DPP advises MCP to stop wasteful spending
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has advised the MCP government to stop wasteful spending including President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera’s frequent globe-trotting expeditions so that money saved can go towards subsidizing the cost of fuel in Malawi.
The DPP has noted with great concern that just last week alone, President Chakwera spent K4.5 billion on his travels which took him to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Italy, and Germany and this week, he is global-trotting to Beijing-China describing all this as wasteful spending.
The party has called on the MCP government to find better ways to ensure that there is an uninterrupted fuel supply in the country instead of hiding behind price increases saying this will exacerbate the situation pushing more people into poverty.
In a statement signed by the Party’s National Publicity Secretary Shadric Namalomba, the DPP says it is standing with the poor Malawian people and rejects any proposal by the MCP government to increase fuel prices.
The DPP has assured Malawians that it is committed to serving the needs of the poor Malawian people and cannot sit idly by, and watch Malawi citizens suffering from increased costs of basic necessities of life.
“The current cost of living in Malawi is already unbearable for many basic goods such as salt, food, sugar, cooking oil, and school fees, everything has gone up beyond the reach of many Malawians,” reads the DPP statement in part.
The DPP has claimed that in the recent MCP elective convention which was held in Lilongwe, some senior ministers of the party were seen spending millions of Kwachas to the delegates for them to be voted into various positions, saying if this money was saved to subsidize fuel price, people could not feel the burden.
In his reaction over the fuel price increase, Political activist Bon Kalindo has alleged that some MCP senior officials invited him to the City Centre in Lilongwe with a call to him to remain quiet and say nothing about fuel price hikes in the country.
Kalindo said he was assured to receive millions of Kwachas to support the government initiative of increasing fuel prices at the expense of poor Malawians assuring MCP officials that he cannot betray the citizens who are living in pain and suffering in the country.
He has advised Malawians to watch out for some journalists and activists who have pocketed money to hold press conferences against the will of many Malawians who are against the fuel price hikes describing these journalists and activists as failed ones.
“There are Television and radio programs that these journalists and activists will be speaking to Malawians discrediting those that are against fuel price hikes,” said Kalindo.
