A delegation of SADC's Ministerial Troika, led by the Angolan Foreign Affairs minister, João Miranda, is since last Tuesday in Lilongwe, capital of Malawi, to assess the current situation of this country, which is facing a political and constitutional crisis, ANGOP learnt this Wednesday.
According to the press release from Angola's Foreign Ministry, the former and current Presidents of the Republic of Malawi, Bakili Muluzi and Bingu wa Mutharika, respectively, are the protagonists of this crisis.
Malawi's political crisis, which the Southern African Development Community (SADC) attempts to solve, started in sequence of the creation, by the current President, of a new political party, what made all MPs elected by his former party to join him, leaving a gap in parliamentary seats, in the light of the Constitution.
The former political party also belongs to the ex-President, Bakali Muluzi.
The Foreign Affairs ministers of Angola, Tanzania and of Swaziland met with President Bingu wa Mutharika, who briefed them about the prevailing situation.
On the other hand, on Tuesday, the SADC Ministerial Troika, heard from the organisation's executive secretary about a report on the situation in Zimbabwe, which he considered as very worrying, eight days from the holding of the presidential run-off in that country.
For this purpose, measures are being studied to help Zimbabwean political leaders to reach a commitment that guarantees the holding of the run off in peace and security.
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
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