By Vincent Gunde
Karonga based rights activist Comrade Lytone Mangochi, has saluted a member of the public inquiry in the on going public enquiry for Amaryllis Hotel sale, Noel Lipipa for standing on justice.
Lipipa who is Member of Parliament for Blantyre- Chilomoni constituency courageously faulted the Public Accounts Committee ( PAC) of Parliament Chairperson Baba Steve Malondera for being compromised in the way he was asking questions to a fellow MCP member Prince Kapondamgaga.
Mangochi said the Amaryllis Hotel sale has made Malawians to forget that MCP abused billions of Kwachas for fertilizer in the butchery and pharmacy.
Speaking through a video clip from outside Parliament Building in Lilongwe, Mangochi has appealed to President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika not to be threatened by HRDCs ultimatum of 21 days to fire all those suspected to have played their hands in the Amaryllis Hotel sale.
Mangochi has claimed that civil servants during the five years of President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera were taken as animals not humans observing that many pensioners have died without accessing their money.
He has advised the new government of the DPP to bring back the Pension Scheme to the way it was being run during the reign of Ngwazi Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda where pensioners were treated with respect they deserve.
The activist said civil servants have not benefited with the Public Service Pension Trust Fund buying hotels when the owners of these monies were suffering moving up and down stairs of Capital Hill only to go back home empty handed.
He has asked President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika to watch out of what is happening in Parliament observing that there’s politics going on in Parliament and if care is not taken, the fall of the DPP will come from Parliament itself.
Mangochi said it is only the court to prove a suspect guilty or not, advising President Professor Mutharika to allow due process of the law to take place before firing suspects in government.
” People are now smearing mud on DPP senior members such as Dr. Ben Phiri, Alfred Gangata, Peter Mukhitho, Joseph Mwanamvekha, Norman Chisale, and others, for benefiting from Amaryllis Hotel sale,” said Mangochi.
He has assured Professor Mutharika that once these senior members of the DPP are fired, then, this will be the end of the DPP and there will be no DPP.
On the 21 days given by the HRDC, Mangochi has called on Malawians to lest they forget about the HRDC challenging it to give that 21 days to Dr. Chakwera who has stolen a lot of public resources in government at the time he was President of this country.
Mangochi has finally advised the DPP and the Blue Alliance partners to work together with love and one common interest of serving the people first money second, thanking them that Malawians out there are happy with what government is doing to them.
