PART4: VP JOYCE BANDA IS ALL ALONE, THE CENTER CAN NOT HOLD

PART4... PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA IS DEAD, VICE PRESIDENT JOYCE BANDA IS ALL ALONE, THE CENTER CAN NOT HOLD

DEEP STATE - Here is how it actually works...

.....Civil society groups immediately organized a press conference where they demanded full compliance with constitutional provisions and indicated that the vice president Mrs Joyce Banda was the rightful person to take charge in the event that the President was incapacitated or dead.

Former President Bakili Muluzi addressed a press conference & stated that the Constitution was very clear on the issue of succession in the event that the President was incapacitated. He demanded information on the state of the president’s health because  rumour was he was dead.

On 6 April, Joyce Banda sent a letter  to the Chief Cabinet Secretary seeking assurance that she was still Vice President and according to the Constitution she was in charge in the circumstance. The Chief Secretary did not respond to the letter.

Joyce Banda then called the Army Commander seeking assurance about the preservation of constitutional order. The army assured her that it was firmly behind maintaining the constitutional order & would like to see full implementation of the constitutional provisions on succession.

That afternoon, Joyce Banda invited media to her house where she read the following statement:

"I have invited you members of the press in view of the intense speculation that is going on in the country and the international media about the state of health of the State President, Bingu wa Mutharika, who was flown to South Africa yesterday for treatment.

The media’s interest in the matter is justified.The people of  Malawi have the right to know about the state of health of our President. Government is waiting for a formal report on the state of health of our President. Meanwhile, I wish to appeal to all Malawians to remain calm"

But that evening the ruling party met and decided that they needed more time to make the announcement about the health of the President. At this meeting, everyone knew that the President had died but there was pretence that he was still alive but critically ill.

What they agreed was to file court papers to stop Joyce Banda at the High Court in the morning of 7th April. It was then agreed that soon after, cabinet would meet to elect Peter Mutharika Acting President. Once that was done, they would then announce the death of the President.

The Ministers agreed to prepare the people of Malawi for the events of the following day through a press statement. So a team of six ministers was appointed to draft a statement that was going to be read to the general public. They came to be known as the MIDNIGHT SIX

...Part 5 season finale, she is sworn in! The Midnight Six arrested!

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