By Dorica Mtenje
LILONGWE Maravipost: The opposition leader, George Chaponda, claimed that the country deserves leadership that promotes economic growth, forex stability, and job creation, not vague achievements and outright lies.
Chaponda made the remarks on Monday, January 18th in the august house during his response to the State of National Address, which was derived by President Lazarus Chakwera on Friday last week.
According to Chaponda, Malawi requires a leader who provides practical solutions, constitutional speeches that do not fall under SONA.
Chakwera only glorifies suffering while making little progress. It is for the first time in history that the unconstitutional SONA has failed to inspire confidence in the leadership, said Chaponda.
He adds that there was no need to respond to what Chakwera derived.
as nation address and it was all lies and self-glorification
He then apologized to the diplomatic corps, business community, faith leaders, civil society, and other stakeholders who attended the house last Friday expecting a proper address but instead listened to a campaign speech full of lies, which would have been more appropriate at a Village Development Committee meeting.
He therefore said ordinary Malawians are the best judges though Chakwera emphasized that the country is in surgery, implying that Malawians should endure pain for the sake of progress. However, he said the pain could have been endured during the first term of his tenure, not in the final year.
Chakwera’s SONA received mixed reactions with full of embarrassment from several districts, which he claimed to have developed, demonstrating zero development of the SONA’s achievement.