NO VOTE FOR A HAND-OUTS GIVING CANDIDATE

By Frank Kauteka Tembo

Malawians have been advised to refrain from voting for aspirants because of hand-outs but rather vote for a candidate who would address their concerns in the forth coming tripartite elections.

A call was made on Friday in Euthini during the panel discussion organized by Phunzirani Development Organization under a theme refrain from corruption, bribes, and handouts but choose people who can give you a good leadership and development as per your perception.

 

Executive Director for Wanangwa Foundation who was one of the Panelist Apostle MacHerings Kayala said people should choose leaders based on facts that would develop the constituency rather than leaders who give handouts during the campaign but have no leadership skills.

“People are advised to be very careful when choosing who would represent them in Parliament as well as ward level. Our concern is that people don’t have adequate information as to what could propel them in order for them to choose a good leader.

“As such we were sharing views with them, getting concerns and we were tying to discus who should be chosen and who should not and why should it be like that.

“So we are sensitizing them so that they should be corrupt free people and they should choose people basing on merit, integrity, wisdom, not necessarily induced by material things.” He said.

Kayala said hand-outs practice during the campaign avert intelligent and capable people not winning the elections because they don’t have money and material while people who are not capable but they have money they corrupt voters and win the elections and what comes by the end of that is development in the community.

Furthermore, Kayala said there is increase of unproductive MPs in the country because voters are not given chance of choosing leaders as the party’s officials choose for the people leaders that people don’t want.

Participants of the debate hailed Phunzirani Development Organization for organizing such a sensitizing forum that will help the constituency to choosing a right candidate.

Hastings Kumwenda who was one of the participants told Voice of Kanyawazi that the community has benefited a lot and will prevent previous mistake during the by-elections.

“This debate was an eye opener because several issues have been discussed that are really happening in our community for instance you may recall that in Mzimba Central Constituency it’s not the party’s candidate who carried the day but the independent.

“This explains a lot, it means the party officials had a candidate that they lacked while people in ground had their own choice,” he said.