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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The suspension of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General, Martha Chizuma \u2014 coming not long after her infamous arrest on December 6, 2022 \u2014 is the \u201cclearest sign yet that corruption, Malawi\u2019s No. 1 enemy, is triumphing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Thus the People\u2019s Transformation Party president, Kamuzu Chibambo contends that corruption is amongst failures, wrongs and bad decisions amid several others by the Government \u2014 which are not only contrary to what the Tonse Alliance campaigned for in the 2020 Presidential Election \u201cbut are also increasingly frustrating all genuine efforts to fight this vice and the Rule of Law\u201d.<\/p>\n

The party has since announced its withdrawal from the Tonse Alliance with immediate effect from today, February 9. In the statement, Chibambo said: \u201cPresident Lazarus Chakwera last year told the citizenry that Malawi\u2019s No. 1 enemy is corruption and that it is not welcome here. This message excited the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said thus attests that corruption is triumphing following recent events sorrounding Chizuma \u2014 coupled with \u201cthe looming hunger in the nation due to rampant governance failures, dubious procurement and the haphazard supply of fertilizer under AIP as another troubling reality that continues to bedevil our nation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bizarre closure of ADMARC, which as we all know has for decades been the nation\u2019s life line for sale of grain and fertilizers, had created lots of miseries for our fellow Malawians \u2014 especially in rural areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of our courts too, including the highest Court in the land, have come under public scrutiny as to whether they sincerely are fighting corruption or they are instead aiding and abetting it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn light of this, PETRA\u2019s leadership is left with no option but to withdraw with immediate effect its membership from the Tonse Alliance as it hereby does,\u201d Chibambo said, while imploring \u201cpatriotic sons and daughters of Malawi [that] the time to arise and unite to fight this vice is now.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe future of our children and of generations to come is at stake. Let us join hands.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we close this chapter, it would be remiss of us not to express our gratitude for the opportunity availed to PETRA to provide and serve as the Alliance spokesperson which further accorded the Party the rare chance to moderate Alliance Partners\u2019 meetings. The gesture shall always be cherished.<\/p>\n

The Tonse Alliance formed towards the 2020 fresh presidential election, had Malawi Congress Party; Vice-President Saulos Chilima\u2019s UTM Party; former Head of State Joyce Banda\u2019s People\u2019s Party (PP); former Vice-President Khumbo Kachali\u2019s Freedom Party, AFORD, People\u2019s Progressive Movement, Umodzi Party and Mafunde.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Kachali, who was Vice-President to Joyce Banda\u2019s two-year administration after the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika in 2012, accused President Chakwera\u2019s Tonse Alliance administration of failing to fulfill campaign promises a year after being ushered into government.<\/p>\n

He was quoted by the media of having made the observation during a political rally held in Northern Region, at which he said Malawians are tired of Chakwera\u2019s fake Canaan promises.<\/p>\n

\u201cTonse alliance promised that price of fertilizer will be at K5,000 per 50kg bag, How much is the price now?\u201d Kachali is quoted as asking the gathering who replied in a chorus \u2018MK40,000 per bag\u2019. He also criticised continued fuel prize hikes then, arguing that it translated to increase of prices of essential commodities.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. The suspension of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General, Martha Chizuma \u2014 coming not long after her infamous arrest on December 6, 2022 \u2014 is the \u201cclearest sign yet that corruption, Malawi\u2019s No. 1 enemy, is triumphing\u201d. 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