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MDC-T salutes Malawi security forces

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The MDC-T has saluted Malawi’s security forces for allowing a smooth transfer of power to a civilian leader, Vice-President Joyce Banda, following the sudden death of President Bingu Wa Mutharika last week. MDC-T secretary for defence, security and intelligence Giles Mutsekwa urged Zimbabwe’s security chiefs to emulate their Malawian counterparts and act professionally. This comes […]

The MDC-T has saluted Malawi’s security forces for allowing a smooth transfer of power to a civilian leader, Vice-President Joyce Banda, following the sudden death of President Bingu Wa Mutharika last week.

MDC-T secretary for defence, security and intelligence Giles Mutsekwa urged Zimbabwe’s security chiefs to emulate their Malawian counterparts and act professionally.

This comes at a time political parties in the inclusive government are haggling over security sector reforms after the two MDC formations accused securocrats of active involvement in partisan party politics.

“Malawian Defence Forces have ensured that as the defence, they have total respect for the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi and that their professionalism was not put at stake by partisan political following as is common in other unprofessional institutions especially that of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF).

“What touches us most is that the Malawi Defence Forces took charge of radio and television stations to ensure that there would be no destructions in the transition of power. They displayed politeness when they allowed people to go in and out of the two stations.”

Mutsekwa added: “ZDF have a lot to learn from this well-disciplined defence force of Malawi and the time is now. It is also high time that promotions and appointments in ZDF were made on merit and professionalism.

“As long as we have these political soldiers in our midst commanding the ZDF, we will continue to finance and resource a ragtag defence force which will be a laughing stock in the entire region and Africa as a whole.”

The ZDF has over the years denied being partisan and insisted it was a professional outfit.