March 17, 2021
Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 25 Comments
Parliament has successfully muzzled Mulanje south west parliamentarian George Chaponda who wanted to ask president Lazarus Chakwera reports that his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) was training 75 youth league members at police training school on the use of firearms.
Chimwendo Banda: We cannot discuss security issues in the House
Chaponda: His question was blocked
Before Chaponda could press the question, leader of the House, Richard Chimwendo Banda sprung up swiftly, telling the Speaker Catherine Gotani Hara that this was a security matter which could not be discussed in the House.
Chimwendo-Banda stood on a “point of correction” to tell the House that matters of training of security personnel was a matter of state security “not for discussion in plenary of parliament”.