Clement Chiwaya, an ex-deputy speaker, shot himself within the head after sneaking a firearm into the workplace of the parliament’s clerk, a spokesman for the Malawi Police Service, James Kadadzera, mentioned.
Chiwaya was mentioned to have gained entry into the parliament constructing regardless of a routine safety search.
“The late Chiwaya was a person with incapacity and was utilizing a wheelchair. The metallic detector on the parliament constructing detected metallic objects which had been considered from the wheelchair and he was allowed in,” the police spokesman instructed CNN on Friday.
Kadadzera added that safety could be strengthened on the parliament constructing.
Chiwaya, 50, had served three consecutive phrases as a member of the Malawian parliament from 2004 to 2019 and was a one-term deputy speaker between 2014 and 2019.
Authorized tussle over entitlements
Ian Mwenye, the assistant clerk of the parliament couldn’t instantly affirm Chiwaya’s objective for visiting the clerk’s workplace, however an earlier assertion issued by the parliament highlighted an ongoing authorized tussle between the previous lawmaker and the parliament over advantages and entitlements.
“…on the time of this incident, there was an impressive case in courtroom relating to his car which was concerned in an accident whereas switch of possession had not been accomplished and insurance coverage had expired,” an announcement by the parliament mentioned.
“Whereas parliament was engaged on the matter, Hon. Chiwaya in April 2020 approached the Workplace of the Legal professional Basic,” it said, including that “the matter was additionally taken to the Workplace of the Ombudsman who decided in his favor.”
The assertion additional added that the favorable verdict of the Ombudsman — a public physique that investigates complaints — was later put aside by a Malawian courtroom.
The parliament described Chiwaya’s dying as “tragic and traumatic” whereas stating that each one advantages the late lawmaker was entitled to “had been being honored.”
