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Stop blame game, PAC says

Authored the letter: Tengatenga
Authored the letter: Tengatenga

The blame game in the Capital Hill cash-gate  cannot help stop the fraud from public coffers, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has said.

In a press statement released on Friday, PAC, which met on Wednesday in Lilongwe, said the ongoing blame game by some government officials cannot help end the alleged fraud at Capital Hill.

“Most high-level  officials  have  gone  into  a  blame  game  to  the  extent  of  referring  to  the  past  regimes  when  in  fact  there  has  been  a  level  of   awareness on  their  part   on  persistent  fraud  and  corruption  incidents  in  Malawi. PAC  feels  that  there  is  no  space  for  blame  game  in  view  of  the  serious  abuse  of  funds  in  the  State  coffers,” reads in part the statement that has been signed by James Tengatenga and Peter Mulomole PAC’s chairperson and spokesperson respectively.

The statement also pushes the blame on government, saying: “We  believe  the  issue   at  stake  is   that  the  State  did  not  act  swiftly  on  the  alleged  fraud.”

The statement, which in passing appreciated the country’s presidency for dissolving and appointing a new Cabinet, urges government to avoid justifying a sin with another sin.

“Don’t capitalise  on  the  previously  abused  funds  as  a  justification  of  the  present. Let us avoid justifying evil by using another sin,” reads the statement.

The Capital Hill has been being characterised by shocking revelations of looting of taxpayers’ money. The revelations transpired following the shooting of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo. Before the shooting, PAC had raised the corruption issue with President Joyce Banda last month.

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2 Comments

  1. Indeed justify one wrong with another will not help, but past atrocities should as well be punished we need to follow the issue to its sources to make a profound solution to this. We as Malawians this is the opportune time to root this evil from our society. I hope PAC will help in this.

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