Bingu wa Mutharika<\/a>, the President believes that the assistance does not mean they have the carte blanche to get involved in Malawi\u2019s internal politics.<\/p>\n\u201cDon\u2019t interfere in the politics of this country\u2026You are guests of this country, you are not citizens,\u201d a visibly annoyed Mutharika said.<\/p>\n
He was speaking in the northern city of Mzuzu where he is to celebrate 54 years of independence on Friday.<\/p>\n
This is a sovereign issue, Mutharika charged, it is foreigners who are confusing this country and they have to stop that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will not allow that in as long as I am alive this country to be neo-colonized,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The President was apparently responding to the comments made by the EU Ambassador Marchel Germann and US Ambassador Virginia Palmer on the leaked ACB report.<\/p>\n
The two diplomats called for an independent probe into the fraud at the Malawi Police Service in which Mutharika is being implicated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know how the money is moving around, I am not stupid! I know what I am doing. Some of the people have revolted against me within the party for the love of money, I call on everyone to respect this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The last few days Mutharika has been defensive as he tries to distant himself from the alleged fraud at police headquarters. A few days ago, he told Reuters News Agency that the ACB report was \u201cfake news\u201d<\/p>\n
Mutharika is in the northern region for the next two weeks where among other things he will preside over independence celebrations at Mzuzu Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\n
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