{"id":70361,"date":"2025-05-20T10:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/namiwas-treasonous-fantasy-a-dangerous-call-to-undermine-malawis-democracy"},"modified":"2025-05-20T10:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:26:00","slug":"namiwas-treasonous-fantasy-a-dangerous-call-to-undermine-malawis-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/namiwas-treasonous-fantasy-a-dangerous-call-to-undermine-malawis-democracy","title":{"rendered":"Namiwa\u2019s Treasonous Fantasy: A Dangerous Call to Undermine Malawi\u2019s Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>In what can only be described as an outrageous assault on constitutional order, Sylvester Namiwa has crossed a line no patriotic Malawian should ever tolerate. His recent suggestion\u2014that the Public Affairs Committee (PAC), an unelected civil society body, should take over government functions ahead of the 2025 elections\u2014is not just misguided. It is treasonous, subversive, and a spit in the face of every Malawian who cherishes democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not sugarcoat this: Namiwa is proposing a civilian coup. There is no other way to interpret his wild fantasy. He is calling for a direct usurpation of legitimate power from a democratically elected president and government. In a functioning constitutional democracy, that is sedition. In a country with less tolerance for political lunacy, he would already be in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>This is not advocacy. This is not dissent. This is an open flirtation with anarchy\u2014an attempt to drag Malawi into a dark pit of constitutional collapse. It is a betrayal of the very principles that bind us as a sovereign republic.<\/p>\n<p>Namiwa speaks of \u201csaving\u201d Malawi, but who gave him that mandate? Not the voters. Not the Constitution. Not any legitimate institution. He stands on a self-built platform of delusion, trying to cloak a brazen power grab in the language of civil society.<\/p>\n<p>And where, we must ask, is this righteous indignation coming from? Certainly not from a place of patriotism or respect for law and order. Namiwa\u2019s proposal reeks of desperation from political actors who cannot win at the ballot box and are now resorting to backdoor tactics that would make even autocrats blush.<\/p>\n<p>What he proposes is the kind of reckless rhetoric that precedes coups in unstable nations. It\u2019s the language of failed states. It is the very danger that Malawi\u2019s hard-fought democratic journey was built to resist.<\/p>\n<p>Malawians need to be alert. The path to tyranny is often paved with \u201calternative\u201d solutions that seem innocent on the surface\u2014until they rip away the constitutional fabric of a nation. This is how democracy dies: not always with gunfire, but with a man in a suit and tie calling for \u201ctemporary\u201d shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p>Let Namiwa be reminded: power in Malawi is not transferred through press conferences or NGO platforms. It is earned through the ballot, by the people, and for the people. Any attempt to circumvent that process is a direct insult to the Constitution and to every citizen who values peace and freedom.<\/p>\n<p>This is not just poor judgment. It is sabotage.<\/p>\n<p>And it must be condemned in the strongest terms possible.<\/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. In what can only be described as an outrageous assault on constitutional order, Sylvester Namiwa has crossed a line no patriotic Malawian should ever tolerate. His recent suggestion\u2014that the Public Affairs Committee (PAC), an unelected civil society body, should take over government functions ahead of the 2025 elections\u2014is not just misguided. 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