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Africa-Press<\/a> – Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Lazarus Chakwera has denied appointing his daughter, Violet, to the to the Malawi Mission to the European Union in Brussels. In his first direct comment on alleged appointment of his daughter, the President challenged those making allegations to check on their facts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am amazed that someone like you can make such allegations. No, she is not going to Brussels,\u201d said the President when asked about it and when read about statements he made about the nepotism, the President asked the host, \u201care you talking about qualifications?\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he only appoints Ambassadors and Deputies in foreign service, and he does not interfere with operations of Ministries and any other appointments lower than the stated ranks were not made by him.<\/p>\n

BBC Host Sarah Montague tried to pin Chakwera about his delegation to London, saying it contained family members who were not part of the meeting. \u201cI brought Malawians who have a role to play on the delegation. Each member of the delegation has own role to play,\u201d said the President.<\/p>\n

The President also dismissed the internet sensation that he had travelled to attend a virtual summit. \u201cI have attended virtual summits before in Malawi, I am here because I was invited to come in person,\u201d said the President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. President Lazarus Chakwera has denied appointing his daughter, Violet, to the to the Malawi Mission to the European Union in Brussels. In his first direct comment on alleged appointment of his daughter, the President challenged those making allegations to check on their facts. \u201cI am amazed that someone like you can make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,371,1368,933,1391,234,949],"class_list":["post-3133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-bbc","tag-diplomats","tag-llazarus-chakwera","tag-malawi","tag-violet-chakwera"],"yoast_head":"\nMy daughter not going to Brussels \u2013 Chakwera - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera has denied appointing his daughter, Violet, to the to the Malawi Mission to the European Unio ...\" \/>\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\/my-daughter-not-going-to-brussels-chakwera\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My daughter not going to Brussels \u2013 Chakwera\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Lazarus Chakwera has denied appointing his daughter, Violet, to the to the Malawi Mission to the European Unio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/my-daughter-not-going-to-brussels-chakwera\" \/>\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=\"2021-07-29T07:21:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/07\/img-6102566a24501.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1204\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"785\" \/>\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\/my-daughter-not-going-to-brussels-chakwera#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/my-daughter-not-going-to-brussels-chakwera\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"My daughter not going to Brussels \u2013 Chakwera\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-29T07:21:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/my-daughter-not-going-to-brussels-chakwera\"},\"wordCount\":221,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/my-daughter-not-going-to-brussels-chakwera#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2021\/07\/img-6102566a24501.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"BBC\",\"Diplomats\",\"Llazarus Chakwera\",\"Malawi\",\"Violet Chakwera\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/my-daughter-not-going-to-brussels-chakwera#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/my-daughter-not-going-to-brussels-chakwera\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/my-daughter-not-going-to-brussels-chakwera\",\"name\":\"My daughter not going to Brussels \u2013 Chakwera - 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