Malawi: Speaker Says Mutharika's SONA On Video Link 'Perfectly Acceptable' Amidst COVID-19

Malawi Parliament was nearly thrown into turmoil on the first day of its National Budget meeting Friday morning as opposition legislators demanded the presence of President Peter Mutharika in performing the State-opening of the new session.

Mutharika addressed the House through a recorded message on a video link as a preventive measure of the raging coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

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