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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>On the political landscape, Malawi\u2019s New Year starts today when the High Court in Lilongwe delivers a ruling on preliminary issues that have been raised in the case in which Vice President Saulos Chilima is accused of demanding an unspecified sum of money from businessman Zuneth Sattar to influence government contracts.<\/p>\n

By any means, the ruling today will have a significant impact on Chilima\u2019s political next move. It is also a ruling that will also affect the current political landscape. Every political player is anxious to see what happens today. The country\u2019s political new year starts today.<\/p>\n

At the heart of the expected ruling is a fight between the State and the Defense on the submission of more disclosures. These disclosures include MDF council minutes that allegedly approved the same contract that Chilima is accused of influencing and the correspondence between President Lazarus Chakwera and MDF about Sattar.<\/p>\n

MDF insists that come hell or high water, they won\u2019t release the documents to protect national security. On the other hand, the defence argues that the State can\u2019t eat its cake and still have it. The state, they argued, must choose to protect national security and discharge Chilima or do the opposite \u2013 release all the documents and trial commences.<\/p>\n

Largely, the ruling will settle this argument either in State\u2019s favour to have them keep the documents but the trial continues or they keep the documents and the trial falls off and Chilima is discharged. Largely, it is this issue that is under the spotlight this morning from 10 am.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. On the political landscape, Malawi\u2019s New Year starts today when the High Court in Lilongwe delivers a ruling on preliminary issues that have been raised in the case in which Vice President Saulos Chilima is accused of demanding an unspecified sum of money from businessman Zuneth Sattar to influence government contracts. 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