BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The Centre for Mindset Change (CMC) has condemned the continued politicization of COVID 19 pandemic that has threatened the welfare of many lives across the world by some people in the society.
In a press statement issued on Monday, April 20, 2020, CMC Chairperson Phillip Kamangirah denounced the behaviour of some leaders and groups of individuals who have take the crisis for political gains by putting their political ambitions in front of the lives of people under serious threat due to the novel coronavirus.
CMC has also entreated all stakeholders to came together
and work out on the solutions in order to manage the pandemic while performing their duties to ensure that there is bonds of unity among Malawians.
It has also recommended Government of Malawi for taking all the steps and precautionary measures in the fight against COVID 19.
CMC has call upon continued engagement between government and all stakeholders in decisions on how to implemented the fight against COVID 19.
Below is CMC full statement:
CONTINUED POLITICIZATION OF COVID – 19 IS A SAD DEVELOPMENT
FOR MALAWI
The Centre for Mindset Change (CMC) is puzzled with the continued politicization of COVID 19 by some quarters of our society. COVID – 19 has puncture around the globe, sending billions of people into lockdown as health services tussle to manage.
TRAVERSED by our private conscious, a national call to the service of our country, in and conventional HEEDFUL of our civic duties and common humanity DEMEANOR IN ACQUAINTANCE of objectives set forth in the Constitution of the Republic Malawi ACCUSTOMED of our duty to develop and exploit our social and sequential gifts to spear-heard peace building, Social Justice and democracy, preserve dignity, observation of the rule of Law and to strengthen the bonds of unity among Malawians.
DISTINGUISHING the need for organized leadership and stewardship for the proper conduct and practice of our affairs AFFIRMING our responsibility in each generation to make our faith in ourselves in reality, in honesty of thought and expression and in purity of heart, we are worried with the current politicization of the COVID 19.
? It is only in Malawi where a group of individuals can choose to put the lives of people under
serious threat in order to serve their political ambitions.
? It is only in Malawi where leaders can take a crisis for political gains
? It is only in Malawi where people can simply fail to recognize the danger of COVID 19 when the
entire world has been on silence.
? It is only in Malawi where Politics has become order of the day even amidst the crisis of COVID.
We are therefore calling upon all people to look at the COVID 19 as a Public Health issue and not political.
We also wish to recommend the Government of Malawi for taking all the steps and precautionary measures in the fight against COVID 19.
It is time that all stakeholders came together and work out on the solutions in order to manage the pandemic. We further call upon continued engagement by Government to all stakeholders as to how the decisions can be implemented in the fight against COVID 19.
It is our belief that as a country all necessary measures are put in place by government amidst the crisis. We hope for the best as we stand together in the fight against the COVID 19.
Let us all stand together in fighting the pandemic
Let us have one voice
Let us protect the people of Malawi
Let us adhere to all guidelines
Above all, let us keep on praying for Malawi to remain the Land of Peace.
God Bless You All
Signed:
Philip Kamangirah
CMC CHAIRPERSON