Anti-government demos organizers to take legal action if President Mutharika refuses to receive petition

By Falles Kamanga

The organisers of the ongoing today’s anti-government demonstrations  says will take a legal action if the President denies to receive the petition

Briefing the media this morning at community ground in Lilongwe, the Chairperson of the organization committee Gift Trapence said, the have received permission yesterday from Court that the President must receive their petition today and failure to do so they have right to take legal action.

He said they have organised a peaceful match to demonstrate how sad Malawians are because currently many things are not moving well such as corruption, electricity and water problem among other things.

Trapence said the Match will start from Lilongwe community ground to capital hill and there in no restrictions until they deliver their petition to the President.

The demonstration are underway across the country whose main event is in the capital  Lilongwe.

However, President Peter Mutharika is expected to leave this afternoon for United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York in the United States of America (USA).

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.