Malawi: Laws Allow Lawyers From Self-Representing in Criminal Cases - Justice Minister

Lilongwe — Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Samuel Tembenu has said there is no law that prevents lawyers from self-representing in criminal cases.

Tembenu said in parliament after Lilongwe Central MP Lobin Lowe of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) raised the issue if behaviour of some lawyers, "who are suspects and, under the laws of Malawi, are able to represent themselves and even represent other suspects in a similar case for example; the Cash gate. "

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