YAS Demands Accountability On High Profile Corruption Cases
One of the human rights and governance watchdog, Youth and Society (YAS) has expressed disappointment with continued political interference in investigations and prosecution of high profile corruption cases in the country.
The complaint comes in the wake of the dragging and discontinuation of corruption cases involving high profile people mainly those very close to the president suffocating every efforts to fight graft.
Speaking to the press in Mzuzu on Monday, YAS’ Executive Director, Charles Kajoloweka says his organization is reliably informed that the president himself is shielding his cronies answering corruption cases.
Kajoloweka cited corruption cases like: the K750 million AIP scandal, K1.7 billion Bakili Muluzi case, the Peter Mutharika’s TPN case, UTM vehicle procurement case and the Malawi Congress Party’s secretary General, Heseinhower Mkaka’s unexamined wealth among others.
“The leadership is protecting its cronies more particularly the MCP top officials, undermining the whole fight against corruption and law enforcement, there should be no sacred cows.
“There is a very well placed source of the information we have provided, look at the unexplained wealth of the MCP secretary General, Mkaka who even procured a car through Zunneth Sattar but the law enforcement agencies are just quite,” queried Kajoloweka.
YAS Executive Director further demanded accountability calling on the law enforcement agencies to act within the armpit of the law in discharging their duties regardless of political pressure or interference.
“We reiterate that there should be no selective justice and the powers of the Director of Public Prosecution needs to be checked before his office becomes a coordination point for political and criminal activities as stipulated in section 12 of the republican constitution.
“What is the president trying to defend in protecting his cronies who have already been thoroughly investigated and found to have flouted the law?” He wondered.
Kajoloweka concluded with an observation that there was a huge hype when the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director General, Martha Chizuma was being employed but only a systematic political interference in corruption issues dragging down everything only for her to fail miserably to live up to the expectation of the general public.
