In Malawi, the party of Vice-President Saulos Chilima requested this Friday, June 14, an investigation into the circumstances of the plane accident which cost him his life with eight other people, on Monday, June 10. The plane crashed after turning around while approaching its destination due to heavy fog. He was found around 24 hours later, so the rescue organization is also being blamed.
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“ Is this a mechanical problem? Did he run out of fuel? We need the truth “. It is with these words that Stevie Mikaya called on the authorities following the plane crash which claimed the lives of nine people last Monday, including Saulos Chilima.
For this executive of the UTM, the party of the former vice-president, the bad weather approaching the destination of Mzuzu is not necessarily the cause of the accident because the plane had already flown in similar conditions on the same route. Chrissie Kanyasho, a party MP, also blames the aid. “ The search for the vice president was handled as if it were a lost goat “, she said.
A tense climate
Sign of the tense political climate in Malawi, other executives of the UTM had tried this Thursday, June 13 to prevent the ministers of Defense and Internal Security from attending the funeral of the vice-president, two ministers who belong to the Congress Party, that of the President Lazarus Chakwera. The latter had formed an alliance with Saulos Chilima during the 2020 presidential election. But since then, their relations have been difficult and Saulos Chilima was to be a candidate in the 2025 presidential election, according to his party.
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