By Faith Kamtambe
[dropcap]V[/dropcap]ice-President, Saulos Chilima, has been given seven days by police in which to explain the claims he made that government plans to rig the 2019 tripartite elections
Chilima made the sensational claim two weeks ago when he launched the United Transformation Movement (UTM) at Masintha ground in Lilongwe.
He told a mammoth crowd that he had information that government has a machine to spy on them [people] and rig the election.
“In your speech, you alluded to a very useful and important piece of information about the purchase of [a] spying machine for purposes of rigging the upcoming tripartite elections by some quarters,” reads the letter written by Director of Criminal Investigations, Stain Chaima, dated July 27 2018.
“My writing is humbly to request you to provide more information on the issue at your earliest convenience or preferably within seven days of receipt of this letter so that my office can institute a formal investigation on this matter,” reads the letter in part.
During the UTM launch, Chilima said: “We know that they have purchased a machine that is used to eavesdrop people’s conversations. What are you afraid of? Don’t spy on innocent citizens.
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