Olemba ndi Suleman Chitera
Zipembedzo za ziphuphu ku Malawi zikupitiriza kukula tsiku ndi tsiku, osati chifukwa chakuti palibe mabungwe olimbana ndi katangale, koma chifukwa Judiciary yokha yakwezedwa kukhala gawo lomwe likulepheretsa nkhondo yolimbana ndi ziphuphu. Amalawi ambiri tsopano akukhulupirira kuti ziphuphu sizingathe ngati makhothi akupitiriza kugwira ntchito mmene akugwirira ntchito lero.
Palibe kukana kuti Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) nthawi zambiri imagwira ntchito yake bwino. ACB imafufuza, imagwira, ndipo imapereka milandu ya anthu omwe amaba ndalama za boma—ndalama zomwe zikanathandiza pa chitukuko cha dziko lino, kugula mankhwala m’zipatala, kukonza masukulu, ndi kuthandiza osauka. Koma vuto limayamba milandu ikangofika ku Judiciary of Malawi.
Nthawi zambiri, munthu amene wagwidwa ndi milandu ikuluikulu ya katangale amangolowa m’khothi ndipo amatulutsidwa pa bail mosavuta, kupatsidwa mwayi wobwerera kwawo kukapitiriza “kudya” ndalama zomwe anaba. Amalawi ambiri akufunsa funso limodzi loopsa: kodi pamene ma judge kapena ma magistrate amatulutsa anthu amenewa, amagawana nawo kapena ayi? Ngakhale palibe umboni wotsimikiza, zochitika zili zokwanira kupangitsa anthu kukayikira kwambiri kukhulupirika kwa makhothi.
Chifukwa chake, ngati ziphuphu zachuluka mdziko muno, gawo lalikulu likuchokera ku makhothi. Ngati ma court akanakhala serious ndi milandu ya katangale—kukaniza ma bail osafunikira, kuonetsetsa kuti milandu imayendetsedwa mwachangu, komanso kupereka zilango zolimba—lero Malawi ikanakhala patali kwambiri polimbana ndi ziphuphu.
Koma chochititsa chisoni n’chakuti Judiciary ikuwoneka ngati imakhala yolimba kwambiri kwa munthu wosauka. Munthu wosauka akangogwidwa ndi mlandu waching’ono, monga kuba nkhuku kapena chinthu chaching’ono kuti apulumutse moyo, palibe bail, ndipo amatha kulandira chilango choopsa—zaka 10, 15 kapena ngakhale 20 m’ndende. Koma munthu wolemera kapena wa ndale akakhala ndi mlandu waukulu wa kuba mabiliyoni, palibe chomuchitikira.
Izi zapangitsa kuti Judiciary iwoneke ngati ikutumikira olemera ndi amphamvu, osati chilungamo. Dongosolo limeneli silingathe kuthandiza dziko kulimbana ndi katangale. M’malo mwake, likukulitsa kusiyana pakati pa olemera ndi osauka, ndiponso likuphwanya chidaliro cha anthu mu malamulo.
Ngati Malawi ikufuna kuona tsogolo lopanda ziphuphu, Judiciary iyenera kukonzedwa mwachangu komanso mozama. Izi zikuphatikiza:
- Kuunikanso mmene ma bail amaperekedwera pa milandu ya katangale
- Kuonetsetsa kuti milandu ya ziphuphu imamalizidwa mwachangu
- Kupereka zilango zolimba komanso zofanana, mosasamala kuti munthu ndi wolemera kapena wosauka
- Kuonjezera kuyang’aniridwa ndi accountability mu dongosolo la makhothi
Popanda kusintha kwa Judiciary, iwalani za kutha kwa katangale ku Malawi. ACB ingagwire ntchito yake bwino bwanji, koma ngati makhothi akupitiriza kukhala mmene alili lero, ziphuphu zipitiriza, chitukuko chidzaima, ndipo osauka adzapitiriza kuvutika. Chilungamo chiyenera kukhala chimodzi kwa aliyense—apo ayi, dziko silingapite patsogolo.
