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[Adamson S. Muula]

I wish to take a bite on the sentence: "...  this gender formulation to
enable the President who, obviously, was not advised or properly advised on
the matter."

How do we know it was poor or inadequate advice that got the President to
this?

Good evening,

adamson

On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 13:19, trevor chimimba <trevorchimimba at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Kodi Inu a Mwaungulu,
>
> Have you ever see a president you did not like! Dzana dzana li munali
> pokopoko pambuyo pa APM. 40 per cent is not a neutral number even if it is
> 40:4O:20.
>
> On Sep 25, 2020, at 2:39 AM, Dunstain Mwaungulu <
> dfmwaungulu at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> CENTRE FOR LAW AND POLICY
>
> Gender minimum levels
>
> The minimum 40% gender is a neutral formulation for either gender. It
> caters for conceptual overflows and merit beyond gender. Look at three
> scenarios.
>
> 1. Where there are many female in the spectrum. The remaining 20% can be
> wholly or mainly female
> 2. Where there are many males, 20% can be wholly or mainly male.
> 3.the 20% can cater for other things like professionalism, disability,
> localisation, etc BUT EQUALLY ON GENDER  ONDIDERATION
>
> There was a misunderstanding about my earlier posting. I said that in the
> next appointment there should be the 40% rationalisation. That was in
> ration to judicial appointments.
>
> But in relation to this, our male folk in principle should resign to
> enable their political parties to submit names based on this gender
> formulation to enable the President who, obviously, was not advised or
> properly advised on the matter.
>
> If there is any President who wants to set things right and with decorum,
> it is this Predident.
>
> I do not see how men can look in the face of women tonight and say this is
> right! Obviously, our women are once again victims of a Male dominated
> society. That is undemocratic and unacceptable in a democratic society.
>
> Alot of people when I raise things like these, for example that under the
> Constitution, the legislature cannot legislate for the death penalty,
> retort and say it is done in the US or elsewhere. The answer is a weak
> defence. Our  constitution prides in its UNIQUENESS and is unrivalled if
> not the best in the world.
>
> We must abide by our UNIQUE Constitution. Our Constution required us to
> respect rights in the Constition and rights created by laws. Very
> progressive. We as a country and sovereign must abide by law including
> (customary) international law.
>
> Any organisation meeting the section 15 criteria MUST access the Courts
> and wipe out this gross injustice against women.
>
> And our male folk, must resign from the appointments to enable the
> President, on better advice, to do the lawful and right thing.
>
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(Global Health), PGD (Palliative Care)
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Malawi, College of Medicine
School of Public Health and Family Medicine
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