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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>A South Africa based law professor has told Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet to withdraw the letter of interdiction she issued to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director Martha Chizuma if the case is to be closed completely.<\/p>\n

Writing on his face book page, Professor Danwood Chirwa said withdrawing the letter of the interdiction should have been the first thing before the discontinuance of the appeal cases in the courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Colleen Zamba has not retracted her unlawful letter suspending the Director.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least I haven\u2019t seen any media reports to this effect. Either she\u2019s still sleeping or consulting her prophets in Nigeria,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

He said criminal proceedings are not civil proceedings, saying the DPP has authority over the former not the latter. He said as long as Zamba\u2019s letter remains not retracted, the appeal lodged by the attorney general Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda still stands.<\/p>\n

\u201d In fact, the ACB lawyers would be foolish not to show up on Monday at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose pro bono folks will surely be marauding the place. They have thrown us a seductive red herring,\u201d he says. On the DPP\u2019s claims of discontinuance of the case, Professor Chirwa said people must wait for the withdrawal papers.<\/p>\n

About the purported refutation of media claims that the President ordered the withdrawal of charges, Chirwa said everyone knows that the ministry of justice doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n

He said It is now an extension of the State House, being ruled by Zamba who\u2019s a proxy of the President. \u201cThe ministry exists primarily to defend corruption and looting by the State House and MCP government.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so please stop the nonsense that the President respects the independence of the DPP and the AG.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he did, Kayuni would still be around claiming allowances for trips he didn\u2019t take,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has hailed the Director of Public Prosecutions Masauko Chamkakala for discontinuing the case involving Anti Corruption Bureau Director General Martha Chizuma.<\/p>\n

HRDC chairperson Gift Trapence described the DPP\u2019s decision as the type of leadership that Malawians are looking for. Trapence said through that decision, democracy has won and urged leaders and public officers to be professional in their work.<\/p>\n

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