Consumer rights activist John Kapito has no kind words for Dr. Lazarus Chakwera leader of Malawi Congress Party. John Kapito fierce civil rights advocate sees the Reverend as Judas Iscariot for accepting leadership perks provided by Peter Mutharika administration in Parliament. John Kapito also likened President Peter Mutharika to Pontius Pilate for joking ‘ine nilibe pulobulemu’.
Speaking at the start of the march, marking the commemoration of World Consumers Day in Blantyre on Thursday, John Kapito said Lazarus Chakwera has sold the trust of Malawians with the luxurious benefits attached to his position as Leader of Opposition party in Parliament.
Said Kapito: “We are simply saying that Judas Iscariot was the one that sold Jesus Christ today, in the Mountain of Gethsemane. Mr. Chakwera himself has sold us because we gave him trust as the one of the people that can stand for us. When you are leader of opposition, means to be standing with the people that are being oppressed and his job was not to fight for himself; to say that because I lost an election, therefore I am going to make sure that I oppress the people.
“He was supposed to be in parliament and start speaking on our behalf, and start defending us. But see what Lazarus Chakwera is doing in Parliament- he has sold us. Because once he was given a big Prado and a big salary, then he was given two body guards, he started behaving as King Herod”.
On President Peter Mutharika, the outspoken Kapito said he is Pontius Pilate for washing his hands saying “ine ndilibe pulobulemu”.
World Consumers Days are being commemorated under the theme ‘Poor lives matter’
