The Public Affairs Committee (Pac) Tuesday told State Vice President Michael Usi that it still feels that the current administration is lacking in leadership.
Coincidentally, these are sentiments that Pac leaders raised when they engaged President Lazarus Chakwera last year.
Tuesday, it was Usi’s turn.
Pac publicity secretary Bishop Gilford Matonga said in Lilongwe Tuesday, after their meeting with Usi, that they maintained their position during the meeting that decisive leadership was needed to address problems besetting the country.
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“We have explained to the Vice President that the Public Affairs Committee Pac maintains its stand on the issues it raised to the President during our meeting, which was held last month. Malawians want to see action on their concerns and expects issues that were raised to be addressed,” Matonga said.
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According to Matonga, there are issues of fuel supply shortage, fertiliser shortage, economic malaise, civil service gaps and corruption that require urgent action to deal with.
“We find this meeting very important because most of these issues also fall under the VP’s portfolio as Minister of State and Public Service Delivery. We want to see him acting on these issues as they are affecting Malawi,” he said.
He added that Pac was aware that there was not much time, with just a few months to the September 16 2025 Local Government, Parliamentary and Presidential Elections.
Matonga therefore said there was a need to quickly act on the matters Pac raised.
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“We understand there is not much time [left]. September is around the corner but Malawians want action,” he said.
When they met with Chakwera last month, Pac expressed disappointment over his leadership style, citing inaction and indecisiveness on corruption, failed economy, fuel shortages, fertiliser and other challenges it said were negatively affecting the country.
Pac also told Chakwera that “Although road construction in the country is excellent, for us, the standard of living has gone down; the perception that the regime is corrupt still stands; that most civil servants are frustrated remains a fact; and that fuel crisis continues is a reality. The leadership is lacking.”
Also speaking to journalists after yesterday’s meeting, Usi expressed commitment to deal with the concerns that Pac and Malawians were raising.
“My Ministry of State and Public Service Delivery is linked to the issues that were raised to the President, as they all have something to do with public service delivery. So, as one way of developing strategies on how we can address those issues, I decided to meet Pac, whose interest is the welfare of Malawians.”
“On how we intend to fix the issues with a few months to elections, let me say that there is life after elections. When looking at the welfare of Malawians, we shouldn’t be looking at the September elections but lives of Malawians beyond September elections. The President acknowledges what Pac raised and when he appointed me as State and Public Service Delivery Minister, he wants me to, among other things, look at these issues,” Usi said.
