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<\/a>Chaponda during his good ministirial days<\/p><\/div>
\nIn his response to president Banda speech made last Friday, Dr. Chaponda questioned the wisdom of establishing more inquiries while government is preaching for unity and reconciliation.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow can you talk of reconciliation and forgiveness when one is setting up commission of inquiries that may just turn into a ground for witch-hunting,\u201d wondered Dr. Chaponda.<\/p>\n
After assuming office, President Banda instituted commissions of inquiry on the death of student activist Robert Chasowa, on the cause and the exact date President Mutharika died, and a committee to probe MRA\u2019s borrowing of K15b to support the zero deficit budget.<\/p>\n
Dr. Chaponda said there was need to come up with a truth and reconciliation commission and not commissions of inquiry.<\/p>\n
The DPP leader in parliament then defended tribalism in the former regime, saying it is a common practice everywhere.<\/p>\n
“What Bingu did was ripping in professionals who were loyal to the party…and president Banda has done the same, we haven\u2019t condemned her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also questioned the reasoning behind investigating the \u2018midnight 6\u2019 \u2013 former cabinet ministers who held a news briefing on April 6 to argue that President Banda, vice then, was ineligible to take over.<\/p>\n
Dr. Chaponda said all what the cabinet was doing was merely seeking a constitutional interpretation of legality of Mrs. Joyce Banda to take over since she was not a member of the ruling party then having been expelled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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