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Find ways to end violence
By
Our Reporter - 12-08-2002 |
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There is nothing new in what the Malawi Human Rights Commission has found out that political violence and discrimination are growing in the country.
That regionalism, tribalism, hate speeches by political leaders, misconception of democracy and the rule of law, lack of knowledge about governance, poverty, high illiteracy levels and unbalanced debate during the open term bill are a source of interparty clashes in the country has been heard already in several forums and cannot be disputed.
The next step that the Malawi Human Rights Commission should take, therefore, is to address the problem of violence because there is no denying that if it is allowed to go unabated, it may reach uncontrollable and unpalatable levels.
What the country needs at this point in time is not a litany of the already known causes of violence but rather the way to combat it as it is threatening to eat up all the democratic gains that the country has achieved since 1994.
Since political parties seem to be the major culprits in fanning the violence in the country, it is high time they did some soul searching on the path they have taken.
Nobody would want to see another Rwanda in the country for genocide is ultimately what tribal hatred and regionalism is capable of bringing if left unchecked.
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