By Malawi Freedom Network
Wochokera ku Chiradzulu, yemwe ndi activist, political komanso social commentator, watulutsa mawu amphamvu akudzudzula dongosolo la chilungamo ku Malawi, akunena kuti judiciary yadziko lino yakhala gwero lalikulu lolimbikitsa ziphuphu komanso ikuyika dziko pa chiopsezo chachikulu.
Polankhula mwachindunji kwa Purezidenti wa dziko lino, Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, wotsutsayu akuti mavuto a kasamalidwe ka dziko sangathe kuthetsedwa ngati judiciary siyakonzedwenso kwathunthu. Iye akunena kuti bungwe limene liyenera kuteteza chilungamo ndi ulamuliro wa malamulo tsopano “lavunda mpaka mkati.”
Katangale Akusungidwa ndi Ma Court
Pakati pa madandaulo ake, akuti ziphuphu ku Malawi sizikupitiriza chifukwa choti ofufuza sakugwira ntchito, koma chifukwa cha zigamulo za ma court zomwe nthawi zambiri sizikakamiza anthu amphamvu amene akuimbidwa mlandu. Akuti anthu ambiri okhudzidwa ndi kuba ndalama za boma, ziphuphu pa procurement kapena kugwiritsa ntchito molakwika maudindo awo, amamasulidwa kudzera mu zigamulo zokayikitsa, kuchedwetsedwa kwa milandu, kapena kugwiritsa ntchito malamulo mwanzeru yopezera mpata.
“Izi si zolakwa zochepa zokha,” akuti. “Ndi dongosolo lomwe likulimbikitsa akuba ndalama za boma komanso likulepheretsa ntchito ya ofufuza ndi kuyipitsa mtima wa anthu.”
Akuti ngakhale ACB kapena mabungwe ena atagwira ntchito molimbika, ntchito yawo imakhala yopanda phindu ngati milandu ikangogwa m’ma court popanda chifukwa chomveka komanso chowonekera.
Chilungamo cha Osauka, Chifundo kwa Amphamvu
Wotsutsayu akufotokoza kusiyana kwakukulu pa mmene malamulo akugwirira ntchito. Akuti anthu osauka amalanga msanga komanso mwamphamvu pa zolakwa zing’ono, pamene anthu olemera kapena olumikizana ndi ndale amapeza chifundo, kuchedwetsedwa kwa milandu kapena kumasulidwa kwathunthu.
Izi, akuti, zasandutsa judiciary kuchokera pa kukhala woweruza wolungama kukhala chotchinga choteteza anthu ochita ziphuphu. “Ngati ma court akulanga osauka ndi kuteteza amphamvu, ndiye kuti salinso ma court a chilungamo, koma zida zozunza anthu,” akuchenjeza.
Zotsatira pa Dziko Lonse
Kupitilira milandu payekha, akuti zotsatira za judiciary yovunda zimakhudza dziko lonse. Ogulitsa ndi oyika ndalama amalephera kukhulupirira dziko ngati ma contract sangatetezedwe bwino. Anthu amataya chikhulupiriro mu mabungwe a boma ndi demokalase. Kupanda malamulo kumachuluka pamene zigamulo za ma court zikuwoneka ngati zosakhalitsa kapena zokhudzidwa ndi ndale.
Choopsa kwambiri, akuti, ndi chakuti dziko lonse likuyikidwa pa chiopsezo. “Dziko lopanda dongosolo lodalirika la chilungamo ndi dziko lomwe layandikira kugwa,” akutero, akuchenjeza kuti mkwiyo ndi kukhumudwa kwa anthu kungayambitse kusakhazikika kwa mtendere.
Pempho la Kukonza Judiciary Yonse
Pempho lake kwa Purezidenti ndilomveka: kusintha pang’ono sikokwanira. Akufuna kusintha kwathunthu kwa judiciary—kuphatikiza mmene ma judge amasankhidwira, mmene amalondera khalidwe lawo, kasamalidwe ka milandu, komanso mmene amaweruzira zolakwa zawo.
Akuti ma judge ayenera kukhala odziyimira pawokha ku ndale, koma nthawi yomweyo ayenera kuyankhapo pa khalidwe lawo. Kuwonekera poyera pa zigamulo, kuchepetsa kuchedwetsedwa kwa milandu ya katangale, komanso kulanga molimba mtima omwe achita zolakwa, ndi zinthu zofunika kwambiri.
Mayeso a Utsogoleri
Funso lalikulu tsopano lili kwa Purezidenti: kodi pali chifuniro cha ndale chokumana ndi bungwe lomwe anthu ambiri amaopa kulikhudza? Kukonza judiciary kungakumane ndi kukana kwa anthu ena amphamvu, koma kulephera kuchita kanthu, akutero, kudzangowonjezera mavuto a kasamalidwe ka dziko.
“Nkhanza za ziphuphu sizingatheke kuthana nazo ndi ma press conference kapena kumanga anthu okha,” akutero pomaliza. “Nkhondoyi ipambana kapena iphule m’ma court. Mpaka judiciary ikonzedwe, katangale ipitiriza, ndipo Malawi ipitiriza kulipira mtengo wake.”
