What President Lazarus Chakwera calls taking personal wise decision is a predator that is hiding behind some bush and will soon prey on Malawians’ taxes unsympathetically.
While speaking to Times Television in an exclusive interview, President Chakwera has said there are no any misunderstandings between him and the Attorney General (AG), Chikosa Silungwe.
However, truth of the matter is that Chakwera’s disinterest in heeding to the legal counsel of the AG is just out of political emotions that will end up robbing Malawians of their hard earned taxes through unjustified compensations.
“People in different offices play the role of giving me their opinions including the AG, being the legal advisor to government. I take different pieces of advice from different people but others, the public are of the view that when the advice is not taken, then the working relationship is bad.
“When one is given the advice, they are at liberty to choose whether to take or not. I take counsel from a lot of people but I also look at the public interest the common Malawian and even the AG knows that the one who makes the decision is the President,” Chakwera justified himself.
The office of the Attorney General has been on record to have provided different pieces of legal wisdom to the government. However, Chakwera intends to become a Mr. know it all whose arrogance will highly cost the country in the long run.
Recently, the government fired two Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners: Linda Kunje and Jean Mathanga and the two took the matter to court challenging their dismissal. This matter and others may cost the country through compensations of the victims of justice and it is the taxes of Malawians that will foot such bills at a time the country reels from lack of sustainable developments that also depend on the same tax payer’s money.
