By Vincent Gunde
Leader of Opposition in Parliament Simplex Chithyola Banda, says workers deserve better, Malawi deserves better saying on this Labour Day, people are honouring the dignity of work, millions of Malawians have little to celebrate observing that people are working hard but life is getting harder.
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Chithyola Banda has described this year’s Labour Day in Malawi as an empty holiday noting with a great concern that there is nothing pointing to it- Malawi is in crisis: Regression to Mediocrity.
In his message on Labour Day, Chithyola Banda said there are endless queues, lost hours, lost money, and lost opportunities calling on the DPP led government to fix the fuel crisis.
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Chithyola Banda has called on government to create jobs for the youth observing that Malawi has a youth generation full of dreams, but no jobs, no support, and no hope, describing this as unfair.
He said farmers in Malawi are working hard in their fields but are making losses calling on the DPP government to immediately revise prices to support the country’s farmers.
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On arbitrary arrests, Chithyola Banda has advised government that silencing critics through arresting them will not solve problems claiming that dissent in a country of democracy is not a crime urging government to stop the abuse and end political intimidation.
He has expressed his great concern over cases of corruption and weak institutions in government saying corruption had become normal and this has blanketed the whole country from top to down observing that the truth is buried and impunity protects the law calling on government to rebuild strong and honest institutions.
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“Civil servants are being demoralized, underpaid, over taxed and ignored, government must restore the dignity of civil servants by respecting the people who serve Malawi,” reads Chithyola Banda’s statement in part.
A concerned citizen of Malawi Mrs. Elizabeth Kaliza Banda of Area 51 in Lilongwe, has asked President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika that as part of honouring Labour Day in Malawi, he should order for a 50 percent salary deductions from those that are receiving millions of money per month so that the money deducted go towards covering up huge taxes poor people are meeting in their every day life situations in Malawi.
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Kaliza Banda said she don’t understand why people who are serving Malawi like teachers, nurses, doctors are getting less than K300,000 per month as salaries while MPs, Ministers are receiving over K6 million per months as salaries describing this as very unfair and unfortunate demanding President Professor Mutharika to lead by example that he has the welfare of those that are crying.
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She said Tanzanian President the late Joseph Pombe Magufuli was the first to demonstrate that it is possible to deduct 50 percent salaries from.those highly paid workers, Burkina Faso’s President Captain Ibrahim Traole did the same that ministers and MPs are receiving low salaries because there work is to serve the people and not to be paid by the people.
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The citizen has reminded President Professor Mutharika that he has nothing to lose, he will only serve for one term in office and that he should make his legacy grow big by becoming the first Malawian President to deduct his salary by half , so too ministers and MPs and take the money to pay civil servants handsomely for them to be part of government.
