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Unfortunately, because many Malawian politicians have different conceptions of political representation they end up diverting the representation of the people of their constituencies to the representation of their political parties in parliament. In such a political mess, the future of Malawi seems dim because these kinds of parliamentarians’ actions in parliamentary sessions lead to deadlock and failure. They have no political vision or agenda and they don’t analyse the issues that impact the people of their constituencies and nation at large. They don’t care whether this will have a negative impact on their people. The Malawians who know little about politics are misled and start supporting such parliamentarians without bothering about whether they will be dangerous to the peace, unity, security and development of Malawi.
Something I would wish Malawians to understand is that parliament consists of politicians from different political parties who are brought together under one united roof for national interests. They are meant to represent people from different localities nationwide for the equal benefit of all citizens, regardless of their different cultural and political opinions. Therefore, to turn the national parliament into a place where the interests of political parties dominate will turn the Malawians’ parliamentary house into a house of division.
All political parties, especially the ruling party, have a wider agenda, which is to remain in power forever, without changes. The ruling party is always ready to use whatever resources they have to intimidate, restrict and defeat the opposition. Likewise, the opposition parties are always roaring here and there, fighting to emerge into power, and are ready to use whatever abilities they have to demolish the ruling party of the Government of the Republic. They will sometimes refuse to approve of a budget required by the Government for some projects, even those that will benefit the nation. This is done purposely so that the Ruling party will fail to do tangible development in the country. This, the opposition will take as an excuse to blame the Ruling Party for failing to develop the country, and will inspire the citizens to reject a government which is not development-oriented etc.
Once such a battle for power begins between the rival parties in Parliament, the nation begins to experience political crisis. Ordinary citizens at the grassroots levels become the causalities because they will never have access to social services and development at large, even if the country has the necessary resources and abilities. Further more, such political crises would lead Malawi, like other African countries, into civil war.
Malawians must avoid and say a big no to any issues which will disturb their national peace, unity, security and development. They should not give their support to those politicians who will mislead them. Malawians will soon be in a transitional period, choosing the kind of national political leadership they want and those who will represent them in Parliament. They should base their choice, not on the political party but on the individuals’ moral attributes and on their abilities to serve and save Malawi and to bring development to every party of this country.
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sudan
I am a South Sudanese, Lawyer by profession and living in South Africa. I am single man and I love writing factual stories and sharing my opinions with the world. One thing I have learnt from this world is that unless we are taught, we cannot know anything at all.
That is not all that I want to tell about myself. I would also like to say that communication is the key to the transformation and development of any society. Where there is no comunication, there is no development.
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