The State President Kamuzu Palace, Lilongwe.
ATT: HIS EXCELLENCY DR. LAZARUS CHAKWERA
Cc: SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET
Cc: THE CHAIRPERSON, THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVOLVING MAF-TO3 ON tenth JUNE 2024.

RE: RESIGNATION AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVOLVING A MALAWI AIR FORCE DONNIER 228 (MAF-TO3) ON tenth JUNE 2024
Your Excellency, Sir,
The above material refers.
At the onset, let me convey my heartfelt appreciation to you, Your Excellency Sir, for the belief and confidence to nominate me to function a member of the above talked about fee. Nonetheless, I remorse to tell you, Your Excellency, of my choice to resign with quick impact.

For the avoidance of doubt Sir, this choice is consistent with rules of transparency and accountability, stemming from the truth that given the magnitude and the large expectations on the a lot awaited fee, it was my conviction that witness testimonies, as a part of the inquest, can be held publicly, as clearly acknowledged each within the Terms of Reference (ToRs) and the Commissions of Inquiry Act, for the good thing about the inquisitive plenty.
Your Excellency Sir, you might want to additionally word that the identical was demanded by the bereaved households, in a bid to boost belief and confidence, after the citizenry questioned the composition of the fee.

Since by nature commissions make collective selections, it is very important spotlight that this proposal was shot down by the fee, proper firstly of its conferences. It is subsequently, unusual that the fee, which is standing on a skinny line of belief, ought to take such a route. This begs the query; what’s it that the taxpayer sponsored fee intends to cover from the general public, which has so many unanswered questions?

As an ardent advocate of transparency and accountability, I remorse to tell you Sir, that I can’t be celebration to this fee, on this day and period and likewise owing to the truth that Malawi is a democratic society. As a matter of truth, a precedent was already set in the course of the elections case in 2020, throughout which Malawians have been accorded a possibility to train their proper to entry info on issues of nationwide significance.
Yours faithfully,
Sylvester Namiwa
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.