BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—In what can be described as hypocrisy of the highest order, the Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has today paid Mia family a visit, one month after the death of Mohammed Sidik Mia who was Minister of Transport and Vice President of the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
Mia succumbed to Covid-19 on 12th January but the general public was in awe following the behaviour of the MCP officials and the President as they did not attend the funeral despite Mia being one of the top officials of the party.
According to information gathered, it was Ulemu Msungama who showed brotherhood by attending the burial ceremony and was also seen at the Mia’s compound the following days.
However, Chakwera rushed to console the former President Joyce Banda who lost his son due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Following his visit to Joyce Banda’s residence, Chakwera’s morality has been under heavy scrutiny.
After several weeks of public pressure to show some love by visiting the Mia family the same way he visited the Former President’s family after they lost their son, Chakwera has now decided to secretly sneak out of State House to visit the Mia family today, February 11.
His decision, however, is believed to have been influenced by the impending by-elections which are due in two months time in Chikwawa and Nsanje.
Commenting on Chakwera’s visit, people have faulted the president for his failure to accord Mia with the respect he deserves.
“Sidik Mia played a big role for MCP to come back into power after spending 26 years on the bench. Mia financed the party. He worked day and night in all the regions to woo electorates.
“We expected Chakwera to be appreciative but he acted to the contrary. Honestly, Chakwera has goofed. He is a Reverend and we expected him to behave as such when his friend and Vice President of the ruling MCP died,” a Blantyre resident commented on condition of anonymity.
Mia was a senior member of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the main partner in an alliance that unseated ex-leader Peter Mutharika in a second round election in June last year, delivering victory to President Lazarus Chakwera.
Mia had been tipped as a possible successor to Chakwera.