President Lazarus Chakwera has once again taken to the podium to call for peaceful and violence-free campaign meetings.

But even as he speaks of peace, his silence on the violent behavior of his own panga-wielding thugs speaks louder than any sermon he can deliver.

Should Malawians trust a leader who ignores brutality committed in his name while publicly preaching calm?

Your guess is as good as mine.

This president is, quite frankly, empty-headed.

He is the worst president Malawi has ever seen — confused, indecisive, and infatuated with speeches that carry no substance or action.

He spends more time talking than leading, as if the nation is his Sunday congregation and he is forever trapped in the pulpit.

Under his leadership, Malawi has plunged deeper into misery, and it is an insult to the people’s intelligence that he still stands at the helm without shame.

If Chakwera had an ounce of political integrity left, he should have resigned a long time ago.

His tenure has been riddled with indecision, passivity, and dangerous silence when leadership was needed most.

Take for example the recent violence against Smart Matic protests in the capital city.

Citizens exercising their democratic right to express discontent were met with unprovoked attacks, and yet the so-called “man of peace” had no meaningful response.

Instead, he remained conveniently quiet while his political machinery unleashed chaos on the very people he claims to serve.

To make matters worse, while abroad in Nigeria, Chakwera offered yet another one of his signature tone-deaf speeches — full of self-praise, lacking accountability, and completely disconnected from the realities back home.

His words were an embarrassment and a betrayal to every Malawian facing hardship, intimidation, and poverty under his watch.

From the moment of the violent Smart Matic incident to last night’s useless national address, nothing meaningful has happened.

No arrests, no condemnations, no decisive action — just silence and another empty speech.

Chakwera has proven time and again that he prefers the sound of his own voice over the cries of his people.

He is addicted to rhetoric and allergic to responsibility.

His failure to decisively act in the face of violence disqualifies him as a peacemaker.

His selective morality, where he condemns generic violence but protects his own thugs, shows he is more concerned with political survival than national unity.

Malawians are not fools.

We do not need another smooth-talking pastor in State House.

We need a leader with spine, with action, with a moral compass that does not sway with political convenience.

President Chakwera’s words no longer carry weight — they are rehearsed lines in a bad play, and the audience is tired of watching.

It is time to call his bluff.

It is time to say what many are thinking: Malawi needs leadership, not lip service.

We are tired of lies dressed as hope, and speeches dressed as solutions.

Chakwera has failed.

And no amount of holy-sounding language will cover up the rot of cowardice and inaction that defines his presidency.