{"id":29735,"date":"2022-08-23T14:38:11","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity"},"modified":"2022-08-23T17:07:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T17:07:52","slug":"cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity","title":{"rendered":"CDEDI demands removal of presidential immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Firebrand human rights watchdog \u2013 Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) \u2013 has challenged President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to start the process of removing presidential immunity, stressing that this is key to succeed in the fight against corruption in Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>CDEDI Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa said by removing the immunity, Chakwera would have also made a bold statement that he was not entangled in any corruption scandals that have rocked the country in the two years of his leadership. Namiwa made the sentiments at a press briefing held in Lilongwe on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The firebrand human rights fighter said CDEDI and well-meaning Malawians expected President Chakwera to seize the opportunity of gracing the Africa Day Against Corruption open day activities held in Dedza to declare total war on corruption by announcing that he has moved the system to amend Section 91 of the Constitution, which shields first citizens from criminal prosecution while in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIronically, the day was commemorated exactly seven days after CDEDI wrote President Chakwera on July 4, 2022, reminding him to re-affirm his commitment towards walking the talk on zero-tolerance on corruption, as per the fourth pillar of his Super-Hi5. CDEDI\u2019s letter was a reminder to the President to honour his promise on trimming presidential powers by, among other means, directing the office of the Attorney General (AG) and the Law Commission, to start the amendment process of Section 91 of the Constitution,\u201d said Namiwa.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that Chakwera\u2019s alleged changing of tunes and dragging his feet on removing presidential immunity strengthens fears that first citizens entangle themselves in corrupt activities; hence, it\u2019s safer remaining immune.<\/p>\n<p>Namiwa vowed that CDEDI will not relent in piling pressure on the President to either scrap off the presidential immunity or come out in the open and accept that he is compromised in the fight against corruption and, therefore, not fit to continue serving in the high office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is strongly feared that President Chakwera\u2019s heavy political influence has culminated into arm-twisting on ACB director general, madam Chizuma. A classic example being the case where soon after the arrest of the former Inspector General of Police, Dr. George Kainja, the ACB\u2019s chief legal and prosecutions officer Mr. Victor Chiwala publicly told Malawians that four more arrests, in relation to the same alleged corruption scandal, would follow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmost three weeks down the line, none of the \u2018four more\u2019 has been arrested. Given this scenario, who can be stopped from suspecting the President\u2019s hand working behind the scenes, controlling the ACB director general, for obvious fears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is for this reason that CDEDI is reminding madam Chizuma that Malawians have put under the microscope any action and word from the ACB, and there are some glaring traits of political manipulation in the way the bureau has been conducting its business lately. We can safely speculate that the appointing authority has put spanners in the works of the bureau as regards the promised four more arrests,\u201d narrated Namiwa.<\/p>\n<p>He also reminded the ACB Director General that Malawians are waiting for the day the alleged high-profile case involving a British businessperson Zuneth Sattar will be tackled with the urgency they deserve.<\/p>\n<p>The CDEDI leader also reminded Chakwera that he has six more days to act on Section 91 of the Constitution or brace for nationwide demonstrations to force him to start honouring his flagship campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Firebrand human rights watchdog \u2013 Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) \u2013 has challenged President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera to start the process of removing presidential immunity, stressing that this is key to succeed in the fight against corruption in Malawi. CDEDI Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa said by removing the immunity, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-29735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>CDEDI demands removal of presidential immunity - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Firebrand human rights watchdog \u2013 Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) \u2013 has challenged Pre ...\" \/>\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\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CDEDI demands removal of presidential immunity\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Firebrand human rights watchdog \u2013 Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) \u2013 has challenged Pre ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity\" \/>\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=\"2022-08-23T14:38:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-23T17:07:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_2-630509494693f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\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\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CDEDI demands removal of presidential immunity\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-23T14:38:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-23T17:07:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity\"},\"wordCount\":579,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_2-630509494693f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/cdedi-demands-removal-of-presidential-immunity\",\"name\":\"CDEDI demands removal of presidential immunity - 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