MISA Malawi chairperson Teresa Ndanga said for several years, MISA Malawi has been calling for the repeal of such archaic and undemocratic laws as they are not only consistent with the current Constitutional order but are broad, vague and subject to abuse by the authorities who strongly dislike criticism or opposing views.<\/p>\n

She said MISA Malawi is delighted to note that the government has decided to remove such laws from the county\u2019s statues, hoping that the move will definitely open up the civic space and ensure unhindered participation of every Malawian in the democratic discourse.<\/p>\n

\u201d MISA Malawi urges Members of of Parliament ( MPs) to critically look at the proposed Bills and ensure that freedoms of expression, opinions, media freedom are upheld and protected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would also like to ask the government to move a step further and repeal all laws that restrict and criminalise freedoms of expression, opinion and the press in Malawi and level the field for unrestricted civic participation,\u201d said Ndanga.<\/p>\n

Notices from the Attorney General (AG) Thabo Chakaka-Nyirenda to the Malawi Parliament show that the government is expected to table the Protected Flag, Emblems and Names (Amendment) Bill, 2022 and Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, 2022.<\/p>\n

Both Bills propose the repeal of sedition offences. In Malawi, administrations have often used such laws to silence and punish critical voices in the name of protecting \u2018dignity and honour\u2019 of public officials and offices.<\/p>\n

Section 4 of the Protected Flag, Emblems and Names Act of 1967 reads: \u201cAny person who does any act or utters any words or publishes or utters any writing calculated to or liable to insult, ridicule or to show disrespect to or with reference to the President, the National Flag, the Armorial Ensigns, the Public Seal, or any protected emblem or protected likeness, shall be liable to a fine of \u00a31,000 and to imprisonment for two years\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sections 50 and 51 of the Penal Code spell out seditious intention and seditious offences by, among others, defining seditious intention as an intention \u201cto bring into hatred and contempt or to excite disaffection against the person of the President, or the Government\u201d. Successive governments have used these laws and sedition charges to restrict freedoms of expression and opinion; and gag criticism.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. MISA Malawi has commended move by the Malawi government to repeal some of sections of the Penal Code and Protected Flag, Emblems and Names Act in order to stop criminal offences on sedition. 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