Malawi: PAC 'Has Just Romanced the Devil', Says Malawi Flagship Newspaper - Cancelled Protests Dominate Headlines

13 December 2017

The postponed nationwide demonstrations organised by Public Affairs Committee (PAC) to push for electoral reforms slated for December 13 following government's turnaround to table bills in parliament took center stage in the local press on Wednesday with Malawi's flagship daily newspaper saying the decision to call off protests has just made an oppressive President Peter Mutharika's regime "even stronger."

Just a day before the nationwide protests against governments, PAC chairperson Felix Chingota told a news conference in Lilongwe that the decision to suspend was made at a three-hour meeting the faith-based organisation held in the capital on Monday night.

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