\u201cStart Quote<\/h2>\nAt the core of an MCC partnership is the expectation that countries maintain a commitment to political pluralism\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Millennium Challenge Corporation statement<\/p><\/div>\n
Police spokesman John Namalenga said those who appeared in court in Lilongwe had been refused bail.<\/p>\n
“These were mostly those we arrested when they went on a looting spree,” he said.<\/p>\n
Several businesses of people allied with Mr Mutharika were looted during the protests, our reporter says.<\/p>\n
The MCC said its aid package – agreed with the government in April – would have reduced power cuts.<\/p>\n
Nearly six million people would have benefited, it said.<\/p>\n
But it had been forced to put the project on hold because of the violence.<\/p>\n
“At the core of an MCC partnership is the expectation that countries maintain a commitment to political pluralism, human rights, and the rule of law,” it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the UK cut aid to Malawi after accusing the government of handling the economy badly.<\/p>\n
Mr Mutharika’s government recently passed an austerity budget, raising taxes to reduce dependence on aid.<\/p>\n
Civil groups which called the protests accuse him of becoming increasingly autocratic and plunging Malawi into its worst economic crisis independence 47 years ago.<\/p>\n
Malawi faces acute shortages of electricity, fuel and foreign currency.<\/p>\n
An estimated 75% of its population live on less than $1 a day.<\/p>\n
At the core of an MCC partnership is the expectation that countries maintain a commitment to political pluralism\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Millennium Challenge Corporation statement<\/p><\/div>\n
Police spokesman John Namalenga said those who appeared in court in Lilongwe had been refused bail.<\/p>\n
“These were mostly those we arrested when they went on a looting spree,” he said.<\/p>\n
Several businesses of people allied with Mr Mutharika were looted during the protests, our reporter says.<\/p>\n
The MCC said its aid package – agreed with the government in April – would have reduced power cuts.<\/p>\n
Nearly six million people would have benefited, it said.<\/p>\n
But it had been forced to put the project on hold because of the violence.<\/p>\n
“At the core of an MCC partnership is the expectation that countries maintain a commitment to political pluralism, human rights, and the rule of law,” it said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the UK cut aid to Malawi after accusing the government of handling the economy badly.<\/p>\n
Mr Mutharika’s government recently passed an austerity budget, raising taxes to reduce dependence on aid.<\/p>\n
Civil groups which called the protests accuse him of becoming increasingly autocratic and plunging Malawi into its worst economic crisis independence 47 years ago.<\/p>\n
Malawi faces acute shortages of electricity, fuel and foreign currency.<\/p>\n
An estimated 75% of its population live on less than $1 a day.<\/p>\n
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