December 21, 2020 Wongani Chiuta - Nyasa Times 13 Comments
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has urged government to deal with individuals and organisations who are cheating the revenue authorities on tax so that they government can be supporting vital public services.
Trapence: HRDC is watching
In a statement issued on Sunday titled Procastination in Decision making Hurting Malawians, HRDC claimed to know some Asian-owned companies and individuals who have avoided paying taxes.
“Some have either run away or were deported. With the change of the government, it has come to our attention that some are using senior Tonse officials to come back to plunder in Malawi, avoid tax and externalize our wealth.
December 20, 2020 Watipaso Mzungu – Nyasa Times 52 Comments
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has taken the Tonse Alliance-led government to task for allegedly betraying the trust of Malawians on almost all the social and economic fronts.
HRDC chairperson Gift Trapence (left) making opening remarks before Sembereka read the statement–Photo by Watipaso Mzungu, Nyasa Times
HRDC officials (back to camera) addressing journalists in Lilongwe on Sunday–Photo by Watipaso Mzungu, Nyasa Times
The coalition has also observed that the Tonse administration is losing direction, stressing that there are early signs that President Lazarus Chakwera and his partners are unwilling to crack down on corruption as hard as they promised.