Chiefs in Malawi condemn members of Parliament

Chiefs in Malawi have acacused Members of Parliament(MPs) for insisting for the Speaker of Parliament to invoke section 65 which allows him to declare some seats vacant.

Most government MPs have cross the floor to the government side.

The chiefs from all over the country recently went toParliament while it was in session to reason with the MPs to pass the 2007/2008 budget before invoking the sction to allow the government to buy inputs of farmers.

The opposition ,however, still insist that they will not bow down.

The opposition say the chiefs behave like that because government has increased their salaries .The salaries are in the budget.

Recently government increased salaries of chiefs by 500 percent.