Church and Society Program of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia and firebrand Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have, separately, faulted President Peter Mutharika for his continued attacks on the judiciary, particularly targeting the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal for upholding the nullification of the May 21 2019 presidential election.

Trapence: Reprimanded President Mutharika over judges attack

HRDC chairperson Gift Trapence, in a Tuesday media briefing in Lilongwe, called on the President to stop attacking the judiciary because the move is an attack on the country's democracy.

Speaking during the Talk to the President Programme on State-run Malawi Broadcasting Station last Friday and during whistle-stop rallies in Thyolo on Monday, Mutharika--a professor of international law-- maintained that the judgements of the five judges of the High Court sitting as the Constitutional Court and the seven appeal judges who upheld the same were a travesty of justice and ridiculous.

Church and Society Program of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia executive director Moses Mkandawire in a separate media briefing in Mzuzu on Tuesday also expressed concern over Mutharika's continued sentiments against the Judiciary.

Malawi Law Society (MLS) in a statement issued on Monday co-signed by its president Burton Mhango and honorary secretary Martha Kaukonde asked the President to lead by example in preserving and upholding the rule of law and promoting the respect, independence and integrity of the Judiciary as a separate constitutional arm of government with a constitutional responsibility.