{"id":28999,"date":"2022-08-13T20:27:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T20:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakweras-cheerleaders-spoil-african-bar-association-conference"},"modified":"2022-08-13T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T21:35:34","slug":"chakweras-cheerleaders-spoil-african-bar-association-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/chakweras-cheerleaders-spoil-african-bar-association-conference","title":{"rendered":"Chakwera\u2019s \u2018cheerleaders\u2019 spoil African Bar Association conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Decent event gone bad as Malawi President\u2019s cheerleaders turned the opening ceremony of African Bar Association Annual General Conference into a political event on Monday morning in the capital Lilongwe.<\/p>\n

The women who were donning the rulling Malawi Congress Party colours, glorified Chakwera in the course of his speech through songs. The women performed in a way they deliver at political rallies which are meant to woo voters, a development which is believed to have spoiled the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cHello Malawi, this is not a political rally, it is an international event for heaven\u2019s sake. Why are we fond of embarassing ourselves?\u201d Reads one of the comments<\/p>\n

\u201cIts high time we learned to differentiate a political event from an official one. This is serious business. By the way elections are not on sight.\u201d Reads another comment Chakwera presided over the opening ceremony of the event which has attracted legal minds from different parts of the world.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Decent event gone bad as Malawi President\u2019s cheerleaders turned the opening ceremony of African Bar Association Annual General Conference into a political event on Monday morning in the capital Lilongwe. The women who were donning the rulling Malawi Congress Party colours, glorified Chakwera in the course of his speech through songs. 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