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Malawi is stuffed with shock and unhappiness. The aircraft carrying Vice President Salos Chilima and 9 different passengers was discovered on Tuesday with no survivors. The army plane left Lilongwe on Monday morning and disappeared from radar with out arriving at its supposed vacation spot at Mzuzu Worldwide Airport.
At a press convention on Tuesday, President Lazarus Chakwera introduced that each one passengers have been lacking and the search operation was over. He declared a day of nationwide mourning and paid tribute to Solos Chilima, calling him a “patriotic citizen”. “Dr. Solos Chilima was a very good man, a faithful father and husband, and a patriotic citizen who served his nation with distinction,” Lazarus Chakwera responded. “That is really a tragic time for us, and I pray that God will assist us get by this,” the president concluded.
Information of the disappearance of Vice President Saulos Chilima additionally triggered many reactions from the general public. Lilongwe resident Godrick Masina expressed his dismay: “It is rather unhappy to listen to this story, particularly for the nation, contemplating that Dr Chilima is Did a whole lot of issues. The president, he helped lots of people, even the present administration.
The search operation looking for the aircraft additionally drew criticism. The chief of Saulos Chilima’s United Motion for Change get together criticized the federal government’s gradual response.
Saulos Chilima, 51, will symbolize the federal government on the funeral of former minister Ralph Kasambara, who died 4 days in the past. Chilima was arrested and charged in 2022 with receiving cash in change for public contracts, however the costs have been dropped final Might.
