September 21st manifestations
I just got the information from Malawi, that people across the country are going to demonstrate against the President tomorrow, as he’s still not answering to the petition. Let’s hope, the manifestations are going to remain peaceful and the Malawians are successfully campaigning for their democratic rights.
“The High Court has vacated an injunction stopping Wednesday’s anti-government nationwide demonstrations and vigils as planned by the civil society.”
Source: Nyasatimes
Dandire writes:
“I urge my fellow malawian to have a peaceful demo.breaking other people’s properties or harming each is not a solution.At the end of the day its our malawi.Mutharika is not going to lose anything since our taxes will provide him with massive security around the clock.The other thing is that, i beg our unprofessional police not to use guns anyhow where deems not necessary to use guns.These people are even fighting for police,the army and anybody so that we have a better malawi for everybody.Better life should not be only for a few greedy people who believes by bootlicking the failed Bingu are serving Malawi.The haves and havenots gap is getting wider and wider in malawi just because of some few greedy people who wants everything for themselves.Let create a better malawi for everybody and we should desist for anybody to divide us for his own cheap gains like Bingu.Tiye tonse tikakwapule chi demo choopsya kwabasi that will shake malawi.”
In order to get prepared for the tomorrow’s manifestations let me suggest the following video of Slavoj Žižek, one of the rare europeans most brilliant philosophers, who talks about what it means to be revolutionary today.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GD69Cc20rw]
[Update 23:26h]
“Malawi government has called the three-day mass stay away from work called by civil society groups as illegal and asked workers to get to work and students to be in classes.
The activists called for a stay-away from Wednesday, despite winning a court battle allowing them to hold vigils, saying they feared for their safety.
But government through Information Minister Patricia Kaliati urged people to go to working saying it will be a normal working day.”
Source: Nyasatimes
